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I have not listened to "FK" in quite a while. Today I did spend a few hours listening to this baby and I'm convinced now that this Goldsmith Masterwork is one of the most gorgeous scores I have ever heard! It Is ravishing beautiful music. it is on my 'top 40' of all-time list [see profile] It sounds even better when you use my resequenced playlist brm
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I, for one, enjoyed the movie very much and plan to get the DVD soon. I thought Goldsmith's rousing score complimented the film very nicely. And of course, King Arthur seems to be a role Connery was born to play. Sure, Richard Gere is no Englishman, but at least he doesn't attempt an accent. FYI: Lancelot was French so no need to speak with any accent, dammitt! brm
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Bob, First Knight was I believe Goldsmith's first all-orchestral score since King Solomon's Mines. There is not a single synth in it, unlike (I am pretty sure) both Powder and The Edge, which have them subtly. (I may be wrong about the Edge.) Yavar
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Bob, First Knight was I believe Goldsmith's first all-orchestral score since King Solomon's Mines. There is not a single synth in it, unlike (I am pretty sure) both Powder and The Edge, which have them subtly. (I may be wrong about the Edge.) Yavar There are no synths in The Edge. The twinkling rhythms during the movement shots are all done with winds and piano. The lack of synthetic instruments was probably to avoid simulating any sort of "civilized" or technological sounds to further the isolated tone of the score. I have to agree that FK is slightly better than The Edge (which has one of my favorite all-time Goldsmith cues with "Bitter Coffee"). I think the use of choir at the end just gut punched me the first time I heard it--like--without the choir it would have still been a magnificent achievement but when they come barging in at the end, it really elevates this score to epic levels. I would venture to say it's maybe my favorite of the Goldsmith 90s catalog, which is the period I am most familiar with so that is saying something. I managed to snag an unmentionable back in the day at a questionable college town record store and I've always been happy with the sound quality and presentation. Is there any advantage to getting the LaLa Land version?
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