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I recall reading an interview with Friedkin (who was or is a big Morricone admirer) that he was surprised that Morricone came up with such a melodic score for this serial killer movie.
Interesting to read the comments of some people on this post, that they feel there was no melodic music at all in the score. It is indeed not correct to make that statement, and I believe this is one of those scores where a careful listening and indeed reappraisal of the score is required by some.
Personally, as a listen, I find it on of the most rewarding Morricone scores from this period, as apart from the atmospheric (including the carillon theme, a repetitive motif representing memory I believe) or more action related music (Run, Run, Run) , Morricone I think tried to capture in his music some kind of humanity for the killer (rightly or wrongly). Hence he produced the haunting main theme, for sax as Tall Guy noted, but also a beautiful version with solo violin and the ascending/descending string background that he favours on so many scores. But he also introduces a coda at the end of some of the cues, quite moving (representing I believe childhood and the mother). Overall there is a lot of variety in the score and I hope maybe someone will give it another chance following this review.
Virgin released this after THE MISSION, and I can imagine many people buying this score imagining something similar from EM (probably not understanding that this is after all a very dark movie).
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After reading the comments above, I decided to purchase a copy of Rampage (£4.00 from Amazon) and much to my surprise found that I enjoyed the score. It's a little like "In The Line of Fire" which I'm also quite fond of.
Anyway, thanks folks for pointing me towards Rampage, I'm sure this is going to get listened to a lot.
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Not one of my favorites but I've never seen the film and don't think a Region 1 DVD or Blu Ray was ever issued.
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Apr 11, 2019 - 7:24 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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Thanks to this thread, I dug out my old LP copy of this score and gave it another spin this week.
I wanted to hear what I thought of the score that I'd initially dismissed, with my younger, less evolved ears 
Having listened to and bought much more Ennio Morricone music in the intervening years* and developed a much greater interest, appreciation and love of his sound and style, I figured it wasn't going to be the great turn-off I originally remembered.
And it wasn't.
Don't get me wrong. I'd never say I'll ever love it, or even really like it.
It's a typical Morricone mood piece, with some piercing sounds and the style of music I like least by him. But there were one or two tracks that stood out as quite pleasant and listenable and overall, it was all pure Morricone, no matter the style of music he was doing.
So, there ya go. My ears are better equipped these days to handle anything that's thrown at them
*from vague memory, when I bought the RAMPAGE LP, I owned scores such as the DOLLARS trilogy collection, TG,TB & TU, OUATITW, OUATIA, DAYS OF HEAVEN, RED TENT, THIEVES AFTER DARK, THE ISLAND, BUTTERFLY, THE THING, RED SONJA, THE MISSION.
The RAMPAGE purchase was my first big dislike by him, certainly when compared to all them.
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Apr 11, 2019 - 8:49 AM
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CCW1970
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It was one of my very first CD purchases, and I think I got it in a cut-out bin.
I still haven't seen the movie. But, I pull out the disc every 5 years or so. I recall liking the mood of the score, and using some tracks for tapes I made for Halloween parties.
Like so many of you, it didn't initially make a big impression, especially compared to other Morricone scores I was aware of at the time (primarily the Dollars trilogy, The Thing, Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables, The Mission, and Casualties of War, which was another early CD purchase).
I need to find a copy of the film, as I generally like Friedkin's movies, too.
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