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...yep, and that's abouuuut it. Holy moly yet another Jerry stinker. I see why this film came and went back in 1981 there's really nothing to recommend. Some really bad acting, a clunker of a script, and even a fairly routine Goldsmith score...which is a surprise when you consider his amazing output during this time. Maybe it was a scheduling thing (not enough time) or he was exhausted after The Final Conflict (not sure which came first though), whatever the case the main titles are about the best thing in the score.
Just realized the title of this thread may be leading people to think that this score is finally getting a release...better change that.
Why did Goldsmith commit to such crap? A dilemma for the ages. Hacky.
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On the director commentary track Jerry's score is talked about right at the beginning and apparently Jerry had said to the director that he would do anything to do the film! Apparently the novel is quite strong, maybe Goldsmith read it and sought out the project based on that.
Maybe. That's speculation. This movie was such a blip on the radar, I frankly don't recall it playing theatrically in Dallas-Ft. Worth. When someone mentioned that he did the score around that time, I said, "Okay" and it never showed up. As a movie.
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On the director commentary track Jerry's score is talked about right at the beginning and apparently Jerry had said to the director that he would do anything to do the film! Apparently the novel is quite strong, maybe Goldsmith read it and sought out the project based on that.
Maybe. That's speculation. This movie was such a blip on the radar, I frankly don't recall it playing theatrically in Dallas-Ft. Worth. When someone mentioned that he did the score around that time, I said, "Okay" and it never showed up. As a movie.
There's an interview with the film's star, Franco Nero in the supplements and he is asked what happened with the US distribution for the film. He said that ironically it was never released in the US or Italy, where the film was shot. He didn't know why they couldn't secure distribution rights in the States.
At least he got paid for it. Does it strike anyone that Goldsmith was rather sloppy in business decisions and contracts?
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The funeral sequence in the begin of the movie contains a strong choral cue "à la" Final Conflict !
Hope somebody can issue this music !
I know what you mean but ,prior to the very Goldsmithian trumpet entering,isn't it mozart's requiem?
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The funeral sequence in the begin of the movie contains a strong choral cue "à la" Final Conflict !
Hope somebody can issue this music !
I know what you mean but ,prior to the very Goldsmithian trumpet entering,isn't it mozart's requiem?
It's actually from Verdi's Requiem...the director commented during the commentary that he'd chosen that piece himself for the opening sequence.
Well spotted.I knew I had it somewhere.
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The funeral sequence in the begin of the movie contains a strong choral cue "à la" Final Conflict !
Hope somebody can issue this music !
I know what you mean but ,prior to the very Goldsmithian trumpet entering,isn't it mozart's requiem?
It's actually from Verdi's Requiem...the director commented during the commentary that he'd chosen that piece himself for the opening sequence.
Well spotted.I knew I had it somewhere.
I don't know what's in the movie (have not seen it), but the cue on CD as recorded by Tadlow is clearly inspired by Mozart's, not Verdi's Requiem, though it is not a quote, but an original Goldsmith composition all the way through and not just when the trumpet enters.
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