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Jan 13, 2018 - 10:35 AM
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PFK
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"Tomorrow is Forever" is a great motion picture from all aspects of it's production values to the remarkable acting talents of Claudette Colbert, Orson Wells, George Brent, Richard Long and the very, very young Natalie Wood. The blu-ray music only track by the great Max Steiner is one of the most emotional scores I've ever heard. I know the film inside and out and it never ceases to move me emotionally. Steiner's score is a great study in film music composition that makes each scored scene come alive with such force. The use of wordless female voices in several cues is remarkable in their effectiveness to the scenes which they are applied to. Ms. Colbert never looked or acted as great as in this production and, oh, Mr. Wells...he can do more with just a face movement or an eye brow movement that ten thousand words. His is a great subdued performance which breaks my heart in what he discovers throughout the film and what he cannot express but only hold internally. No matter what is said about the staircase scene, it still is shattering in it's impact. And 70 years plus after it's release, this motion picture still has the power to move one. It may be called a "woman's" film but I believe it is much more than that: a film where words cannot be spoken, emotions not shown, someone living in the past believing that she will recapture it...what more can one ask. The acetate music track in some cases is harsh but don't let that dis wade you from listening to it. There are many other cues that don't have these distortions. Mr. Steiner should have been nominated for the Academy Award for what I believe is a great achievement in film scoring. There is not one cue that does not fit this remarkable production. I cherish the blu-ray for it's great commitment to film making and especially to film scoring. It is a work that should be studied in film music classes.
Very well stated edw and I completely agree. Max always said in interviews that he liked scoring dramas the best and this is a great example.
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