I have both the previous editions. Half the tracks sound like there's a troupe of people bouncing up and down on some old spring mattresses, speeded up slightly and with some reverb added. The other half seems to feature a loop of someone's bottom being smacked at various rates of speed.
I had a the album and actually preferred it to the complete edition. I’m guessing this new edition will have the album master + complete score remastered “less hot” than the the complete release and including possibly some alternates.
Between the fantastic score releases and the Criterion and Arrow sales, July is becoming an extremely pricey month.
As someone who's been eyeing this score on the secondhand market, I'm going to most certainly buy this. I've got exactly zero versions and put off the LLL release until it went OOP. (What a fool I am! Same with Quigley Down Under!!!!)
Set aside your snythophobia for just a minute and just marvel at his building and development of tension and release. And those soaring horns in the end title. Magnifique!
Set aside your snythophobia for just a minute and just marvel at his building and development of tension and release. And those soaring horns in the end title. Magnifique!
The amount of preparation and coordination of all the synths alone is amazing let alone balancing them along with a full orchestra. Incredible effort, I'm always captivated by this score and its many layers.
I like this score a lot, ever since I picked up the original Intada LP in 1987. I also got the Intrada CD, which has identical content. I don't think I need another edition of the score but it sure is cool to see this getting what appears to be the ultimate edition. The movie is actually quite good too. Like many of Walter Hill's movies, at heart it's a western. You got a Texas Ranger, his old friend who's now a drug lord, and a mysterious clandestine military unit whose members are officially dead, all of them with an overdose of testosterone, battling it out in Mexico (in a clear homage to THE WILD BUNCH). Neo western with an ultra-macho attitude. Nothing particularly new, but well done. As Roger Ebert noted in his original review of the movie: "Hill doesn't really try to avoid the cliches in a story like this. He simply turns up the juice". Goldsmith's music fits the movie perfectly, it's a western score with a modern (1980s) soundscape of Simmons drums and lots of electronics.
I have both the previous editions. Half the tracks sound like there's a troupe of people bouncing up and down on some old spring mattresses, speeded up slightly and with some reverb added. The other half seems to feature a loop of someone's bottom being smacked at various rates of speed.
Basil, I really do love your comments, they honestly put a smile on my face, especially when I am having one of those days and today is one of those days, in crt with lots of horrid cases listed before me. Thank you for the light entertainment!
Set aside your snythophobia for just a minute and just marvel at his building and development of tension and release. And those soaring horns in the end title. Magnifique!
This music is astonishing, and as you people on here say...."ordered" !
I rank this right up there with Jerry's other 1980s (and 1990) action masterpieces. A sextet, if you will.
First Blood The Challenge Rambo II Rambo III Total Recall
I would include OUTLAND here as well. It might not have as much action music as the others but I feel like "Hot Water" earns it a place on the list by itself.
Never seen the film, and have never heard the score. Unknown (to me) Goldsmith is usually an easy purchase. Unfortunately the youtube samples posted earlier don't do anything for me. So very 80's sounding. That generally isn't a plus for me. Lionheart is from the same era, but seems like it will be a little more up my alley...if I ever get my copy.
I'll probably give this a shot eventually and throw it into a larger order somewhere down the road, but I'm relieved that I can save a little money for the time being.
I guess I'm tripling up, and it'll be my first version directly from Intrada. (I got the UK Silva Screen release on cassette from when Intrada licenced their titles through Silva Screen).