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Jul 20, 2021 - 12:15 PM
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The Mutant
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I've recently upgraded my hardware/software to allow me to more accurately isolate different audio channels.
This means I'll be going back and re-doing a bunch of clips starting with 2 Days in The Valley.
So I've started a new thread dedicated to these updated clips.
The Arrival/Questions, Roy's Last Minute, One Last Walk, Reflection:
https://vimeo.com/577356466
Terminating Pizzo, Dosmo and Mark, Hello Dosmo:
https://vimeo.com/577308254
Rude Awakening, The Cemetery:
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/347972353
Becky and Helga/ Hostage Negotiating / Lotus/The Suspension Notice:
https://vimeo.com/577424776
Valley Cops get Killed, Helga’s Last Minute, Street Convergence, Shootout, Death of the Villlain, Toupee or not Toupee, End Credits, End Credit Suite (constructed by yours truly)
https://vimeo.com/579014531
The way he scores the dog stuff is very "The Burbs"
There's also a touch of Basic Instinct whenever Charlize is on screen.
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I've recently upgraded my hardware/software to allow me to more accurately isolate different audio channels.
This means I'll be going back and re-doing a bunch of clips starting with 2 Days in The Valley.
So I've started a new thread dedicated to these updated clips.
Terminating Pizzo, Dosmo and Mark, Hello Dosmo:
https://vimeo.com/577308254
The way he scores the dog stuff is very "The Burbs"
There's also a touch of Basic Instinct whenever Charlize is on screen.
Nicely done, Mr. Mutant. Are you an editor by training? If you're not, someone, someone good, should hire you.
The movie, on the other hand, seems to be made from five kinds of shi-te.
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Gonna say it again.
Rejecting this score was criminal. It fits the movie like a glove and amplifies what’s on the screen beyond what’s actually there. It’s a dreadful movie but, to my ears, the music works to try to balance the whole thing out.
It's been 25 years since I've seen the film, but Goldsmith makes the movie much heavier and more serious than I remember it being. I don't know if it started one way and then Pulp Fiction was a hit. But I recall it being an OK movie with a cast that was just fun to watch. I was a little perplexed when I found out that Goldsmith was the original composer. This doesn't change that feeling.
OTOTH I don't remember a thing about the music and I think I owned the OST CD. I also don't remember the subplot with Louise Fletcher at all.
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I'd like to see "Helga's Minute" back in the scene. It has some nice tension during the escape attempt.
I’ll be doing that next. Hopefully have it done by tonight.
@ Mr. Mutant: Nicely done, Sir. These videos are great. I've been reassessing Goldsmith's 90's scores and videos such as these are a tremendous help, and they add a new insight to the work. In fact, I'm going to give "2 Days in the Valley", a score I've only listened to a few times, another spin right now.
Cheers!
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I agree with all of this although regardless of what people think of the score as a listening experience - his Alien Nation score adds a whole layer of depth that is lacking from the replacement score. They should have kept that one too IMO.
They should have indeed. The replacement score is merely ok, nothing more and, as you say, none of the various layers and themes are touched upon by it. Heck, I'm pretty sure that even Mr. Baseball, a score and movie I'm absolutely not fond of, would have suffered in lesser, far less skilled, hands than those of Mr. Goldsmith.
Some wanker, earlier in this thread or another one I've seen recently said that Goldsmith's reputation with film score fans had more to do with the sheer number of genre films he scored more than anything else and in one fell (and unbelievably lazy) swoop negated the incredible dramatic instincts Goldsmith could apply to a film (even the lesser ones). Did I say the guy was wanker?
In any case, thanks for the great work Mr. Mutant. It really helps to gain new insight in the work of a film music giant.
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Thanks. I don’t think I’ve seen that post. They were most likely on my ignore list.
One amusing anecdote regarding this clip - When Spader shoots Carradine, I was unable to properly isolate Spader’s little “kissy, kissy” thing, so I recorded myself doing it. Those are my kissy sounds you hear at the beginning. One of the most unusual things I’ve had to do for these clips for sure.
Hahaha! Hilarious!  You're a Legend in the making, man!
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