Composer
Maurice Jarre has handled big assignments in the past--Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia--but this is a small assignment. At least, so it appears from the 31 minutes of mood music presented here, along with three '50s pop oldies contemporary to the 1955 setting of this prep school drama about anti-Semitism. Director
Robert Mandel has a sleeve note that talks about
Jarre's "timeless," "delicate," "gentle," "grand," "passionate," "sensitive," "personal" music, to which we can only add the adjective "slight." ~ William Ruhlmann