ROOKIE OF THE YEAR/ A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF JIMMY REARDON/ BUSHWHACKED

Varese Sarabande's Bill Conti festival continues with not one, or two, but three previously unreleased scores making their premiere here.

Rookie of the Year (1993) is a heroic sports scores complete with Conti fanfares and loads of orchestral fireworks! It's heroic and fun and is the most requested score of Conti's work in the 90s.

A Night In The Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) is a light and very charming score for this coming of age love story from the 80s.

Bushwhacked (1995), when added to Rookie of the Year, turns this CD into something of a tribute to the films of Daniel Stern. Neither a hit at the time nor particularly well-remembered a decade later, what Bushwhacked does have going for it is a wonderfully spirited Conti score that features some adventurous music for the great outdoors.

All in all, this is a must-have for all Conti (and Chicago Cubs) fans. Rookie of the Year makes the release of this CD a major-league event all its own, but when Jimmy Reardon and Bushwhacked are thrown in, it knocks it out of the park.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (1993)

1. Main Title March (6:19)
2. Miracle Throw (2:10)
3. The River (2:07)
4. A Great Summer (4:11)
5. Mound Advice (2:48)
6. Jack’s Big Mistake (1:30)
7. Henry’s Got A Plan (2:44)
8. Float It! (3:58)

A NIGHT IN THE LIFE OF JIMMY REARDON (1988)

9. Desperation (1:18)
10. Reality (1:16)
11. Go Around Back (3:22)
12. Hawaiian Dreams (2:37)
13. The Flood (2:54)
14. The Note (1:57)
15. Jimmy’s Theories (2:39)
16. I Want It Now (1:15)
17. Atmosphere (2:12)
18. The Bad “L” (:45)
19. Heredity (3:33)

BUSHWHACKED (1995)

20. Whacked! (1:48)
21. The Fire (2:44)
22. The New Girl (1:27)
23. Max Meets Kids (1:48)
24. Devil’s Peak (1:05)
25. The Swat Team (2:18)
26. Danger! (2:22)
27. The Hike (1:11)
28. Mad Max (1:39)
29. Palmered (1:11)
30. Our Leader (3:14)
31. Big Finish (4:17)