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Jan 24, 2010 - 10:02 AM
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This movie's one of my absolute all-time favorites. I wasn't even old enough to drive when I saw this at the theater. Had to have a parent take me to it. And it scared the hell out of me. Despite all the obvious gore and violence, there is still an existential dread to it that the mysteries of the infinite have hellish answers that managed to get under my skin. I love the cast, the set design, the mix of different genre elements, and of course Kamen's terrific score, boldly mixing techno and gothic horror.
I'm not wild about the soundtrack presentation, though, as the flow of it has always been a bit off to me. I find the title theme the highlight of the score by far, but that doesn't mean I care to hear it every five minutes and to have Orbital's beats laid into a whole array of Kamen's music that didn't have them featured in the original score. I don't need it to be C&C by any means, but there are some significant cues that in the film, like the reveal of the Gravity Drive, are solely orchestral that have Orbital beats laid over them on the album. And while the Gravity Drive version is skillfully done for what it is, I still would like to have that cue as Kamen wrote it for the score, without it immediately segueing back into the main title for the tenth time.
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Jan 24, 2010 - 4:03 PM
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Julian K
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EVENT HORIZON was a very turbulent production, and the film wasn't finished until a matter of days before it was due to open. Paramount had been forced to push the release of TITANIC back to Christmas, and they needed something else to fill the gap, so EVENT HORIZON was rushed into cinemas, for release in mid-August. The studio also wanted to come out before STARSHIP TROOPERS and ALIEN RESURRECTION, and wanted to avoid going head-to-head with the Summer's biggest movie, AIR FORCE ONE.
Don't forget that the soundtrack CD bears the label "Music from and Inspired by", and doesn't even include the closing Prodigy song, which was a very late addition to the movie.
Avoid the recent Blu-ray edition, BTW: something went very wrong in the new HD transfer, and the image is quite distorted.
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Jan 24, 2010 - 4:32 PM
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I also liked Event Horizon, especially the set-up; the first playback of retrieved audio from the ship was masterfully done. Blood-curdling. Eventually, those oft-discussed pedestrian aspects creep in--when the film shifts from alluding to horror to depicting it--and prevent it from becoming a truly excellent film. But there's some remarkable artistry to pluck out of the mix to take with you...and it's always been a video favorite of mine. As far as I know, Orbital was hardly featured in the film, apart from the opening credits and a key moment toward the end. Somehow, sinister techno was the perfect choice to herald the maniacal, diabolical intensity to come.
As for Paul Anderson, his best calibrated film, to me, is 'Resident Evil.' It's exactly what it should have been, what it wanted to be...and his second fusion of disparate scoring talents--Beltrami and Manson--create the perfectly propulsive, Carpenter-esque score to shoot zombies to. It's purely about popcorn stylization, though--which it has in spades--so don't go grading it on originality of premise. I understand Anderson's back for REIV, so I hope Manson/Beltrami are up for another go...
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Jan 26, 2010 - 6:20 AM
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EVENT HORIZON was a very turbulent production, and the film wasn't finished until a matter of days before it was due to open. Paramount had been forced to push the release of TITANIC back to Christmas, and they needed something else to fill the gap, so EVENT HORIZON was rushed into cinemas, for release in mid-August. The studio also wanted to come out before STARSHIP TROOPERS and ALIEN RESURRECTION, and wanted to avoid going head-to-head with the Summer's biggest movie, AIR FORCE ONE.
Don't forget that the soundtrack CD bears the label "Music from and Inspired by", and doesn't even include the closing Prodigy song, which was a very late addition to the movie.
Avoid the recent Blu-ray edition, BTW: something went very wrong in the new HD transfer, and the image is quite distorted.
The european soundtrack - with identical content - has on it's covers - SELECTIONS FROM THE SCORE or something like that
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