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It certainly is one of his best in my book.
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I'd certainly rate it pretty highly, although I'm not the biggest fan of Goldsmith in romantic mode. He could get a bit mushy (all that heart-on-sleeve stuff such as RUDY - which isn't even a Love Theme as such - is dangerous for diabetics), and I find some of the melodies a little awkward, even from within my favourite Goldsmith period. Sort of bordering on the banal. Having said that, I do "love" the "love themes" from THE BLUE MAX, THE OMEN, LOGAN'S RUN, CHINATOWN.... plus there are beautiful little romantic themes in less well-known scores such as BREAKOUT. All of those share a kind of tender, subtle "trill" on the strings which is just gorgeous.
But I find a more profound sense of... humanity perhaps (?) in the Goldsmith scores which don't even have a Love Theme, such as THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.
Whatever, THE WIND AND THE LION is amongst my faves.
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..... I'm not the biggest fan of Goldsmith in romantic mode. He could get a bit mushy (all that heart-on-sleeve stuff such as RUDY - which isn't even a Love Theme as such - is dangerous for diabetics), and I find some of the melodies a little awkward, even from within my favourite Goldsmith period.
Whatever, THE WIND AND THE LION is amongst my faves.
Right .
WIND is by far the most beautiful he composed!
bruce
ps POWDER is pretty diabetic inducing also
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There's a broken, tragic feel to his Love Theme from MAGIC, which I really dig.
WIND & THE LION is much more lush and dare I say, old-fashioned. Nowt wrong with that though, both make for great listening.
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To KevinSmith re: "The love theme in the score [for THE WIND AND THE LION] is one of the best love themes and it gets more touching the more times that it heard in the score....
I beg to differ! It is certainly lesser than the lyrical melodies that Goldsmith created for many other films, such as ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, RUDY, CHINATOWN, MASADA, LIONHEART, and especially THE SAND PEBBLES -- I adore "Getting Acquainted," with the melody that became the song "And We Were Lovers" sung so memorably by Matt Monro. And let's not forget the achingly beautiful "Ilia's Theme" from "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," which is wonderful. So I don't feel that the cue you cite from "The Wind And The Lion" comes anywhere near many other far more gorgeous melodies written by the great Jerry Goldsmith.
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I'm glad you wouldn't put it in the top 30!!! But it just doesn't tug at my heartstrings!!!
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I Remember [Love Theme] from THE WIND AND THE LION is certainly one of my all time favorite cues and it is an excellent release from Intrada.
I however wouldn't rank it in the TOP 10 of Goldsmith's scores but I do think it essentially to his TOP 20.
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Listening to it again just now, I stand by my original assessment, that if one wants to rate Goldsmith's "love themes" on some (probably pointless) scale, it isn't even in the top 10. But I'm happy that several here seem to adore it more than those others I originally cited. Good for you. As I continue to repeat, music is probably the most subjective of the arts and NONE of us react to it precisely the same.
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