With his score for the photojournalism-themed modern film noir The Public Eye, composer Mark Isham crafts one of his most evocative and imaginative efforts to date--a dark, richly appointed tribute to the great scores of Hollywood's golden age, it nevertheless boasts a distinctly postmodern sheen all its own. Isham draws as much from postwar jazz idioms as he does the cinematic language ofBernard Herrmannand other pioneers--the result is music that's both gritty and otherworldly, conjuring a milieu just beyond the scope of reality.