I didn't know Rex Reed was still alive? He could take a refresher course in writing, though, because what he means as a dis comes out sounding like a compliment to yours truly.
TBH - I have never heard any Don Shirley that captivated me enough to dig deeper. But an OST made entirely of his recordings, hey, I'd be in on that, because, you know, a superficial yet big-enough representation would be enough for me to feel self-satisfied and culturally astute, especially since it would be an OST. Like a Ken Burns collection.
But all that other stuff? Not needed here. That would be like when the twirlers in my high school went to twirler cam to learn their routine, and the one they selected was the theme to Viva Max, aka "Viva Max March". So, the school dutifully purchased the RCA OST, whereby it was eventually discovered (not the by twirlers, mind you, even though it was the very next track on the record) that that LP also contained this little piece of WTF-ishness:
Ok, RCA, how about a whole Al Hirt album like that business @ 0:52? Huh? Well? Ok? Right?
Anyway, it was actually a pretty funny movie. Check it out sometimes if you haven't yet. And knowing now a lot more than I did then about Hollywood film-scoring, the full OST is not without interest in that vein. But you know, 14 year olds don't know shit about shit like that.