How time and experience have a way of humbling us.
Since writing this post nearly four years ago, I saved some money and picked up from the pawn shop a secondhand Casio with a really cool marimba setting. I've been practicing quite a bit: It's lightweight and battery-operated, with a headphone jack, so I can practice just about anyplace - on the golf course, operating the forklift, at my parole hearings, even at the Young Republicans Club. At any rate, I've gotten pretty proficient, and I've discovered that the kid who scored "True Romance" actually sounds a lot like I do! I'm gonna see if I can get some gigs scoring indy films and maybe work my way up.
I'm watching the second half of TR today (It's hilarious in hindsight to see Brad Pitt as a stoner hippie in this, considering his role 26 years later in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.)
There's a great Zimmer cue for the sequence in which Gandolfini gives Arquette a beat-down - the music is very sympathetic to her plight. Then she turns the tables on him and the music explodes. Does anyone know what this cue is called on the album?
There's a great Zimmer cue for the sequence in which Gandolfini gives Arquette a beat-down - the music is very sympathetic to her plight. Then she turns the tables on him and the music explodes. Does anyone know what this cue is called on the album?
Oh, just looked at the tracklist. "Bama Gets Beaten." But it's only 1:45. Isn't there a complete version of this anywhere? I'm not acquainted enough with Zimmer's complete discography and compilations. Help me, Zimmer people, help me!
Uhm so the question is will this be avail in any other format? Seriously if this ain't a tease for most who don't have an lp player I don't know what is. Love this score.
Looks like it's already available since a couple of years here:
Speaking of Casio and 1993 nostalgia, it seems to me that the 1980s "aesthetic" lingered--torturously so--well into the 1990s. It's apparent in True Romance: Zimmy Baby's music; the garish, even grotesque, fashions--just the absolute shite that was 1984-1994...thankfully Tarantino would tear the 1980s down with Pulp Fiction though I actually do like True Romance--film and the score. LOL
In addition to Tom Sizemore and Chris Penn's cop duo comedy team, there is of course the film's greatest moment: old masters Walken and Hopper's face to face scene in the bleak winter setting. Its establishing shot is gorgeously filmed, and the cramped interior setting is menacingly yet beautifully lit. It's and an absolute joy to witness the fine acting by Hopper and Walken; especially Hopper.
I've always liked the theme. I've always thought it quite enjoyable and cute. I was actually listening to the live version from Zimmer's The Wings of A Film CD this morning as I gear up for Saturday's Seoul concert.