I guess it's no surprise that bands continue to pull ideas from the fanciful futurism of the sixties and seventies. A Year 2000 dominated by flying cars and space-age miniskirts is a lot more cheerful and interesting than our planes-dropping-from-the-skies, people-wearing- parachute-pants reality.

For their second album, Richard Cameron and Gerry Arling have lodged themselves firmly in cinematic futurepop fantasy -- one part Burt Bacharach, one part Ferrante and Teicher and one part You Only Live Twice with a dash of Flint and Matt Helm for flavor. Perhaps you'll join their "1999 Spaceclub" -- get your card punched twelve times and receive a free trip to the moon! Mixing lounge pop with distinctive John Barryesque adventure-flair, the album's catchy lead single calls to mind a world in which space travel is common enough to earn you frequent flier miles. "Let's Get Together," on the other hand, dips into disco-funk in the cheesiest way possible, pairing twanky keyboards, strings and diva vocals with a blatantly-copped classic rock riff.

Working their film-music mojo, A&C give us cocktail and samba takes on "Zona Sui," both of which could be dropped into any pre-'75 Bond film without anyone noticing, as could the lush and romatic "Spacebeach". But the disc's most direct homage comes on "Hermann" -- a bold-faced salute to creepy sci-fi/horror soundtracks, replete with quavery, theremin-like keyboard tones.

Music for Imaginary Films will disappoint those who thrived on the Eurodisco vibe of All In. Nothing here, not even "1999 Spaceclub," reaches the heady heights of "We Love to Rock". Indeed, it looks as if Arling and Cameron really want to do film work in the future -- and if they're daring enough to try things like the nostalgic softshoe jazz of "The Only Guy" (which, unfortunately, falls nearly flat due to obvious sampling), I suspect we'll see them on the big screen soon. Austin Powers 3 is my guess.