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Mar 25, 2020 - 5:38 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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I think one of the reasons I've always loved this score and held it in such high regard is that it's like an All-In-One James Horner score.
It contains virtually all of his styles and quirks and steals from around that time, plus some new ones besides.
The yearning, soaring Rocketeer (actually Blue Max) style flying sequences.
The driving, urban, gritty grooves from his police/crime actioners.
The exotic flute interludes that evoke the spiritual wilderness.
The sad, reflective and heartbreaking strings/winds/guitar that always bring a tear to the eye.
The usual borrowings from Gayane Ballet to danger motif and some new Prokofiev borrowings, like when Broderick lets the chimps out late one night to roam around the lab (that's from either Cinderella or Three Oranges) *
That bonkers percussion/rumble music whenever Horner saw monkey's.
Even the weird processed hurdy-gurdy sound that would crop up again in Willow a year later.
But it all hangs together beautifully to me.
I really like the film too.
I remember the film bypassed cinemas in the UK, back when studios were deciding to release some films straight to video, to cut costs. This was one such case.
I remember renting the video and taping the music straight from the telly, via leads, onto cassette. That tape sure got hammered.
Then, Varese released it, in all it's glory, in their CD Club and La La Land recently did a definitive edition, with about 4 extra minutes of music and the Mike M touch.
It will always be a Top 10 Horner score for me.
Thoughts?
*It's Cinderella. Just listen to Act1 Scene 5, The Beggar Woman, about 1 minute in.
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It's like a Best of CD from The Eagles, with two new tracks
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Oct 25, 2023 - 8:46 AM
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Thor
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I had this CD once, the 2001 Varese edition. Didn't care for it much, so I gave it away or sold it, I can't remember. I remember thinking there was a lot of meandering suspense, and too much of Horner's reusage, more Khachaturian and all that. I can perfectly understand that, and some of those sentiments still linger when I listen to it, but I don't really give a flying toss about the borrowings anymore, so I gave the digital version another chance. Well, when whittled down to my current 47 minutes, it works better and doesn't wear out its welcome like the ol' Varese CD did. Again, not a title that will ever become a favourite of mine, but it's more rewarding than I remember.
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