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"Awful awful awful"?
Come on. Ruins the film? It works really well in some scenes, like when Montoya is in the woods with his sword and the slow climb up the Cliffs on Insanity and the rope cut.
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This is an awful, awful, awful score that doesn't even work on a novelty level.
Agree 10 fold, and someone else noted it almost ruins a rather good film....same here.
Decades of "this obsession" it's so hard to turn my score ears off and enjoy the bloody film!
Actually, despite liking Dire Straits, all of Knopfler's scores are awful. Watched Last Exit To Brooklyn recently with the sound down. Turned it up occasionally to see what the score was doing....and it was embarrassing bad.
Knopfler wrote some highly memorable scores for films like CAL and LOCAL HERO. The themes are still classics 40 years later.
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I like much of Dire Straits and Knopfler's solo albums, but he was never a good film composer, IMO. Lacked some of the dramatic "film" sensibility that is required. It's mostly just him substituting the pop album studio with a film score studio, but not really getting into the film. It's nice Irish-inspired folk music and all, but rarely works in film(s). I haven't seen THE PRINCESS BRIDE, but I had the SCREENPLAYING compilation with some selections. Not bad, but not that exciting either.
What rubbish from a 15 year younger me!
Knopfler is great. Yes, he doesn't have the most complex compositions, but nor does everything have to be. I love his breezy take on things, and have to come to really appreciate his film work too, in the 15 years hence. I regret selling off my SCREENPLAYING CD these days.
Heard his last score FINDING ALTAMIRA (Hugh Hudson) from 2016?
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I bumped the thread with a no idea, and not a single person has said anything about it. I think it's a great idea -- anybody else?
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I like his scores too, "Local Hero" is my favorite one. "Princess Bride" has good moments too, like every Knopfler-album, no matter whether it's a "Dire Straits"-, solo- or soundtrack- album.
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Something occurred to me yesterday: we did that vote for Yavar on Goldsmith titles and one of the things on the list was two electronic scores re-done for orchestra by Leigh.
What if there was a fundraiser for someone (not necessarily Leigh, though I'd certainly not be opposed to that) to re-do the score with orchestra?
Could be interesting, sure.
I love the synth sword fight. But could be cool to here with an orchestra.
I adore Guide my Sword. The Friends' Song is pretty damn good. It's no Local Hero, but it's still a fave.
Ruins the film?!? The way the movie is scored is the musical equivalent of the Rodent of Unusual Size. It's perfect.
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