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Tim Burton's re-imagining of PLANET OF THE APES has as many detractors as it has fans. The ending totally threw everyone for a loop -- is it merely an arbitrary "idea" or does it somehow link to the rest of the film, and for weeks, fans puzzled over the hidden meaning. One thing folks don't have to puzzle about is just how damn good Danny Elfman's score for the film is. Sony Classical's album is, in my opinion, a superior presentation of the score then what's actually in the film. Elfman expanded upon many musical ideas and cues in the album that are abbreviated in the film, including the terrific "Main Titles" and "The Hunt". That's not to say that every last worthwhile note of the score made it on the album, in fact there are several major cues that didn't make the cut, including the numerous source cues (when Leo and the humans are carted into Ape City, the society dinner and the monkey "rave" music when the humans make their escape), and the big action cues for the "Camp Raid" and the climatic battle -- which is essentially a oft-confusing patchwork that suffers in the listenability department by touching on so much of the onscreen action.