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Whatever you say about James Horner (and who doesn't  ) The Rocketeer is ample proof that he can produce beautiful and appropriate music when required.
His main theme for this film is stirring and romantic, an captures the feel of the film wonderfully. Yes, he does use some of his generic action music in the film, which is harder to forgive, but it still works.
This is a score way overdue for a complete release. Pity it's Disney.
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It's my favorite Horner score--that and Legends of the Fall are probably the only two of his that I could never bear to part with. The movie was great fun, and Alan Arkin was wonderful.
Gary
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While I’m certainly not going to say no to an expanded Rocketeer (I want the music for the FBI guys), the original CD is beautifully representative.
When the Rocketeer took flight it was majestic and awe inspiring, when the Falcon took flight in Winter Soldier it was yawn inducing.
I’m going to disagree, but only on that specific example. (You can pick LOTS of others that I’d be totally on board with.) By the time Falcon puts on his wings I’ve bought into the character. I don’t love it just because it’s eye candy. If it was, you’re right, I’d be bored to death. But, like Cliff Secord, I’m invested in the character at this point.
I wonder why I (and others) love this score so much. It’s not like I hadn’t heard Horner’s bag of tricks at this point. My brother and I giggled at the end credits when Horner quit writing and just threw in the Wrath of Khan finale. But 23 (!) years later I’m inclined to call this one of Horner’s finest scores.
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While I'm all for expanded releases most of the good music is already available. The only extra cue that I would love to get is Lucky Lindy. The score does so much for the film. It's one of the reasons recent summer blockbusters bore me to tears. When the Rocketeer took flight it was majestic and awe inspiring, when the Falcon took flight in Winter Soldier it was yawn inducing.
This. I'm not the biggest Horner fan in the world (although I was one of his earliest champions), but The Rocketeer is, IMHO, the very epitome of what a fantasy/adventure music should be with it's strong identifiable themes woven and varied in and out of the fabric of the score.
Once upon a time, not that long ago, summer blockbusters were graced with this kind of musical accompaniment.
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