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Nov 19, 2020 - 8:43 PM
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lonzoe1
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"But before you do anything, you have to ask yourself if you can do it. Can you forget about ever seeing your parents again? Can you kill a guard? Leave your kid at a gas station? Push some nice old lady to the ground just because she gets between you and the door? Because to do this thing, that's who you have to become. And if you can't, don't start, 'cause you'll just get someone killed." The Next Three Days (Music From The Motion Picture) - Danny Elfman Paul Haggis’ underrated suspense drama was released in theaters 10 years ago today. The Next Three Days centers around a husband/dad/community college teacher, who (when left without much choice) plans to help his wife (who he believes is innocent), escape prison by any means necessary. Upon release the movie underperformed at the box office due to competing with a highly anticipated Harry Potter movie the same weekend. Russell Crowe pretty much carries the movie and is very convincing as an average Joe, who is in over his head. He’s not Jason Bourne, James Bond, Ethan Hunt, Schwarzenegger, etc and makes plenty of mistakes fine-tuning his plan before the actual breakout/escape. That’s why as a viewer I can easily sympathize with Brennan (Russell Crowe) and want him to succeed with his escape plan due to the odds stacked against him. Another thing Brennan’s escape plan was not a few days or weeks but years in the making, which helps makes the plan, plot, story credible, imo. Elfman’s ambient score seems to get overlooked as well. It’s a skillful blend of drama (“Prologue“, “What She‘s Lost“, “Same Old Trick”, “All Is Lost”, That’s Ok”, “The Evidence”, “A Warning“, “Touch” and “The Truth” and suspense (“A Way In“, “A Promise”, “The Last Three Months”, “The Bump Key“, “Breakout” and “Got ‘Em”). “The Truth” is not only a very unique track from Elfman, but a major highlight of the album to a pivotal moment in the movie. “Breakout” is another highlight of the album with over eight minutes of edge of your seat suspense music depicting the breakout scene. The score is very sympathetic to Brennan’s predicament and determination of how far he’s willing to go to help his wife escape prison and running from the law for the rest of their life. Elfman’s score is along the lines of his more subdued ambient scores (e.g. The Kingdom, The Girl On The Train, etc.) The two Moby songs at the end of the album aren’t bad either. In fact, it blends nicely with the remainder of the album, imo.
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