"Well, let's see, that's natives: 8, oil workers: 0. Anyone else wanna play with Cupcake?"

In honor of the late, great Basil Poledouris, here's one of his more unknown scores. This he did for the 1994 Steven Seagal movie "On Deadly Ground." This was a strange attempt to make an action film with a pro-enviroment message. Steve-O (also doing his only credit as a director) is Forrest Taft, an oil rig troubleshooter and enviromental agent working for the Aegis Oil Compay, headed by (say this in your best Mermaid Man voice) EEEEVILLL C.E.O. Michael Jennings (Michael Caine at his hammy best). Jennings is building a new, state of the art rig called AEGIS-1 in the Alaskan wilderness. However, he has to finish building it in 13 days, or the land rights will go back to the Eskimos. Thus, Jennings uses defective equipment in order to cut corners and costs to build it by deadline. When Forrest's best friend is murdered because he has a computer disk that contains the crippling information, he tries to intervene, but Jennings tries to have him killed. Forrest is taken by Eskimo activist Masu (Joan Chen) to see her Eskimo chief father, and he claims that Forrest is the one that will save his people. Now, Forrest has to destroy AEIGS-1 before it goes online, as well as dispatch any of Jennings' goons that get in the way.

Not the greatest action film ever made, but it's pretty (unintentionally) funny in spots, and there are some great fights. Poledouris' score is b othe beautiful and exciting in spots, especially during the opening credits, where his music underscores the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness. Get it and enjoy.

Tracks:
1. Main Titles (02:19)
2. Aegis Flameout (01:43)
3. Forrest Found (01:35)
4. The Journey (07:57)
5. Forrest Decides/Horse Chase (03:54)
6. Jennings Goes Down (04:45)
7. The Warning/End Credits (07:18)

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