I've actually met Loek Dikker a few times. His name is funny in Norwegian, because the first name is slang for the male genitalia, and the last name is almost the English slang for the same.
That aside, he's done some good scores. His score for Verhoeven's excellent THE FOURTH MAN, as mentioned above, is probably his biggest claim to fame. BODY PARTS and THE BABYSITTER would be the other two relatively famous ones. He seems to have retired from film scores, as his last work was in 2007. But he keeps popping up at film music events, like the Nordic Film Music Days where I've met him in recent years.
Haven't seen BODY PARTS in decades. Might have to take a listen on Spotify.
I remember really enjoying that film when I saw it in the theater. Sort of a crazy modern take on The Hands of Orlac. Officially based on a novel by the French authors whose work inspired Diabolique and Vertigo (though I think I read the book and there was little connection; I think they may have received the credit for legal reasons and not because the script was actually inspired by the book).
Very cool Dikker score, and great title sequence as well.
The writer-director (who wrote The Hitcher) has a personal history that is colorful to say the least. (Googling recommended)
Recently I finally made a rip of my Dikker 4th Man LP, a terrific score and still one of Verhoeven's best films.
Really liked the film back in the day, watched it a few years ago and it was still a lot of fun. The score is really effective in the film and i like it as a listen away from it. Good stuff.
Superb - and intelligent - score for a superb film! Definitely recommend checking out the Shout Factory blu-ray which has a ton of excellent features - including some key (harder) deleted scenes.
It is hard for me to assess this film. It is simultaneously ridiculous and brilliant. I would not hesitate to recommend it to fans of exploitation cinema.
Listening to this right now. I had forgotten how great this score is - thank you guys for reminding me! (Boy, the quality of film music back in the day was astounding!...)
Listening to this right now. I had forgotten how great this score is - thank you guys for reminding me! (Boy, the quality of film music back in the day was astounding!...)
Yeah, it's kind of reminiscent of how you could get Bernard Herrmann to score "It's Alive."
Taking it out of the jewel case and looking at the old Varese label, I was reminded of how you could buy film scores in stores and not worry about them going out of print right away.
