I'll be clear from the start that I bought this ridiculously expensive box set as a collector and not because I love the album it contains. Whilst this music is largely arranged for orchestra, synth-pop comes to the fore on quite a few tracks and it is reminiscent of their score for the silent film Battleship Potemkin (not available on vinyl and not seen here as a consequence).
The staccato rhythms of "The Grind" are fairly electronic in nature and it even incorporates a section of a Pet Shop Boys song called "Baby". "The Challenge" is a fun track and it reminds me of something you might have heard on a programme like Jason King in the seventies. Things become centred squarely on the dance floor during "Physical Jerks" and the introduction to "The Competition", but there are passages of melody that sound like they are straight out of a sixties musical (I guess it is a matter of taste as to whether this is a good or a bad thing). By the time I get to the end of the second disc I feel like taking a break, but despite my fatigue I press on and the final act proves to be mercifully short.
