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The suspense music is very similar in style to his great score for The Pelican Brief. I remember taking music like that for granted at the time in the 90s. Pity, nobody is allowed to write anything like it anymore.
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The suspense music is very similar in style to his great score for The Pelican Brief. I remember taking music like that for granted at the time in the 90s. Pity, nobody is allowed to write anything like it anymore.
You are so right about taking a score like this for granted in the 90's! I think the problem now is that composers are not allowed to make strong statements. Many scores today are sound design that are really just part of the sound effect mix.
It has a great opening track and The Ambush is also pretty good, too. I listened to it not too long ago and liked it more than I remembered I did.
Yes! The opening track is great as well! The score CD runs just under 50 minutes and never wears out it's welcome.
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While on my exercise bike trying to get a bit fitter I've just started to pick out soundtracks on my MP3 player that I listen to less often. The first was 'Cutthroat Island' by John Debney. It's still the very bombastic score I remember it to be, but I'm noticing the occasional stylistic similarities to Williams and Horner in there that I hadn't particularly picked up on before. However, they aren't plagiaristic lifts, just tonally similar phrases.
I would be interested in taking this score for a spin. I saw the film way back when and it didn't do much for me but I bet the soundtrack is a fun ride. I only have one John Debney soundtrack and that's The Passion of the Christ.
I found that John Carpenter's Ghost of Mars makes for terrific exercise music. The score is not for everyone. It's Carpenter meets heavy metal but it's energinic and keeps you motivated when working out.
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I haven't played CUTTHROAT ISLAND in years. Maybe that would be a good one to revisit. But yes, I seem to recall that much of it is kind of reheated Horner, Williams etc. I think the review in the print edition of FSM at the time had some amusing comments such as "And it's Williams over to Horner, Horner passes it onto Silvestri" etc.
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Bought this score on CD in 2004 played it a few times, liked it but it got put to the bottom of the pile due to the mass of wonderful releases we've had in recent years.
Revisited it today and what a great score. I regret not listening to it more in recent years. Emotional, exciting, gorgeous music. I'm blown away by this one.
I'm not familiar with the movie but recently picked up the Alexander Revisited Blu-Ray, so look forward to seeing how it works with the images in the near future.
BTW Thanks Scott for mentioning 'Clear and Present Danger'. Will give it a listen this week.
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Clear and Present Danger. Good choice. Will do.
Will try to get in some more as well.
Judy
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Hello All:
I thought I'd contribute to this thread by mentioning "The Fountain." The film was definitely not for everybody, but those that did connect to it owe, at least in my opinion, a lot to Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, and Mogwai for a great score that really contributes to the emotional climax of the film with "Death Is The Road To Awe."
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I'm still not sure how to post a picture in a post.
Maybe someone can tell me?
When you post a message, look to the left hand side. You will see highlighted in blue "special code legend". Hit that and it will tell you how to post a picture from almost any site. This site does require a more hands on approach. Once you learn it, it's a piece of cake.
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Hello All:
I thought I'd contribute to this thread by mentioning "The Fountain." The film was definitely not for everybody, but those that did connect to it owe, at least in my opinion, a lot to Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, and Mogwai for a great score that really contributes to the emotional climax of the film with "Death Is The Road To Awe."
I've never inserted an image, nor referenced it within a thread, so I will post a link to the cover below until I can figure out, along with the previous poster, how to insert images.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/The_Fountain_Soundtrack.jpg
Great mention - I'm a huge fan of The Fountain and actually listened to it a few weeks ago for the first time in a couple years. Fantastic and transcendant stuff!
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A magical score by the great Hugo Friedhofer. Been way too long since I spun this score.
I don't have much Hugo Friedhofer but I do have FSM's release of Between Heaven and Hell/ Soldier of Fortune. I must admit that I never heard of Boy on a Dolphin nor was I aware that Intrada had released an album! I probably saw that it was available but it just didn't' register. Mr. Friedhofer seems to also have a lot of uncredited work. It seems like if a production needed help, he was the glue that would bring it together. Perhaps I should start paying more attention to Mr. Friedhofer.
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