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It's good writing for sure.
The era sounds late '50s/early '60s, with the emphasis on the latter.
He's using a lot of open fifths I think, which is a convention for historical scores, but since it's not a horror movie, then it's possibly something with horses, there's a galloping rhythm at some points. I don't feel it's film noir because by the 1960s, crime movies (hey, let's steer clear of the old 'what's a film noir' definition game) were moved well towards a jazzier style.
Is the eight note motif a main theme of the film? The one you hear throughout, for instance on woodwinds at around 1:14?
He sounds like a Hollywood composer, but there's an English feel to some of the string and woodwind stuff. Is this a historical film set in England, scored by an American? The tune doesn't leap out as something in any pastiche style, but in full strings it could be ardent and heroic/romantic if it had to be.
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Actually, it sounds like Edwin Astley in places?
In Britain, crime series like 'The Saint' etc. were still using the old style groupings in TV stuff, when the US had more or less gone jazz for that. I still think it has a 'historical' feel though.
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Anyone with any kind of soundtrack knowledge would recognize it as the work of Joseph Mullendore.
Did he do film work? Only know him from TV.
His only film scores were "New York Confidential" and "I Deal In Danger" (a two part episode of the television series "Blue Light" of which Pt. 2 was scored by Lalo Schifrin).
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"Anyone with any kind of soundtrack knowledge would recognize it as the work of Joseph Mullendore. Or someone like that."
Can't argue with a statement like that...
But...it's not Mullendore, right?
Yavar
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Yes, it's 'dated' like the Sistene Chapel or Van Gogh's Sunflowers. It's dated like the moon landings.
Thank heaven the term 'dated' isn't necessarily a pejorative one.
It doesn't sound like NbNW and the primary thematic material is clearly that eight note repeated figure, which sounds strangely familar, I just can't place it.
It's most likely late '50s, early '60s, but I still say that predominance of open fourths suggests 'period drama'. Or English.
There's an urgency about that 5-note thing that suggests a war film or an espionage thing too. If it's historical, it's a swashbuckler.
The powers that be are silent on this issue.
If it wasn't for some of the xylo stuff, I'd almost think it was Ray Leppard, but it's probably an American, given his connections. Mind you, there are telephones now. He's somebody well versed in TV scores, I can feel that.
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