Is anybody out there for an expanded C.D. reissue of Jerry Goldsmith's score for "The Hollow Man"? i know the whole score was isolated on the D.V.D., but does anybody think the time is ripe for an expansion?
HOLLOW MAN is a fantastic score, absolutely underrated, among the finest Goldsmith scores of his finale decade, yet I think it's very well represented on the Varese Sarabande CD as is. I own the isolated score on DVD, and I don't recall any "how could they have left this off" moments?
I think it's definitely overdue! I realize that Varese Sarabande would probably have to do it, but I think I would really like to see Quartet do it. With awesome editions of Total Recall and Basic Instinct, it would be only fitting that Quartet would do and expanded edition of the final Goldsmith/Verhoeven collaboration.
Well, it is missing about 30 minutes of music, so that would certainly warrant an expansion. I do think it was one of his more inventive late career titles.
Yeah it's damn fine. I really miss hearing a new Goldsmith score. He was constantly reinventing himself. I love how he brings back the "science" theme from Isabelle comes back midway through. I wonder how he would have further developed this style had he lived longer. No one really uses synth the way he did anymore.
I also love hearing that aggressive, low end piano stuff reminiscent of Chinatown and Basic Instinct. Great stuff.
I love Hollow Man and think of it as one of Jerry's very best late-career scores. And though I think the album plays beautifully at its current length, I would snap up an expansion day one.
But in listening to Bloody Floor right now, and not having listened to the album in some time, I don't think I would have recognized it as being from Hollow Man until the science theme's return midway through. I might have guessed Basic Instinct or The Edge, and then been a bit confused because I would have known that wasn't quite right.
My point is simply that as someone who has well over 150 of his albums and has listened to his music solidly for 41 years, this just seems like more of the excellent same than some new chapter in his career. Typically solid work, but also, well, typical.
So not a diss from me so much as a personal reality check. Your mileage may vary.
Well, Sean, I think the point is clear. You're just not as smart as us.
The synths are pretty unique to this score, especially the breathing effects. Couple that with the fact that your name is spelled wrong, it's just not a good day to be you, man.
Also want to point out that the best part of "Bloody Floor" is the end, which sounds like it would have been a ton of fun to actually play, from all sections of the orchestra.
I like how aggressive the action music is in the score, often atonal. "Bloody Floor" is definitely a highlight and I can't decide if I'd want it presented as it is in an expansion or separated into its individual cues.
I like how aggressive the action music is in the score, often atonal. "Bloody Floor" is definitely a highlight and I can't decide if I'd want it presented as it is in an expansion or separated into its individual cues.
I must hear a completely different score to you lot every time I try to listen to this one!! (let's finger gently caress 60's/70's/80's period of Goldsmith CD collection)
Kev - I was waiting for you to post that because I didn't want to put up with all the abuse on my own. You're a braver man than I, but together we can stand tall as a team.
I listened to HOLLOW MAN ten times, I saw the film, I listened to the score again - and I STILL think it's terrible. A clunky, unsubtle, irritating and unimaginative stressful listen. And while I'm on about it, I think that BASIC INSTINCT is bloody awful too.
But I'm happy for those of you who like it/them. Just wish I could share your enthusiasm.
Kev - I was waiting for you to post that because I didn't want to put up with all the abuse on my own. You're a braver man than I, but together we can stand tall as a team.
I listened to HOLLOW MAN ten times, I saw the film, I listened to the score again - and I STILL think it's terrible. A clunky, unsubtle, irritating and unimaginative stressful listen. And while I'm on about it, I think that BASIC INSTINCT is bloody awful too.
But I'm happy for those of you who like it/them. Just wish I could share your enthusiasm.
Bring on the expansion!
Include TOTAL RECALL in the terrible department and you got yourself a deal!
