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Nov 15, 2009 - 11:37 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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I watched this film last night and enjoyed it.
I liked it's sarcastic tone regarding the (half-hearted) pursuit of war criminals by the crooked governments who may have put them in control.
Richard Gere (an actor I don't usually care for) was good as the embittered news reporter tracking a Bosnian war criminal, with the help of his cameraman (Terence Howard) and Jesse Eisenberg, who also comes along for the ride.
It becomes quite involving by the end, and I had a pretty good time.
The score is by Rolfe Kent, a composer I've got a lot of time for.
He seems to have a lovely technique of channeling the sound of John Barry and Ennio Morricone, without resorting to plagiarism.
Hearing this score told me he could write a killer James Bond score, for at times, that is exactly what it sounded like.
The music was so good, I went online and was amazed to find the score was available on CD.
I promptly ordered a copy from SAE, together with more goodies.
What do people here think of this film and it's music?
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I agree - this is a great film that got totally overlooked. I was aware of it because I enjoyed the director´s previous THE MATADOR. But then I missed this film in the cinemas. I rented it amid some other films and was not really in the mood to watch it. But...
After a few minutes I was absolutely hooked. Fantastic satire-action film with a great central performance by Gere. Really a shame that this one was so underrated. And Rolfe Kent´s score was also pretty good and different from his usual comedy scores.
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Listening to this music now.
Very good stuff indeed.
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"...NP - Baaria (Ennio Morricone)!!"
I can see Roy's influence working on you kev. 
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I had the opposite reaction. I sampled half the score and finally gave up -- it's just a bunch of rather mediocre ad-libbed noodling to me and not something I'd view as a window into a fine James Bond score.
Does that mean I think he can't do one? No, I did not say that (sometimes people here need that spelled out...). But based on this score I just don't hear it.
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