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LADYHAWKE-83- ANDREW POWELL- Rock artist who came up with a very enjoyable score with this epic. In my opnion one of the biggest mistake on film music, this inadequate music spoils the movie. I never understood why so many people think this score was a mistake. This score brought to my attention some of the Alan Parson Project songs just because Powell was incharge of the orchestral parts in those songs. Yes, to have electronics in this type of movie was a different step, but it worked for me. Compared this to dumping Goldsmith to have Tangerine Dream score LEGEND? That was a major mistake! I can play the LADYHAWKE CD over and over, I sold my TD LEGEND CD awhile back.
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Let me suggest John Veale's score for the 1955 war/survival film, THE PURPLE PLAIN, with Gregory Peck. Veale's haunting effort does much to lift this unusual story of war in Burma and a man's coming back from a personal tragedy through a new love to a higher level. If you've never seen this under-rated gem, definitely seek it out as it weaves a very unique spell upon the viewer, due in no small part to Veale's music. Veale has only ten features to his credit between 1954 and 1964, with THE PURPLE PLAIN being his most high profile score. Among his few scores, THE SPANISH GARDINER with Dirk Bogarde is one I've been trying to catch up with for years.
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scrubber - don't quite know what you mean by "trying to catch up with..." regarding THE SPANISH GARDENER. Probably DVD or Blu? Anyway, the whole thing is up on YouTube. I remember the John Veale score from when I was a kid and taped everything off the telly. I've just reacqauinted myself with the Main Titles - very good indeed, with more than a hint of Miklos Rozsa to it. Not quite sure if I'd really want to have those "non-prolific" composers doing more films. Part of the attraction for me of Peter Schickele, Denny Zeitlin and those one-offs is that their sole venture into cinema produced such brilliant scores. I wouldn't want them going on to do something which might be merely serviceable.
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