I remember seeing the film (in an actual cinema) when it was released and loving it. Then I heard the Troost promo some time later and thought 'weird...where's all the great action and suspense music?' (Folk took no credit for his stuff in the film credits). It was some time later when I learned he had ghost scored it, and then Intrada put out that 2CD promo of Robert Folk Film Music and his 20 minutes worth was included. It's the Troost stuff I will need to get to know when I buy this baby.
I prefer the Troost music myself, it may be lower energy, but it has a lot more character. The Folk stuff sounds derivative to me, does nobody else hear both Die Hard and Aliens in 'Graboids after Val'?
I prefer the Troost music myself, it may be lower energy, but it has a lot more character. The Folk stuff sounds derivative to me, does nobody else hear both Die Hard and Aliens in 'Graboids after Val'?
Folk is a great composer but probably pressured for time he had to follow some temp tracking - Die Hard is the more obvious but you can also hear other stuff (even Nicholas Pike's Critters 2) - not that it sounds bad but it can be a bit distracting. On the other hand some of Troost's action music reminds me a bit of Mad Max 2... possibly temp tracking was an issue for both composers. But very happy this score is released in complete form with both composers music.
Been working my way through the extras on Arrow's new blu-ray and the music featurette is well worth a watch.
That's next on my to-do list for that set. I watched the movie in 4K (which looks AMAZING!) and the 30 minute documentary.
I did, however, watch the 20+ minute on Goldsmith's score on the new 4K release of Total Recall, which was neat to watch. Same with Craig Safan's interview on Arrow's new edition of The Last Starfighter.
Just picked this up as I've always loved the movie and the score. To quote Folk from the liner notes "I wish we had shared a credit as our combined efforts resulted in the over-all unique character of the score." I couldn't agree more!
On that note: Has anyone here taken a stab at sequencing the tracks on LLL's set that approximates the "chronological" combinations of both composers' scores? I know in the liner notes it states of lot of Folk's music was cut up and tracked in various parts of the film as well as the included stingers, making a true sequence not possible from this set. That said, if anyone has put together a rough chronological sequencing, I'd love to see it!
Such a great flick, really want to scare the kids to death with this one for Halloween this year. Also, Kevin Bacon says of his entire career - this is the only movie he's interested in revisiting in some capacity. Classic.
Although a different beast to Folk's meatier action scoring, Troost's album is still a lot of fun. Part MIDNIGHT RUN & ALIEN-lite, with some low-fi suspense and hill-billy scoring, it holds up a lot more more than I remembered it. And like John Ottman's FANTASTIC FOUR main theme, I always hear Roll Out The Barrel during his action theme/motif. It's also great to have the sturdier Robert Folk score in separated tracks (the Intrada promo was one big 19 minute suite). Great release (booklet/notes/sound/design). Love the film...love having this presentation on my shelf. Really happy I picked this up.
Stumbled upon this video the other day directly comparing Troost/Folk's music for one of the Graboid attacks.
I think I was overly harsh on Troost's score in my comments earlier in the thread. I think it was based on the sequencing on the promo, LLL's presentation plays a lot better for me in film order and with the expanded material. It gels more with the tone of the tone of the film than Folk's stuff (which is still great, but doesn't have the charm) and based on this video, would've been just as effective had it remained in the final mix.
