"Dragonheart is a 1996 fantasy adventure film directed by Rob Cohen based on a story created by Charles Edward Pogue and Patrick Read Johnson. The film stars Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, and Sean Connery as the voice of Draco.
"It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and various other awards in 1996 and 1997. The film received mixed reviews, with critics praising the premise, visual effects, and character development but panning the script as confusing and clichéd. It was a box-office success, earning $115 million worldwide. It was dedicated to the memory of Steve Price and Irwin Cohen."
"After reading the script, Jerry Goldsmith personally requested Johnson to let him score Dragonheart when Johnson was set to direct the film. However, Goldsmith never got to write any music for the film as things fell through during production, and he left the project when Universal let Johnson go.
"Randy Edelman composed the score, beginning in the late fall of 1995 and finishing by the start of 1996. The main theme song, 'The World of the Heart', and its companion track, 'To the Stars', were used in many film trailers such as Two Brothers, Mulan, Anna and the King, Dragonheart: A New Beginning, The Young Black Stallion, and Seven Years in Tibet, among others. Clip montages at the Academy Awards feature the Dragonheart theme, as do the closing credits of the U.S. broadcasts of the Olympic Games, making it a well-known film score. MCA Records released the film's soundtrack album on May 28, 1996, containing 15 music tracks." - wikipedia
I would have loved to have heard what Jerry Goldsmith would have written for this film (which I personally love, warts and all). But this is also easily my favorite Randy Edelman score! Some places do have a cheap synth/sampled sound, but other moments are brilliant — none more so than the humming choir at the climax of the film, which has never failed to give me goosebumps and make me tear up.
I’d love to get a complete edition of this score some day…
It's a classic of the time. As someone who was working in theatrical marketing it became something of a cliche for underscoring sweeping event pictures.
I'm a little surprised that it hasn't had an expansion yet.
I would have loved to have heard what Jerry Goldsmith would have written for this film (which I personally love, warts and all). But this is also easily my favorite Randy Edelman score! Some places do have a cheap synth/sampled sound, but other moments are brilliant — none more so than the humming choir at the climax of the film, which has never failed to give me goosebumps and make me tear up.
I’d love to get a complete edition of this score some day…
Yavar
Or, hire Edelman to re-record the complete score with an orchestra!
More like hire Joel McNeely (see: Varese’s Last of the Mohicans re-recording), because if Edelman was hired I think it would retain the same cheap sound at times…
Probably my favorite Edelman score. Erich Kunzel did a version with a full orchestra that I always enjoyed and his Angels in the Outfield version is great too. I would love to hear a re-recording of "To the Stars" though.
More like hire Joel McNeely (see: Varese’s Last of the Mohicans re-recording), because if Edelman was hired I think it would retain the same cheap sound at times…
We've had plenty of threads about it before, of course, as it's a fan favourite score. As it should be, because it's one of Edelman's alltime strongest efforts.
