Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Pass.

Goldsmith at his most bored. Should have passed on this idiotic film. It does receive the score it deserves: smooth, glossy descriptive music for a big empty over-produced haunted house movie. Score seems to derive it's materials from a bland carousel theme but the structure barely registers, just presents a few minor mode string effects that flirt with becoming a melody, then some predictable set-piece cues that are more asleep than frightening (think CASPER 2). Score is a long way from Goldsmith's classic impressionism and modernity found in THE MEPHISTO WALTZ and POLTERGEIST. All the cool ideas and jagged edges have been worn smooth and Horner-like by 90s commercial constraints. Not recommended. For 100-proof Goldsmith hold out for his best score in a long time, THE 13TH WARRIOR.