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Mine has to be the one disc BEYOND THUNDERDOME with Jarre’s score and Tina Turner’s two fantastic songs! But don’t get me wrong, I love them all.
Excellent choice. Mine is Mad Max 2. I hope an enterprising label re-records this awesome work some day.
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Mine is Road Warrior, with Thunderdome close behind.
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Thumbs up Henry! Great thread.
Mine is May's THE ROAD WARRIOR. I saw the film, or more likely furst heard it, around 7 years old.
The mix of action-daylight action scenes (eat me rainy Gothic new norm!) and, to my young ears, this brilliant symphonic music, was a mix that leads me to understand how others value A New Hope so much. It affected me to this day, such a strangely powerful contrast of images and ideas.
I just missed the bus of Star Wars and caught the one to the Wasteland instead.
The pathos in May's adagio heard with his driving nearly but not cartoonish writing (I mean hitting the beats and tempo changes) for the action is unforgettable. I don't understand how more of 'us' don't hold this one dearer!? It's IMO a perfect symbiosis of art, junk, fun, misery and uniqueness.
The Varese album should not be held up for even a peek at the nearly hour long score.
Its 35mins with a 5min SFX suite, and a reprise of the opening cue (End Title).
Looking at about 27mins, if not less of the whole picture folks.
Go watch the film again and see how much is missing!
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I have to do this, for Ado....
My least fave Max score?
Furiosa.
Absolutely recycled Fury leftovers, only the new didgeridoo and duduk (?!?!) colors to be found. So many missed opportunities to expand or introduce new ideas. Junky just phoned it in.
I forgave him and grew to love Fury road, despite its heavy Zimmer factory feel, but this one is naff. Only a suspenseful 2-beat idea in the first reel stayed with me.
Shame we couldn't have got John Powell or Beltrami on THIS one!!!!
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It's a no-brainer for me.
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME by Maurice Jarre is an ABSOLUTE stormer of a score.
EPIC in the EXTREME, but also incredibly heartfelt and emotional.
A symphonic masterwork with some great sax and percussion blasts for good measure.
It stands head and shoulders above any other scores in the series and is, indeed, one of THE BEST of the 80s.
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Brian May's initial Mad Max is my fave.
I love the short cues and TV-like 'stingers'!
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Brian May's initial Mad Max is my fave.
I love the short cues and TV-like 'stingers'!
And the Oz flavor from the peak of that era.
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