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Aug 16, 2011 - 1:05 PM
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bobbengan
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Just caught this wretched movie the other night. Had heard terrible things about it for years, and indeed it was bad - in a fun way though mostly. One thing I had absolutely not been prepared for at all was Perry Botkin's wonderful, brilliantly-orchestrated and romantic score! I'd never even ehard of the composer, and doing a little research it appears he is best-known for his electronic, non-filmmusic compositions. Crying shame, because if this score is any indication he has a wonderful and very unique symphonic voice. Here's a link to the last few minutes of the film, including the awesome and extended end title suite (try to ignore the fact that it plays out over footage of a topless Bo Derek wrestling w/ a primate). This is a really, really impressive effort and I'm amazed it's never been mentioned around here, that I could find. The orchestrations here really are inspired and lovely, creating a perfect 'jungle-like' ambiance a la John Scott's 'Greystoke'. I'd love a release of this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuWZ2BqmgHo
Any thoughts?
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I concur that Skyjacked is a pretty good score.
Yavar
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Aug 17, 2011 - 2:30 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Thanks, bob- the music that was sung from that movie, probably was the love theme, somewhere in the middle of the movie, because the opening and close credit music was other music, i can't right now remember who was the singer, i had an lp of it years ago, also i believe Roger williams did a piano instrumental on the theme on one of his lp;s. which i had years ago, before i sold my giant LP collection when i moved cross country years ago.
As can be seen by the opening and closing credits sequences, there's no song credited on screen. Perhaps it was just source music.
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I saw TARZAN, THE APE MAN a few days ago. The film was barely tolerable. The most favorable review of the film that I read actually came from Roger Ebert, who gave it two and a half stars, saying that it "has a certain disarming charm." It is surprising that, with all the labels mining the MGM/UA music vaults, we haven't seen a release of this score. Divorced from the film, it works well.
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Thanks for all the info, guys. Shame Botkin never seemed to rise to the ranks of the a-listers.
Didn't they have Wikipedia back in 2011?
Perry Botkin is alive and well and can afford to do whatever the hell he wants.
By the way, I have his partner's soundtrack The Warriors on constant play in the Prius.
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I first encountered the name Perry Botkin in relation to the musicians backing Fred Astaire on some of his '78's. Of course, that was the film composer's dad, a very busy jazz guitarist in his day. I'd say that father and son have both brought musical distinction and honor to the name.
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