ohn Ottman, the director-editor-composer involved in films including The Usual Suspects and Urban Legends: Final Cut, composed the score for Incognito. While a totally unsuccessful film, it contained a score which is truly a modern masterpiece. The baroquean style and percussional creativity work fantastically well on this CD. Definitely worth the search it requires to find a store that has it.

While the idea of infusing a weekly TV series with a Broadway-musical ethos isn't exactly a new one, it became something of a turn-of the-century television mini-trend. But few have reached as far--or succeeded--like this 2001 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Penned by series creator-producer Josh Whedon and performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar and cast, it's a loving, loopy musical pastiche that takes pot shots at everything from Andrew Lloyd Webber to indie-rock.

What is it about Japanese pop-tronica that makes it so irresistible? Although you'll figure out the formula halfway thourgh this album, it'll be with a smile on your face. Fantastic Plastic Machine (Tomoyuki Tanaka, Masaki Tsurugi) combine old 50's & 60's drum loops, an equisitie taste of lounge, and an honest approach to retro-fun (i.e. the opposite of smug artist Beck) into a cheery blend you'll want for after dinner parties or hip mix tapes.