The guitar solos are delightful and set a quick and exciting pace at the start of the score. When all of these are put together, you can picture yourself in the middle of Nicaragua. A militaristic tone is integrated with the use of a full orchestra and extra percussion. The theme never is performed with driving brass as you might expect from Goldsmith, but rather it is deceptively pretty and soft. Why this score doesn't see a mass release, I do not know.
Good luck reading everything else it says.
The CD is definitely worth your money if you come across it. It's easily one of Goldsmith's best scores of the past fifteen years, with enough personality to support three or four consecutive listens. Difficult to find outside Europe and Japan. Nominated for an Academy Award, 1983. The Academy had serious mental problems this year.