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Since people started to receive their copies, I figured a thread to actually discuss each score separately made sense (as the first thread can still be for all the "mine's arrived, mine hasn't, still waiting, etc)
So what are everyone's thoughts?
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Jun 21, 2010 - 4:00 PM
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AlexCope
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While I still swear by Goldsmith's near-perfect album arrangement for the RCA Victor release (it just seems wrong to open The Edge soundtrack with anything except Lost In The Wild!), I am over-the-moon about the expanded edition. Previously unreleased cues like "A Lucky Man/Open Door," "Stephen's Death" and "False Hope" are each brilliant. "Open Door" shows the clever architecture of the score with ominous music that foreshadows the bear. "Stephen's Death" is as crucial a moment in Goldsmith's score as the plane crash with a clanging anvil used specifically for the bear's first kill. And "False Hope" is a unique action cue in comparison to the darker material for the bear and revelatory in that it was once buried beneath sound effects. Also wonderful to have the end title arrangement of Lost In The Wild at last.
Finally, Jeff Bond's excellent comments before the track-by-track analysis commences help make a strong case for this score as what I believe to be the highlight of Goldsmith's streamlined 90s sound. Here is just a brief selection, but there is equally fine writing before and after:
Regarding the main theme...
"It's a tune that bears up under a great deal of repetition, characterizing the awe-inspiring landscapes and the movie as a whole, but ultimately speaking to the character of Morse, both his vulnerability and his resilience. Even the theme's massive, sweeping bridge, unleashed with cymbal crashes during the expansive aerial sequences, can take on a sympathetic, vulnerable quality in the film's quieter moments."
The Edge shows Goldsmith in his streamlined mode of composition and yet fully engaged, and the result is inspired. It's at turns both terrifying and tender music, tied together with an epic sweep that Jerry did so well. When I hear those French Horns and soaring strings, I'm in heaven.
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The music for when they think they are about to get rescued, called False Hope on this release, doesn't really sound like anything else in the score and it's very exciting music.
That particular piece of music jumped out at me too. Those slicing strings - pure Goldsmith.
that's the cue I have been wanting for so long. I hope mine comes soon!
Me too. I'm in Milton, ON so I am not holding my breath for a delivery this week knowing Canada Post... %(*(%*^(
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I ordered this with pay pal from LLL the day it was announced and have yet to receive a delivery confirmation e-mail.
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Got my copy today.
I didn't pay attention much to this score when it came out. Didn't think I wanted it for my collection back then.
Back when I was an idiot.
What a terrific score. An unexpected gem. Very glad to have it.
The jazzy version of the theme at the end shows Goldsmith's effortless versatility. He coulda done a circus version, an a capella version, a Sousa version, a Bollywood version, a hip-hop version, a baroque version, a bagpipe version and an all-cowbell version without breaking a sweat.
Beautifully produced, great liner notes. And the extra cues are a nice bonus.
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i love the jazz piece. is there any information about this in the liner notes? about the performers and their contribution?, it must be improvised in parts. and why did he write a jazz piece, is there any link to the film?
The liner notes say it was used as "an ironic touch" for the end credits, to note musically the return of Anthony Hopkins to civilization.
No individual listing of the jazz performers.
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