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#	Track Listing	Length	Played
01	Main title; Charlie Gets The Knife John Barry	2:49	31
02	Airborne John Barry	1:14	11
03	Love Theme John Barry	1:46	40
04	Waziri Village Attack & Escape John Barry	3:21	24
05	Farewell To Struts John Barry	2:52	13
06	O'Malley And Eve John Barry	2:13	50
07	Charleston John Barry	1:26	9
08	Von Kern's Attack John Barry	1:50	8
09	Flight From Katmandu John Barry	1:37	19
10	Eve Finds Her Father John Barry	2:41	11
11	Raid On Chang's Camp John Barry	2:28	14
12	High Road & End Title John Barry	4:59	131

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A review by Christopher Coleman found on tracksounds.com

By:	Angel
Date:	8 Jul 2010
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High Road to China provides many moments of emotion that can be found in a dozen or more of his other scores. The beauty of Out of Africa, the freedom of Dances with Wolves and the danger of Raise the Titanic are but a few of them. This 1983 score provides the listener with the trademark, attractive main theme and is repeated many, many times throughout the film and score- another Barry trademark.

The music matches the quality of those scores mentioned above, but what makes High Road to China a difficult score to review is that these same scores, without any problem, could replace it. Granted it preceded many of Barry�s better known scores, yet as film music fan�s we are subject to the order of release as we form our impressions and opinions of a score. The better-late-than-never-release of this score, while appreciated, suffers because most have heard very similar work from Barry in his latter assigments. This being the case, High Road to China offers less than it would have seventeen years ago.

Collectors who have clamored for this score or for Barry fans who want more of the same consistent work of his, High Road to China will surely satisfy. The recording is not the crispest one will hear, but given the age of the masters, the producers have done an adequate job.

What this particular production does offer, are nine source cues, never before released. A nice feature, to be sure. From the Middle-Eastern, Mohamet�s Dance and Waziri, to the Dixie-land influenced, period tracks of Charleston, Love Me Tender, and Swinging at the Riverside, to a concluding harpsichord piece, Allemande from the Bach French Suite Number #5 in G Major, these tracks help to break the �high quality monotony� that sometimes accompanies a typical Barry score.

The same elements that fans have come appreciate about Barry's music are plentiful in High Road to China. For John Barry collectors, this release is a must. At the same time, for those who have a substantial Barry collection and might be waiting for something a little more a-typical from the composer, High Road to China probably won't be the fit they are searching for.

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