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Honestly, I CANNOT sit through this film anymore. When I saw it initially, I (thought) I loved it, but I didn't. I simply admired Ashton Groton's Art-Direction. I can't even imagine sitting through it without the fast-forward button being depressed. Even you know what a chore the film would be to sit through in your comparison to 'A Clockwork Orange'. But for the music, oh....WRINGLE, WRANGLE, WRINGLE, WRANGLE.
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Goldsmith version
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For me, Goldsmith's score is the main reason the film is worth watching. Legend does not have a very complex narrative, but it is a sumptuous visual feast, and with Goldsmith's equally sumptuous music, it blossoms into a kind of "ballet", where the images and music are the primary allure.
Tangerine Dream's music is a run-of-the-mill 80s synth effort (tho to be honest I rather like the Jon Anderson song -- even though Anderson's vocals were added to their music without the Dream's cooperation or consent), but I don't think it works in the film at all.
The US cut also excises a fair amount of the character development (which was slight to begin with), and has some ill-considered reediting (i.e. the tasteless "make out" scene), and that Bryan Ferry song is an embarrassment. The resultant film is like a 90-min. music video.
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