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Enjoyable score.
Someone write this down. A score with no synths (right?) gets the seal of approval from First Breath.
Well, you clearly haven't followed my posts through the years. I enjoy a synth-free score from time to time. Forrest Gump and Schindler's List for instance.
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I have indeed missed out. We've got 1993 and 1994 covered now!
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Apr 29, 2014 - 10:16 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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Okay, it's just how I remember it.
I love the tracks Green To Green, Dano, Catechize, Berol Black Beauty and The Dark Half, but find the other cues ponderous and boring, not unlike some other Chris Young thriller/horror scores I have.
He just gets a bit too heavy for me at times and I bail out on the soundtrack during listening.
I did notice parts of this score reminded me of Goldsmith's Magic at times, another thriller about split personalities. I wonder if Young was consciously channeling this, or maybe it was HIS Dark Half 
I remember the film being okay, but haven't seen it for years. Secret Window shares similar ideas from the same author.
Francis, I admire your devotion to this film and it's score.
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Received Shout Factory's blu-ray of "The Dark Half" this week
I'm gonna be all over that and MONKEY SHINES come payday.
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Just noticed this excellent post by Francis. Thought it would be a good idea to make it better known.
The Dark Half is my favorite score. I really like the movie as well but the score especially is so haunting and beautiful (usually Young's trademarks). The existing Varese album leaves out about 34 minutes of unreleased music (not counting source music) and there are some beautiful cues in there with variations on the theme as well as motifs not heard on the album.
I did this overview of what is missing (missing cues in boldface):
0:09 Prologue and Tumor
9:58-10:20 (0:22) short cue showcasing George Stark's book with a nice sax intro
11:50-13:56 (2:06) Thad threatening, signing the book, segues into Thad and Liz discussing what to do next while changing the babies. Has a nice variation of the theme on horns.
15:24 Jazzy source cue for when Miriam and Rick are on the phone with Thad.
18:16 Green to Green
20:50-21:58 (1:08) short cue accompanying the interview with Thad, starts off innocent but progresses to threatening when Thad explains George would hate being interviewed.
22:38 Dano
25:00-25:16 (0:16) Short eerie cue setting up the hitchhikers scene
25:35-27:00 (01:25) Homer getting killed and digger calling sheriff. Aside from the aggressive opening, this cue has a nice brief statement of the theme with choir.
28:16-28:47 (0:31) short eerie cue underscores the evidence bagging of Homer's prosthetic leg.
29:20 Half Divided One
32:48-33:16 (0:28) ambient cue when Thad spaces out for a moment
34:23-37:05 (2:42) dream sequence with at some point Elvis Presley playing in background. Very similar to last part of omnibus death, but ends in a nice statement of the theme when Thad wakes up.
37:05 saxophone playing as NY source for Clawson's body is discovered.
37:25 Mind Snatcher
41:50-44:02 (2:12) Pangborn confronts Thad about 'the sparrows are flying again', nice underscoring cue that is a toned down version of the later confrontation with stark, segueing into exposition about Thad's tumor.
44:56-46:47 (1:51) Stark invading Thad's mind, continues the repeating 4-note motif that originated in the dream sequence as Thad scribbles down gibberish.
46:57 Omnibus Death (first part)
51:53 Fools stuffing (last part)
54:05-55:14 (1:09) Photographer Mike's death scene
56:35-57:05 (0:30) Rick getting a scare by the window washer.
57:59-59:44 (1:45) beautiful cue for when Thad tries to convince Pangborn that Stark is real. Stars off with a nice string section with a brief appearance of the theme.
1:00:43-1:01:30 (0:47) Rick's death, more variation on omnibus death.
1:02:33-1:04:39 (2:06) Stark calling in to the tapped phone line announcing his departure. Mostly ambient cue underscoring the phone call.
1:06:21 Fool's Stuffing (first part)
1:09:14 Berol Black Beauty
1:11:24 Omnibus Death (third part)
1:14:55-1:15:38 (0:43) Stark's hideout
1:15:38 Catechize
1:16:50 - 1:17:25 (0:35) Stark taking off (more aggressive version of berol black beauty)
1:18:00-1:19:42 (1:42) Doctor discussing Thad's surgery up until he gets killed
1:19:42 Mr. Machine
1:23:32-1:25:12 (1:40) Thad consulting Reggie
1:26:03-1:26:26 (0:23) Stark calling Thad
1:26:26 Twin Ghosts
1:29:12-1:30:15 (1:03) Thad outsmarting the cops
1:31:33 Omnibus death (second part)
1:32:38-1:34:11 (1:33) Stark at fireplace, segues into 4-note motif from dream, only this time it's no dream.
1:34:08 more Elvis
1:34:34-1:35:44 (1:10) eerie underscore for Thad & Stark's chat in front of Liz.
1:37:02-1:43:33 (5:31) Thad and Stark's write off; this starts with some disturbing brass notes when they enter the room and builds up gradually as Stark takes more control. A very rich cue that draws on a lot of elements established in earlier cues.
1:44:06 Sparrows
Everything after this in the finale is basically an edit of Sparrows and the scare buildup from 'prologue'.
1:51:56 The Dark Half
Safe to say an expansion of this would be a dream come through! 
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This is one of those pivotal early 90's scores that started my love for film music. It's definitely one of my favorite Chris Young horror scores and would love to see a deluxe edition of this one.
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This is one of those pivotal early 90's scores that started my love for film music. It's definitely one of my favorite Chris Young horror scores and would love to see a deluxe edition of this one.
Indeed. If it had been an LP instead of a CD, I would have gone though dozens of copies over the decades. For years, I must have played this CD at least once a month, sometimes several.
Fingers crossed for an expanded edition.
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