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Dec 25, 2013 - 7:53 PM
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The Mutant
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Finally opened my set for Christmas and WOW!!! What a mind blowing set. The first track on LW2 alone makes this a must have. I feel like a kid again, discovering Michael Kamen for the first time. Thank you La La Land Records. Superb in every way imaginable.
Yeah, I keep going back to that cue. The set is a dream come true. I tried watching part 2 with Donner's commentary but had to turn it off - it was awful. Donner hardly says a thing and when he does it's usually just a lame joke. He barely mentions Kamen or the music - or the film for that matter.
It's as if he hasn't actually seen his own film before. Plus, the moderator is absolutely useless. And Donner's memory is completely shot. At one point when the moderator remarks how the Lethal Weapon films are essentially family films despite being rated R, Donner shuts him down by saying "I don't make R rated pictures." (And no, he's not joking) at which point the moderator is at a loss for words.
Ummm Actually, ALL of the LW films were R rated as was The Omen. Wtf? The guy can't even remember the ratings of his own films?
I swear, sometimes these Directors haven't actually seen their final cut until they're recording the commentary for it 20+ years later. And they just sit there in silence, too caught up in the film to remember to say anything about it.
Also, the retrospective documentary on the boxset was excellent except for its complete lack of attention to the music - it is never mentioned even once. A shame. Anyways, rant over. Great boxset from Lala with some of the best, most beloved action music of the 80's and 90's. Kamen's music lives on!
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Speaking of the first track from LW2, can anybody else hear ghostly voices around the 1'30 mark, when things simmer down for a bit?
Are they studio or monitor noise?
Just curious.
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It's true... this set is really an embarrassment of riches. So much great stuff to enjoy at long last, particularly all that terrific action material from LW2. Such a treat to have that berserker opening cue!
There's a lot of thematic repetition across the eight discs, as to be expected, but the music itself never becomes repetitive. There's so much inventiveness in the instrumentation, and so much joyous energy to the music, that there's always something to sustain your interest.
The more I learn about composition, the more I feel like Michael Kamen never fully got the credit he deserved in his lifetime. Once upon a time, I gave his score to THE WINTER GUEST a pretty lukewarm review in FSM, and that's a review I regret even more with every passing year.
Here's a challenge to the board members -- put together a one-disc mix of the highlights of the eight discs, one that touches on as many themes and memorable moments as possible. Aaaaaand go!
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ONE disc?
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