Michael Kamen

Adventures of Baron Munchausen

by Steven McDonald review

Michael Kamen spends so much time writing scores that have a deadpan seriousness to them that it's easy to forget that he has cooked up scores that manage to be deadpan hilarious, as with this rousing effort. One of the more Monty Python-esque efforts of director Terry Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was gifted with an equally Python-esque score from Kamen.

	Track Name/Composer	Time
1.	Town (In the Theatre): The Statue in the Square/The Land of Cheese/WH Michael Kamen	3:30
2.	Sultan: The Torturer's Apprentice/A Eunuch's Life Is Hard/Play up And Michael Kamen	4:29
3.	War Begins: The Gang Gets the Treasure/The Baron Starts the War/Sally Michael Kamen	5:56
4.	The Wednesday: Cannonball Ride/Twinkling of an Eye Michael Kamen	2:37
5.	Balloon: Escape in the Balloon/Tattletale/Ascending on Bloomers/On TH Michael Kamen	7:35
6.	On the Moon: The Sea of Tranquility/Moon King Chase/Leaving the Moon Michael Kamen	7:33
7.	Vulcan and Venus: A Little Fodder?/Venus Rising/The Munchausen Waltz Michael Kamen	7:58
8.	In the Belly of the Whale (The Gang Together Again): What Will Become Michael Kamen	3:39
9.	Final Battle: To the Sultan's Tent/The Battle Begins/Gustavus Blows/T Michael Kamen	4:26
10.	The Baron Dies and Lives Again: The Baron Shot/Requiem Michael Kamen	3:16
11.	Victory: Forward the Players/Open the Gates/Baron Rides off into The Michael Kamen	2:55