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I know many were on the fence about this release, but I found it terribly fascinating and the similarities between this and the one Jerry composed are remarkable. I honestly don't think it's that the wrap it got for years was worth it. Though I found it to be more gritty, more dirty so to speak, while Jerry's seemed to be more fluid. Pick this up if you can, it's worth it!
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Dec 10, 2012 - 2:52 AM
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gittes_fan
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Received this a couple of days ago, listened to it today - far better than I was expecting, although it's quite obvious why it was dropped. As has been pointed out on another thread, Goldsmith's score adds much needed warmth to the film, whereas Lambro's score is very cold, almost frightening at times. A number of the tracks are very similar to his incredibly creepy score for 'Crypt of the Living Dead'. The original trailer of the film includes parts of quite a few of the cues, but doesn't really touch on how intense it can get.
The two "Chinese-sounding" tracks for which the score has been somewhat unfairly criticised, as it's just two tracks - 'Welcome to Chinatown' and 'End Titles' - are completely out of place. Not bad, they just don't belong. Despite the name, 'Chinatown' isn't actually about Chinatown at all.
What we really have here is a dark, twisted score for a "Polanski Film" like 'Knife in the Water, 'Repulsion' or 'Rosemary's Baby' - not the far more collaborative effort that 'Chinatown' was, and which Polanski himself regarded as something of a job of work. It would simply take the already sinister tone of the film way too far.
Had Lambro & Polanski stayed in touch and worked together again on something like 'The Tenant', they could have been a perfect match.
All up - good score, wrong film. Still thrilled to finally be able to listen to it in its entirety.
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Got it today, finally. And it´s really a haunting, beautiful score. All the more interesting because you can see that Goldsmith actually was inspired by this score very, very much.
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