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For the most part, I can't say I really enjoy this CD. It's evocative and sounds very period-fitting. But it generally keeps me at arms length, although it does it's job well enough. But after the cue Taking Elizabeth, wherein he finally lets the emotional drama in, it steps up a few gears, and the final three cues (The Beach, Proctor Confesses, Forgive Us) are, to me, film music at it's finest. It's like he manages to grab hold of your heart and emotions and rip them apart. In the most beautiful manner. It's sad music. It's tragic music. It's also bittersweet and gorgeous, in an almost painful way. No, not almost, it IS painful. It hurts to listen to it, but in that way the best music makes us feel. I vaguely recall watching the film, one late night on BBC2 or Film4, and hearing the music near the end twist my emotions in the most devastating manner. The film is quite good too. Playing the CD right now and it still packs an emotional punch for me. Any thoughts?
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I also find his score to IN LOVE AND WAR the following year even better. But that's for another thread.
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I am also a huge George Fenton fan, but I likewise could not get into this score. Maybe I should dust it off -- I've found with some of Fenton's music that it takes several listens for it to "come alive" for me. It didn't help that I thought the film was poor (Winona Ryder is terrible), and I was never a fan of the play the begin with.
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I thought it was a movie about the World Championship snooker
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I thought this film would be right up your street, Paul. As I said, the early parts of the score ain't bad, just quite earthy and spare. But the latter cues really pack an emotional punch to me. It's about 15 minutes in total. The memorable stuff which I can't stop playing/can't get enough of, that is.
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Ha. Weird. Mary Reilly is on my play list CD stack for today!!
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I like this score. Definitely a grower. I remember seeing the film in the mid 90s at BFI. Fenton can effectively score any type of film....romcom, drama, historical, espionage, wild life documentaries
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