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Feb 25, 2015 - 1:40 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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About a month ago, I saw the recent release of THE GAMBLER, starring Mark Wahlberg, which is a remake of the 1974 James Caan film of the same name. This new film nominally has music by Jon Brion and Theo Green. But the soundtrack is dominated by pop songs, and that's all that appears on the 15-track digital album being offered on Amazon. I honestly don't recall any of the score.
One Huffington Post blogger wrote: "Jon Brion supposedly co-composed the music, but there is no evidence of this at all. The soundtrack sounds like a parody of a 90's movie soundtrack with it's overabundant alt rock covers (in one scene in particular, the music is distractingly similar to the first SOCIAL NETWORK trailer)."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-bartolone/the-gambler-a-safe-bet_b_6168902.html
The Hollywood Reporter felt that "the music and songs interspersed between scenes feel too lightweight and ephemeral in light of the matter at hand."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/gambler-remake/review/748065
But this was contradicted by a Galveston, Texas reviewer who felt that "the music by Jon Brion and Theo Green, exquisitely devised to enhance the mood, provides some levity from the tension."
http://galvestonislandguide.com/movie-review-the-gambler/
And another reviewer writes: "The score is similarly better than average, with everybody's favourite commercial composer Jon Brion providing an ominous and effective soundtrack."
http://exclaim.ca/Film/article/gambler-rupert_wyatt
http://www.amazon.com/Gambler-Explicit-digital-booklet/dp/B00QN2EO9C/ref=sr_1_1?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1424894199&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Gambler
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