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Apr 25, 2009 - 4:33 AM
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Thor
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I've always enjoyed this soundtrack - from the swingin' cocktail tunes to the faux-adventure music (in the Gimbel burglary scene etc.) to the moody Mancini pastiche song "Make Me Rainbows" (eloquently revisited in 1995's "Moonlight" for SABRINA).
However, I just now got around to seeing the film. Man, it'a quite bad. It's absolutely NOT funny anywhere, performances are hammy by everyone including Van Dyke (although fun to see a very young Sam Waterston as the chauffeur) and everything just feels so RUSHED. The jokes (if you could call them that) are never allowed room to breathe, and the plot just strides ahead before you actually know what just happened. I can certainly see why this is forgotten in the annals of film history.
Williams' music is fine, but the film is a little overscored, especially in the beginning, almost as if the music is trying to be "funny" or leviate some of the poor writing. There's also some weirdly overdone suspense music as the secretary is prowling around the estate. Off the top of my head, I can't really remember any particular moments with striking musical use.
But we'll always have the soundtrack from Varese, which is entertaining stuff!
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While Goldsmith is probably the champion turd-polisher of all time, Williams has provided his share of manure makeovers, including the execrable FITZWILLY.
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just played this the other and have to say its almost up there with early johnny william'S HOW TO STEAL A MILLION, almost. just a really fun listening time. must admit , never saw the film.
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The score was pretty lightweight. The movie was feeble. I sold it on ebay several years ago for a fairly tidy little sum. Williams scores of this era, with the exception of parts of PENELOPE are somewhat off putting to me. He just didn't seem to have the touch.
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While Goldsmith is probably the champion turd-polisher of all time, Williams has provided his share of manure makeovers, including the execrable FITZWILLY.
That's some "touch."
Indeed. HEARTBEEPS, anyone? Talk about lousy electronics. Williams was a hack in that little endeavor.
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Jan 26, 2011 - 10:23 PM
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filmusicnow
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I've always enjoyed this soundtrack - from the swingin' cocktail tunes to the faux-adventure music (in the Gimbel burglary scene etc.) to the moody Mancini pastiche song "Make Me Rainbows" (eloquently revisited in 1995's "Moonlight" for SABRINA).
However, I just now got around to seeing the film. Man, it'a quite bad. It's absolutely NOT funny anywhere, performances are hammy by everyone including Van Dyke (although fun to see a very young Sam Waterston as the chauffeur) and everything just feels so RUSHED. The jokes (if you could call them that) are never allowed room to breathe, and the plot just strides ahead before you actually know what just happened. I can certainly see why this is forgotten in the annals of film history.
Williams' music is fine, but the film is a little overscored, especially in the beginning, almost as if the music is trying to be "funny" or leviate some of the poor writing. There's also some weirdly overdone suspense music as the secretary is prowling around the estate. Off the top of my head, I can't really remember any particular moments with striking musical use.
But we'll always have the soundtrack from Varese, which is entertaining stuff!
Thor, the album you're referring to (originally released on United Artists, then M.C.A. Classics, and the Varese Club release that also includes Williams' score for "The Long Goodbye") is a rerecording.
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It just goes to show how weak Williams is in certain areas.
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