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I watched this film from 1986 last night. Not exactly a masterpiece, directed by John Irvin and starring Arnold The Governor.
The opening credits said "Music design by Cinemascore". A rather strange way of putting it.
The score is a quite hard-hitting synth/rock-affair, kind of similar to Wang Chung's To Live And Die In LA from the year before.
I wonder what was the story behind Cinemascore and why they never worked together again. The "band" consisted of guys like Tom Bahler and Chris Boardman. And even Steve Lukather of Toto fame wrote additional music to the film.
Any info or opinions?
The score is out on Varese. How does it sound on disc?
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The score is very competent synth rock music with a serious emphasis on rock. I think because seven composers contributed to this score as a corporation (CINEMASCORE), it is billed as such and they clearly weren't as lucrative or successful as tomandandy has been.
I'd recommend hunting down the rarer Colosseum pressed version VCD47286, only because it is harder to find.
The sound is fine to me.
And not as successful as Asche & Spencer probably will be, another film scoring collective.
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CINEMASCORE was Quincy Jones' company, where he would subcontract work to composers- Thomas Dolby was one for FEVER PITCH. In the case of RAW DEAL, Tom Bahler and Chris Boardman had received OSCAR noms with QJ for THE COLOR PURPLE, plus Bahler and QJ go way back on pop records. As for the TOTO connection, again Luthaker, David Paich and the Porcaros are all over QJ's 80s albums and the the three MICHAEL JACKSON records he made.
As an aside, my review for TANGO AND CASH will be on the FSM site hopefully next month.
I didn't know about the Quincy Jones connection.
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I just want to go on record and say that this score fucking rocks.
And also that I am shocked that I acquired it so cheaply and easily at this point.
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Question now is, it being a 30 minute Varese title, will it get an expansion?
I sincerely doubt it. The film doesn't seem to be as beloved as the rest of Arnie's 80s output and considering how easy it was for me to buy this week, brand new and sealed for under a tenner, I don't think it's much of a hot seller either.
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I might be way off here, but I think this has a chance to be one of Townson's last Varese Club titles. The Variety article provided a HUGE clue - Concord gave Townson a raw deal and no one to date had given him a raw deal before.
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