Miklós Rózsa never agreed with the politics of the movie The Green Berets (1968), but by that time in his career, he no longer had the luxury of picking and choosing his movie projects -- if he wanted to do any film work at all, he had to consider even the improbable ones, such as this. Rózsa's contribution to the finished film is debatable. His scoring of some sequences is wonderful, such as the earnest, string-laden music accompanying the military move to Vietnam and to the base camp outside Danang. Some of the material here recalls the other end of Rózsa's career, and his scoring of the war movies Five Graves to Cairo and Sahara (for some reason, the authors of the notes for this CD either omitted or simply forgot about those credits in their observation that Rózsa had never scored a major war movie before) -- the music depicting the attacks on the base camp and the uncovering of a spy could have slotted right in with those 24-year-old scores, or with Rózsa's film noir period of the late '40s. His lighthearted music depicting the activities of the unit "scrounger," Sgt. Peterson, and his sitar-laden work underscoring the scenes of Vietnam civilian life are less memorable, though it is interesting to hear Rózsa writing for the Chinese zither. This CD contains the original scoring for all of the scenes, including Rózsa's use of a set of orchestral variations on "Onward Christian Soldiers" that was later supplanted in the editing of the final film in favor of his original material underscoring the death of Sgt. Provo. All of that is fine material, but how well it fit in with the movie's gung-ho political sentiments and macho sensibilities is questionable -- it was almost too sophisticated for the material it was intended to accompany, though it did make the movie seem more profound and serious than it otherwise would have. The CD is well produced, with excellent sound throughout, and -- apart from some errors in the notes and a political slant to the writing some may find off-putting -- is a very satisfying release of an interesting late-career detour for the composer. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
The 3D real-time battlefields of Myth II are updated with modern warriors and weapons in this expansion package. Running on the engine of the original game, Green Berets offers the player a squad of highly-trained soldiers armed with technically advanced weapons. The game's ten missions involve combat, rescue, and sabotage. Skilled players may find that there's more than one way to accomplish a goal. In addition to the soft rolling hills of Myth II, this update has the squad fighting through jungle scenes and wetlands. The full version of the original Myth II is included in this release.
~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide
Production Credits
DEVELOPMENT CREDITS Producer: Tim Beggs; Colormaps, Level Design, Scenery, Scripting, Model Texturing: Ed Crabbe; Modeler/Animator, Scenery, Story, Interface: Bill Erickson; Scripting, Level Design: Thom Ling; Multiplayer: Ed Crabbe, Bill Erickson; Tutorial Scripting: Argyrios Saccopoulos; Voice Recording/Editing: Joe Covello, Bill Erickson; Voices: Tim Beggs, Ed Crabbe, Mike Ma, Stephen Thomas, Joe Covello, Bill Erickson, Jon Stephan, Stephen Thomas; Testing: Ares, Cydonian, Fear, GHOST, Grimm, Handyman, Iggy, Ozone, Payne, Rage, Squash; Special Thanks to: Richard Cowgill (aka Iggy Popped), Paul Callender (aka Fisj), Craig Goodman (aka Santa's Head), Rick Stufflebean (aka Clem), Marc VanBork (additional voice recording); TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE STUDIOS, BALTIMORE; VP of Business Development: Jamie Leece; VP of Publishing: Chris Mate; Executive Producer: Robb Alvey; Production Assistance: Aaron Rigby; Graphic Artist: Peter Muench; Cover Illustration: Kurt Miller; Intro/Credit Movies: Brian Anderson, Mike Yeiser, Dan Moditch; Marketing Director: Greg Bauman; Marketing Manager: Mark Moon; Marketing Communications Coordinator: Chris Larkin; Corporate Communications Manager: Anne-Marie Sims; Art Director: Mike Snyder; Webmaster: Robert Fletcher; Technical Support/QA Director: Phil Santiago; Computer Specialists: Kathy Richardson, Anne Takeuchi; Quality Assurance: Frank Kirchner-Supervisor, Lisa Nawrot-Lead, Steohen Thomas, Josh Noll, Josh Rose, Kai Ma, Stacey Sharpe, Scott Vail, Joe Covello; Technical Support: Pete Stewart, Patty Saneman, Kathy Woung, ANdre Liggins, Daniel Karp, Jeff Zoller, Alex Bradley, Jon Stephan; Special Thanks to: Linda Wratchford, Peg Zoltan, Patty Santiago, Melissa Voggenauer
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