Tom Warren wrote:

>Let us not overlook orchestral music written for tv specials.  The
>latest being Hallmark's Hall of Fame, "Sarah Plain and Tall".  David
>Shire composed the music and did a wonderful job not only in very tonal
>listenable music, but his weaving the theme of "Can you bake a cherry pie
>Billy Boy" into the score was really very clever.

Just a different opinion.  My wife and I watched this tv movie Sunday, and
I found it a trial to stick it out to the end.  It was a movie with very
little substance to it and contrived as hell; what a waste of great acting
talent.

As for the music, I found it lacking in quality and interest.  Tom might
have found the "Billy Boy" theme very clever, but I thought it was the low
point in music I thought couldn't get any lower.

For what it's worth, my wife enjoyed the movie and the music.  She eats up
those syrupy family oriented films.  I want "Homicide" back -great drama
and music.

Don Satz
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