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Scarface. Sometimes it sounds like Moroder sat on a Moog while watching Falcon Crest, and other times it sounds like a baby being tortured, slowed down so we wouldn't notice... BUT I NOTICED.
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Mar 19, 2020 - 7:37 AM
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MusicMad
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The Untouchables (1987) Mission to Mars (2000) L'Umanoide (1979) and generally: If this thread was a competition, Ennio Morricone would definitely be the Winner. I'm awaiting TG's comment in reply ... Coincidentally, I played Mission ... yesterday ... first time in over three years. I admit to finding it, as a stand-alone listen, somewhat grating in places but acknowledge that my tastes have changed. Too many years of buying/listening to the Maestro's works ... I've seen all three of the mentioned films and, suppose, I'm used to his style, so nothing really bothers me (albeit some of his scores are less interesting than others). I've been critical of several scores in recent weeks re: films I've reviewed but whether the films, so reviewed, are Great is open to question. As I've said many times, Skyfall (2012) was a huge disappointment to me (especially so as I'm a fan of the JB007 franchise) and Thomas Newman contributed wholeheartedly to said disappointment. Would the film have been more enjoyable with a decent score ... I can't see how a JB007 score (rather than the generic soundscape we got) could not have helped. But I doubt it could have been transformed into a Great movie. Mitch
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As far as The Killing Fields, I think the score has its moments. The title music sets-up an effective atmosphere of tension, and the orchestral passages -- particularly when Pran reaches the hospital at the end -- are very effective. David Bedford also contributed one cue. On the other hand, the evacuation scene, with its ludicrous "ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong-ding-dong" cue when the helicopter appears absolutely destroys the moment. I remember Gene Siskel actually singling-out this cue as an example of effective scoring, even going so far as to suggest other composers would probably have overdone the sequence (though I suspect Siskel was unknowingly just reacting to the low dub of the music).
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