His work here is effective when experienced in conjunction with the film for which it was intended. Listening to Mr. Douek's score on its own is a different matter. The unrelenting elegiac-mystical tone tends to make for monotonous listening without the visual counterbalance. The writing is chiefly expository with scant development or variety. Contributing to this meandering atmosphere is a monochromatic instrumental palette of primarily piano, strings and what sounds like synthesized voices and percussion. The recorded sound is artificial, flat, muddy and often overmodulated, probably the result of a less than careful mixdown. One small consolation: the closing song, "The Edge of Heaven" is strangely moving. For admirers of the film, this disc is a possible keepsake; all others will be disappointed.