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| This is a comments thread about FSM CD: It's Alive |
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Sep 14, 2015 - 9:56 PM
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Zoragoth
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I thought the film handled its premise pretty well, being rather restrained, very suspenseful and slightly moving. Not seen the sequels though. As for the score, it's one of Herrmann's weaker efforts, but fits the film like a glove.
I agree with you and Onabirri - it's a film, and score, that you either get or you don't. I liked the audacious weirdness of both the story and Herrmann's score. And yes, because of Herrmann and John Ryan's performance, oddly moving. A very interesting cinematic curio, to be sure....
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Can we please call a truce and just say this one's a matter of taste?
Just so I understand the rules here:
Is it inappropriate for me to discuss stylistic devices that are common across many scores by a single composer? Such similarities are intrinsic and not a matter of taste.
Does addressing empirical similarities among different scores by one composer constitute "abuse?"
One can like or dislike whatever one wants, but this particular score uses many of Herrmann's signature compositional characteristics that show up in most of his sci-fi/horror/macabre/fantasy scores.
If I am breaking any rules, I am sorry that I began to get into a technical musical discussion on a music-oriented message board.
No no, please don't worry—all that is fine and quite worthy, please continue. I just don't want people arguing "it sucks" "does not" "does too"—thanks,
Lukas
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Has anyone determined that "anomaly" than plagues quite a bit of the running time of the CD? I'm referring to what sounds like a tamborine being rapdily shaken; I KNOW there's tamborine in the score, but this is NOT a tamborine making this sound... I don't know WHAT it is! Does anyone here know?
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