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| This is a comments thread about FSM CD: The Yakuza |
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Aug 18, 2010 - 5:43 PM
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Jim Phelps
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It took me five years  , but I finally bought a copy of The Yakuza. It's hands down the best work I've heard by Dave Grusin and is now one of my all-time favorite scores. There's so much beauty in this one. "Girl and Tea" is one lovely cue! It gives me that same sense of wonder as John Barry's "The Wedding" from You Only Live Twice. It's also refreshing that Grusin focuses on characters rather than action. I recall this movie having graphic violence, which I didn't expect from a Sydney Pollack movie.
"Delicate", "Sensitive", "Contemplative", and "Atmospheric" only begin to describe this truly magnificent score. Grusin does put in some of his trademark "Love Funk", as in the End Title--one of Grusin's best main titles--that'll be ringing through my mind for days to come. There's that same type of sound 3 Days of the Condor, but I think of The Yakuza as Condor's more tasteful Asian cousin.
Thanks so much Lukas and co. for putting the time and effort into getting this one out; my appreciation comes five years after the fact, but hey...
I can't recommend The Yakuza enough. '70s fans, you need this!
I already posted this on an ancient thread, so I thought I'd better put it here...sorry if that upsets anyone.*
*Well, not really.
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Aug 18, 2010 - 7:46 PM
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GoblinScore
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This is so freakin' weird - and goes to show that "we" ARE all somehow oddly
connected - this has been on my shelf to respin for weeks, and today, this eve,
I finally put it on again after a year!
Now these threads show up....must be a YAKUZA type of day.
I don't have any interest in Grusin' really, sorry, not my bag, but this one is
mellow/chill/introspective 70's bliss, amazing Redman/Burlingame notes -
must have, but don't expect lots of busy, slamming Goldsmith action-ostinati.
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I missed out on this one, but after hearing your great comments, sounds like I need to find a copy for sure.
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There is something so sublimly appealing about listening to this score in the purposeful solitude of one's home on a rainy Saturday afternoon...
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Aug 19, 2010 - 4:37 AM
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Jim Phelps
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I don't have any interest in Grusin' really, sorry, not my bag, but this one is
mellow/chill/introspective 70's bliss, amazing Redman/Burlingame notes -
must have, but don't expect lots of busy, slamming Goldsmith action-ostinati.
This score not selling out after five years--and I'm grateful it didn't before I got mine--is probably a case of a lack of "brand name" recognition coupled with a rather obscure movie. I've only seen it once, thirteen years ago, and the score didn't resonate with me then. Had this been a Goldsmith or Schifrin, I'm sure I would've perked up my ears upon seeing their names in the credits. It took me some time to warm to Grusin, but I'm glad I did.
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Wholeheartedly agree!!! Superior score and superior presentation.
Totally agreed as well! One of my all-time favourites from FSM. And one of my most-played soundtrack CDs in recent years. Nearly on par with MARATHON MAN, BULLITT, THE OMEGA MAN and WAIT UNTIL DARK in every way.
Also, Bob Peak's cover art is as magnificent as his work always was - and the sound quality blows most recent scores away by miles. Highly recommended!!!
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Listened to this again today, every cue. Just perfect.
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I love this score too. Such a beautiful release. On first listen I was very vaguely disappointed at the amount of low-key music for supposed action scenes, but I quickly came to terms with it. Now I think it works perfectly. There's a kind of sustained inner tension to those parts, not unlike what Jerry Fielding was doing, which on a casual listen just seems to be the composer treading water but which on repeated listenings is absolutely spell-binding.
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It is a good score.
and a damn good 70s movie.
Ken Takakura is superb.
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ordered this just a few weeks ago. due anyday. I know its great from the film.
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