This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Plenty of electronica albums deserve to be called cinematic — but this disc from Dutch dance duo Gerry Arling and Richard Cameron really takes the cake.
True to its title, these 14 tracks are theme songs for films and TV shows that never were. They definitely should have been — hell, I would have plunked down cash for the blaxploitatoin wah-wah soundtrack to Le Flic et la Fille or the tropicalia-cocktail score to Zona Sul. And I certainly would have tuned in every week to catch the next episode of the Star Trek-meets-Love Boat series 1999 Spaceclub or the noirish, spy-jazz sondtrack to the adventures of Hashi the Drug Sniffing Canine. As if all that isn’t wild enough, there’s also Brady Bunch-style teen-pop, sitar ’n’ guitar Bollyrock and even a psychotic Bernard Herrmann homage — not to mention posters, plotlines, cast lists and even critical blurbs to complete the whole silly, savvy affair. Two thumbs up — now, how about a sequel?
