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Sep 18, 2009 - 10:20 PM
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ScottDS
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Hey Josh! Now that you mention it, I do notice similarities. You have good ears.
Thanks, henry. Being a child of the 80s, and a childhood fan of the POLICE ACADEMY films, I recognized the similarity immediately. PATTON is an amazing score, and I'm so glad we finally acquired the FSM CD. Now, if only those POLICE ACADEMY scores would see the light of day...
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who would like this! FSM or LaLa Land could probably put together a good 2- or even 3-disc set featuring the different variations of the theme and major set pieces (between all seven films, I'm not sure how much music there is versus recycled music, etc.).
Some musical highlights off the top of my head include the theme for Police Academy 2 which segues into the scene with Tim Kazurinsky closing up shop, the airplane/balloon finale of 4, the jewel heist from the opening of 5, and the car/bus chase from the end of 6.
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Sep 18, 2009 - 10:27 PM
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henry
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Hey Josh! Now that you mention it, I do notice similarities. You have good ears.
Thanks, henry. Being a child of the 80s, and a childhood fan of the POLICE ACADEMY films, I recognized the similarity immediately. PATTON is an amazing score, and I'm so glad we finally acquired the FSM CD. Now, if only those POLICE ACADEMY scores would see the light of day...
I also love the 80s, it's nice talking to others who also love the decade. I'm a pretty nostalgic guy, and miss the 80s along with the late 70s, yes I was only three.
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Some musical highlights off the top of my head include the theme for Police Academy 2 which segues into the scene with Tim Kazurinsky closing up shop, the airplane/balloon finale of 4, the jewel heist from the opening of 5, and the car/bus chase from the end of 6.
Thats amazing you remember all that, Scott - I fell asleep after Pol Acad 2! The first one was pitched as a general comedy film and wasnt too bad, but the later ones were weak, unfunny and very definitely for children only. Without doubt, the music was the best part.
So its official then, the 80s are the new 60s?
Hmmmm.
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Sep 19, 2009 - 9:07 AM
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ScottDS
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Some musical highlights off the top of my head include the theme for Police Academy 2 which segues into the scene with Tim Kazurinsky closing up shop, the airplane/balloon finale of 4, the jewel heist from the opening of 5, and the car/bus chase from the end of 6.
Thats amazing you remember all that, Scott - I fell asleep after Pol Acad 2! The first one was pitched as a general comedy film and wasnt too bad, but the later ones were weak, unfunny and very definitely for children only. Without doubt, the music was the best part.
So its official then, the 80s are the new 60s?
Hmmmm.
I'm 26 so I pretty much grew up watching the Police Academy movies either on HBO or network TV (the first one being R-rated and all and my mom being a bit strict about that when my brother and I were little).
Sadly, I even own the PA DVD boxset even though the disc for the seventh film (Mission to Moscow) would be better off used as a coaster on a coffee table. I haven't seen most of the films in their entirety in years.
I watched the first two films with friends a few years ago. The first one hasn't aged very well and has a very episodic quality to it. I can compare it to, say, Stripes for example (a much better movie) where the first half is introducing the characters, training, etc. and the second half has a conflict (the street gang in PA) that seems shoehorned in. And it's not directed very well either (no offense to Hugh Wilson).
The second film, which ain't exactly Wrath of Khan or Empire Strikes Back, was actually received much better by me and my friends. For whatever reason (this one introduces Bobcat Goldthwait and Tim Kazurinsky) it just seemed funnier. (I know, talk about damning with faint praise!)
As for the music, I was just rattling off parts that I remember noticing as a kid (before I got on this whole film score caravan).
And it's a shame about David Graf, who played Tackleberry. I hate to rain on anyone's parade but he passed away in 2001 of a heart attack. He was only 50!
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POLICE ACADEMY starts a bit like PATTON, but quickly segues into something far more reminiscent of Elmer Bernstein's ANIMAL HOUSE. It can be argued that Elmer's enormous success scoring some of the biggest comedies of the 1980s (AIRPLANE!, GHOSTBUSTERS, STRIPES) influenced most other composers into conscious, or unconscious, imitations of his style. Of course, Elmer was also imitating himself, as some cues, such as that underscoring Bluto's pirate antics at the end of ANIMAL HOUSE, and the main theme to STRIPES were derived from his Andrew Jackson theme in 1958's THE BUCCANEER.
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I was familiar with the PATTON theme before Police Academy was even made, so when first seeing the film in '84, I immediately recognized the similarity and had a good laugh over it. It's an affectionate nod by the composer that hits the spot.
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I remember years ago when I saw Police Academy during its theatrical run that I thought the Main Theme to be similar to Goldsmith's PATTON. I have always thought that was in good humor and intentional.
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