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The eighties could be looked upon as the era in which Hollywood composers did their best to murder cinema. Perhaps the preponderance of soundtracks assembled, Frankenstein-fashion, from fragments of the dead, was a sensible response to the mush promulgated by studio and indie musicians alike. Any romantic comedy of the decade is likely to sound like mellow porn. Thrillers thrum with synth scores dragged up as electro-orchestras, cheapness made audible. Once-greats like John Barry and Maurice Jarre pour soupy orchestrations over their films until they're submerged. Marvin Hamlisch and Bill Conti find regular work.

So Alan Rudolph's Trouble in Mind (1985) scores one miracle right off the bat: the dreamy jazz score provided by the underrated Mark Isham is languid without being soporific, romantic without being in the least schmaltzy, and of its time without being crap. The vocal presence of Marianne Faithfull gives it the final stamp of greatness.

With the upfronts over, broadcast networks have begun tweaking the casts of their newly picked-up series in what has become a kind of "recasting season."

The biggest changes so far are being made to ABC's fall drama series "The Forgotten," in which two major roles are being recast including the lead, played in the pilot by British actor Rupert Penry-Jones.

Also affected by early recastings are CBS' "NCIS: Los Angeles," the network's medical dramas "Three Rivers" and "Miami Trauma" and new legal drama "The Good Wife," and NBC's comedy "100 Questions."

"Forgotten," from Wbtv and Bruckheimer TV, is a mystery series about a group of amateur detectives led by a former cop (Penry-Jones) whose 11-year-old daughter was kidnapped three years ago. Also departing the project is Reiko Aylesworth, who played one of the sleuths.

Louise Lombard is departing the "NCIS" spinoff, from CBS TV Studios, which is set at an NCIS...