Got the album today. Pretty nice. So far, the techno tracks co-authored with Paolo Steffan are my favorites, though "Journey Through a Nightmare" is a beautiful track.
Still, there was room for a picture of a white-faced clown, but no notes. Bizarre.
You'll find the explanation just six posts above yours.
My copy arrived today with a few other discs. It's great to have a new Donaggio/DePalma to discover after all these years. I haven't unwrapped it or settled back for a listen yet, so I shall return with my thoughts when I have done! Cheers Quartet!
After getting over the initial disappointment for this score (admittedly after only one play through, not having seen the film and having all their previous classic scores tumbling through my head beforehand) I realise it was wrong to expect something akin to Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Home Movies, Blow Out and Body Double. Like latterday Goldsmith, it's hard when composers stop belting out new scores the way they used to when you first got into them. This CD certainly has good moments (I really like the mischievous/playful opening cue and the Dressed To Kill homage later on is fun) but it seems to lack a strong/memorable main theme. I also pretty much hated the dated 80's/Kenny G styled pop tracks, not sure what they were thinking there. I will certainly give it a few more goes and I will see the film if it ever opens at a cinema in the UK, but for now, this one joins Raising Cain in my lacklustre Donaggio/DePalma scores collection.
After getting over the initial disappointment for this score (admittedly after only one play through, not having seen the film and having all their previous classic scores tumbling through my head beforehand) I realise it was wrong to expect something akin to Carrie, Dressed To Kill, Home Movies, Blow Out and Body Double. Like latterday Goldsmith, it's hard when composers stop belting out new scores the way they used to when you first got into them. This CD certainly has good moments (I really like the mischievous/playful opening cue and the Dressed To Kill homage later on is fun) but it seems to lack a strong/memorable main theme. I also pretty much hated the dated 80's/Kenny G styled pop tracks, not sure what they were thinking there. I will certainly give it a few more goes and I will see the film if it ever opens at a cinema in the UK, but for now, this one joins Raising Cain in my lacklustre Donaggio/DePalma scores collection.
There is a memorable theme in any of Donaggio's scores? Not to my knowledge.
Just recently I've been listening to the new Donaggio releases, PASSION pretty much the composer at the top of his talents. I think sentimentality is keeping others from that view.
Musically and sonically PASSION is a pleasure. It also fits the film like a glove, I never found any music intrusive, supported the emotion very well. I don't find the fashion show cat walk music 80's derivative, rather an embodiment of modern glamour and wealth excess, much like the 80's is remembered.
Finally saw the movie (haven't seen the original) and enjoyed it very much; Noomi Rapace is brilliant in it and it has all the De Palma trademarks; Donaggio's score really gets to amp things up and the long camerashot before Rapace's character has a meltdown in the parking garage is gorgeous and brilliantly scored. Great and clever visual thriller and the marketing/PR firm workplace is a great setting for tension
Just watched this movie. Boy was it bad! But the music was classic Donaggio. When you replay parts of a bad movie just to hear the score, well............. you should buy that score.
Highly recommended for those who like big, orchestral, mystery scores.
Just watched this movie. Boy was it bad! But the music was classic Donaggio. When you replay parts of a bad movie just to hear the score, well............. you should buy that score.
Highly recommended for those who like big, orchestral, mystery scores.
Yes. That score has some sublime moments... and thanks for the warning. I'll wait until I'm in a drunken stupor to watch the film. Wait a minute! I don't drink.
I finally listened to this today... I picked up the CD some years ago, and today, flipping through what to play and listen to, I decided to pick something I had not ever listened to before (yes, I sometimes have CDs that I don't listen to until years after I bought them... I buy them just so that one day I have some new music to listen to then.). Excellent score, very much up on par with his other fine work for Brian De Palma. The score itself is in some parts clearly in debt to Debussy ("The Breakdown" practically contains the musical fragrance of "Clair de Lune" interpreted in Donaggio style), and the CD even contains a complete recording of Debussy's "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune" (Rattle/BPO), but Donaggio's voice prevails throughout. Never seen the movie, but the score sure is a wonderful throwback to De Palma/Donaggio collaborations such as BODY DOUBLE.
I'll wait until I'm in a drunken stupor to watch the film. Wait a minute! I don't drink. 