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After an eternity of neglect, I decided to give this score a listen and have been thrilled with its energy and "Mod" fun, along with the haunting "The Windmills of Your Mind" that (deservedly) won an Oscar back in the days when Oscar-winning songs were worthy of winning the award and getting "covered" by then-contemporary singers- Dusty Springfield's version comes to mind- and Legrand's vocalese! I should also mention my love for the instrumental version of "The Windmills of Your Mind" is mind-blowingly good. I've been lukewarm about this score for years but now add it among my favorites. Great late-Sixties score and most definitely a dated relic I will never fail to enjoy.
"The Boston Wrangler", anyone?
I saw this at a drive -in theater in East Dallas in the summer of 1968 at the ripe old age of 11. Faye Dunaway, hot off the heels of her real breakthrough success in BONNIE AND CLYDE was pretty good as the elegant, ice-cold insurance investigator- let's face it, Faye played hard-edged ice-bitches well. I think Norman Jewison's multi screen takes on the heist at the beginning are dated and a bit artsy-fartsy, but, yeah, an entertaining enough film, and I like the score. I was glad Varese reissued it a few years ago. Steve McQueen was pretty much at his peak in 1968, with this and BULLITT, and coming off a recent Best Actor nomination for SAND PEBBLES.
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There are aspects of the film that are dated, though, like the split screen effects, and the great line, "Our bank has a computer!"
Has anyone seen what Faye Dunaway has done to her face recently?
Nay. Pray tell what the Queen has done now, or show us an image of The New Look.
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After an eternity of neglect, I decided to give this score a listen and have been thrilled with its energy and "Mod" fun, along with the haunting "The Windmills of Your Mind" that (deservedly) won an Oscar back in the days when Oscar-winning songs were worthy of winning the award and getting "covered" by then-contemporary singers- Dusty Springfield's version comes to mind- and Legrand's vocalese! I should also mention my love for the instrumental version of "The Windmills of Your Mind" is mind-blowingly good. I've been lukewarm about this score for years but now add it among my favorites. Great late-Sixties score and most definitely a "dated relic" I will never fail to enjoy.
"The Boston Wrangler", anyone?
I own the three CD editions (EMI/ODEON, RYKO/MGM, Varese Sarabande).
I still whistle when I hear "A Man's Castle".
I am over-excited when I Hear "Playing the Field".
I can drive a car with the sound of "Cash and Carry"!
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I think his score for ICE STATION ZEBRA is an outstanding one.
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I love this one also and don't find it a bit dated, possibly because I skip the Noel Harrison version of the theme when I listen; and possibly because I listen to few scores after about 1975!
My favorite thing about the score,is Noel Harrison's rendition of THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND. Perhaps, because in Philadelphia, it went to Number 2 on the local charts, and got tons of radio play, while Dusty Springfield's version peaked at Number 31, and didn't get anywhere near the airplay.
http://media.putfile.com/01---Theme-Noel-Harrison---The-Windmills-Of-Your-Mind
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While the album was always quite a pleasant listening experience, I've also always regretted that the extended cue for the actual robbery wasn't included.
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Feb 1, 2007 - 5:29 PM
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Jim Phelps
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My favorite thing about the score,is Noel Harrison's rendition of THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND. Perhaps, because in Philadelphia, it went to Number 2 on the local charts, and got tons of radio play, while Dusty Springfield's version peaked at Number 31, and didn't get anywhere near the airplay.
Since I started "digging" this fine score again, I have probably heard no less than five versions (instrumental and vocal) of "The Windmills of Your Mind"! I still prefer Noel Harrison's version; he was meant for that song!
This score triggers my perception (I wasn't born yet!) of how the late Sixties must have sounded, "felt" and "been like"; I'm basing this on all of the things I have read, movies I have watched, archival local and national newscasts I've seen and the photographs of my family's scrapbook from the era, and more specifically, my hometown as it might have been, circa 1968. Talk about one's "Non-Musical" connections!
Oh, and if i didn't mention it before: I just looove that harpsichord!!!
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