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This one arrived in the latest batch. I've given it a spin twice, and it sure does smoke a mighty big pipe or something. That's my way of saying I think it's brill. First time round I didn't quite know how to take it - it wasn't exactly what I was expecting (I thought it would be like THE BIG SLEEP from start to finish), but once I got into it, well, it did the job nicely. Splendid mix of Fielding styles, from big brassy ballsy jazz to intimate WILD BUNCH harmonica and accordion, by way of trademark loping woody percussion... oh and those gorgeous strings going off in a million directions before resolving back at Square One - brilliant. Even a borderline annoying track such as the eccentric "Double Song" becomes totally hypnotic when it shifts into McMillan and Wife territory. This is a great CD, and I'm gonna put on the bonus tracks the next time I throw a 1960s acid party with lots of girls in bikinis dancing around the side of the pool. I'm putting my sunglasses on now.
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This one arrived in the latest batch. I've given it a spin twice, and it sure does smoke a mighty big pipe or something. That's my way of saying I think it's brill. First time round I didn't quite know how to take it - it wasn't exactly what I was expecting (I thought it would be like THE BIG SLEEP from start to finish), but once I got into it, well, it did the job nicely. Splendid mix of Fielding styles, from big brassy ballsy jazz to intimate WILD BUNCH harmonica and accordion, by way of trademark loping woody percussion... oh and those gorgeous strings going off in a million directions before resolving back at Square One - brilliant. Even a borderline annoying track such as the eccentric "Double Song" becomes totally hypnotic when it shifts into McMillan and Wife territory. This is a great CD, and I'm gonna put on the bonus tracks the next time I throw a 1960s acid party with lots of girls in bikinis dancing around the side of the pool. I'm putting my sunglasses on now.
It is a great little score, and I am delighted you like it. I hope more folks give it a listen.
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Glad you're "one of us" now, Ken! HUNTERS ARE FOR KILLING has turned out to be one of the Fieldings that I always reach for when it comes to the sheer enjoyment factor. I never tire of it, and it always puts me in a good mood. Which isn't to say it's all light and fluffy, no, but there are so many moods encompassed that it's just a great listen from beginning to end.
I know that Fielding has more "important" scores out, but the ones I listen to most are for two comparatively minor films - HUNTERS ARE FOR KILLING and THE ENFORCER.
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Ken, I don't know if THE ENFORCER is getting reissued or not, so I can't say if you imagined it. And I don't know if you should "hang fire" because I don't know what that expression means. But if you're asking if it's worth buying THE ENFORCER, then I'd say "Hell yes!"... and then you have only me to blame if you don't like it.
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Ken, I think much of the joy of HUNTERS ARE FOR KILLING is that it doesn't put its cards on the table all at the one time. Jim Phelps (and he should know) calls it "a slow burner". I myself mentioned somewhere above that it didn't quite knock my socks off on first listen (I thought it would be all like THE BIG SLEEP), but it's one I now fully appreciate.
I didn't know there was a Japanese-pressed (?) ENFORCER. I just checked on Soundtrack Collector and it says it's got a gatefold sleeve. Does that just mean it's a didgie? Why'd you get that one? Are you in Japan?
And when you get it, do let us know what you think.
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