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 [log in to unmask]