The 'Newsreel' source cues do a wonderfully malignant job of decimating the reverent, almost liturgical, ghostly, positively transfixing atmosphere concocted for the Christopher Young score that is MURDER IN THE FIRST!
Exactly...they're well-written cues, but they stick out like a sore thumb on the CD. They should have been grouped together at the end.
I hate that ragtime source cue on Goldsmith's Players soundtrack...and you can't skip over it, as it's melded to a traditional score cue.
Jerome Moross' THE CARDINAL LP includes the period song ""They Haven't Got the Girls in the U.S.A.", sung by Bobby Morse and His Adora-Belles, at the end of Side 1.
Jerome Moross' THE CARDINAL LP includes the period song ""They Haven't Got the Girls in the U.S.A.", sung by Bobby Morse and His Adora-Belles, at the end of Side 1.
Jerome Moross' THE CARDINAL LP includes the period song ""They Haven't Got the Girls in the U.S.A.", sung by Bobby Morse and His Adora-Belles, at the end of Side 1.
This is a fun number in the film, but the context is bizarre: Tom Tryon, his brother, and his sister's boyfriend are at the theater waiting for Ramon's act to see if Tryon's runaway sister (Carol Lynley) is still part of it. But they have to sit through Robert Morse and the Adore-a-belles first! I wish Preminger had thrown in a reaction shot of the three of them in the middle of this number with stricken, "Really? REALLY??" looks on their faces.
You know, I can deal with one or two saloon piano cues in a whole Italian Western score CD. But a whole CD of nothing but those cues? That's masochism. I salute you...you're a brave man.
What about American westerns? An endless loop of "Coming Round the Mountain" "I dream of Jeanie", "On top of Old Smokey".... Pure hell! Brm
Are there any (I'd be surprised if there were none) such mood-busters on Kritzerland's TWO FOR THE ROAD and Intrada's DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES? Santa needs to know pronto.
Listening now to "The Parallax View" by Michael Small or David Shire - I get those two confused - and wouldn't you know it, the CD features an obligatory wacky parade cue.
At least the producers had the good taste to place it at the very end.
Who actually likes "That's Real Music!" from BASIC INSTINCT?!!
The first time I listened to that CD, being lulled into the seductive depths of one of Jerry's best scores, this cue suddenly blasting out of the speakers almost gave me a heart attack.
Listening now to "The Parallax View" by Michael Small or David Shire - I get those two confused - and wouldn't you know it, the CD features an obligatory wacky parade cue.
At least the producers had the good taste to place it at the very end.
Which release do you have, Onya? Mine is the FSM one which is coupled with MARATHON MAN (I don't know offhand if there are other releases) and the last track is the End Titles to THE PARALLAX VIEW. It is a kind of parade, but I wouldn't call it wacky. It sounds a bit distorted and twisted, or maybe I'm just remembering it that way because Michael Small was a total genius at taking a bit of Americana and turning it into something sinister.
Which release do you have, Onya? Mine is the FSM one which is coupled with MARATHON MAN (I don't know offhand if there are other releases) and the last track is the End Titles to THE PARALLAX VIEW. It is a kind of parade, but I wouldn't call it wacky. It sounds a bit distorted and twisted, or maybe I'm just remembering it that way because Michael Small was a total genius at taking a bit of Americana and turning it into something sinister.
Yes, that is how the film ends, but IMO it doesn't work with the rest of the score as an isolated listening experience. I think of the albums as something separate from the film.
Onya, get a room with Thor. Graham, you're right, it is the films' End Title cue and you are also right, it's an inverted piece of twisted brilliance from Michael Small. It's the musical equivalent of a grinning monster politician who has just wiped out your family and stole all your possessions and is now performing his own musical dirge as he pisses on your Gullivers Travels-like face. For the record, there was (is?) only one release of this score..the FSM twofer with Shire's Marathon Man.
