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EARTHSEA – Jeff Rona
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Jeff Rona has had an interesting, somewhat unique career to date. The 48-year old American was one of the first composers-in-residence of the Media Ventures organisation when it first started up in the early 1990s, and scored the biggest hit of his career replacing Maurice Jarre on Ridley Scott’s White Squall in 1996, before sort of disappearing. He has contributed “additional ambiences” to occasional Zimmer outings, and written for TV productions such as the recent “Traffic” spin-off, but for some reason has never truly built on the potential he showed in the early 1990s, or capitalised on his association with Hans Zimmer the way other early-MV composers such as Mark Mancina, Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams or John Powell have. Read more…
TRAFFIC: THE MINISERIES – Jeff Rona
Original Review by Peter Simons
A mini series based on a film which itself was based on a mini series, Traffic shows the public a glimpse of the grim world of drug trafficking. The show, directed by Eric Bross and Stephen Hopkins, is a three-part event starring Elias Koteas, Balthazar Getty and Martin Donovan. In the first episode, Mike McKay (Koteas) is sent to Afghanistan to dismantle its drug export operation. In the second episode, Ben Edmonds (Getty) deals with illegal aliens that are being transported from China to the US in cargo containers. Finally, Adam Kadyrov (Donovan) is an illegal immigrant in the US awaiting the arrival of his wife and child. Soon he learns that the ship carrying his family has sunk. As he starts his personal investigation he discovers a grim truth. Read more…
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