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I, for one, am with you all the way. There hasn't been a single month that has goner by in the last two decades where I haven't gone back to this incredible score.
Christopher Young is not just a master horror composer, but a master composer period. I feel for certain that his name will go down in film music history as one of the top exponents of the age, far surpassing most of his 'flavour of the month' contemporaries.
Edit: In fact, I'm going to give it a spin this very instant.
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Love that "Prologue and Tumor" opening cue. Just listened to it today, in fact! The film is...not great, but it actually plays much better than it did in 1993. Back then, it had the stigma of sitting on the shelf for two years because of Orion's bankruptcy.
I watched a bit of it again recently and appreciated how shitty it looks compared to horror movies now, which look so slick and glossy. Honestly, this and Wonder Boys do such a good job with how dreary Pennsylvania can look in the cold of winter.
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Another Young score that rarely gets mentioned that I think is ridiculously infectious is The Vagrant...whenever a track shows up on my iTunes DJ I smile ear to ear and somehow get a feeling of how much fun Chris had scoring this thing... another film of his I haven't seen.
Indeed. The Vagrant is a wild and fun score.
I was a convert from day one. The first CD of his I purchased was Hellraiser, followed ion quick succession by the Flowers in Attic LP (Varese), The Power (LP - when are we going to get a CD?), Pranks, Hellbound: Hellraiser II and then THE FLY II, all of which just blew my mind. From there, Young went on from one incredible highlight to the next, making it near impossible to single out just a few albums.
So many varied and stricking scores.... The Hurricane, Creation, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Jennifer 8, Species, The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Uninvited, Norma Jean and Marilyn, Terre-Neuve, Urban Legend, Hush, Copycat.... etc.
Edit: and very nice to hear from you my fellow Canuck. 
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Francis
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The Dark Half is my favorite score. I really like the movie as well but the score especially is so haunting and beautiful (usually Young's trademarks). The existing Varese album leaves out about 34 minutes of unreleased music (not counting source music) and there are some beautiful cues in there with variations on the theme as well as motifs not heard on the album.
I did this overview of what is missing (missing cues in boldface):
0:09 Prologue and Tumor
9:58-10:20 (0:22) short cue showcasing George Stark's book with a nice sax intro
11:50-13:56 (2:06) Thad threatening, signing the book, segues into Thad and Liz discussing what to do next while changing the babies. Has a nice variation of the theme on horns.
15:24 Jazzy source cue for when Miriam and Rick are on the phone with Thad.
18:16 Green to Green
20:50-21:58 (1:08) short cue accompanying the interview with Thad, starts off innocent but progresses to threatening when Thad explains George would hate being interviewed.
22:38 Dano
25:00-25:16 (0:16) Short eerie cue setting up the hitchhikers scene
25:35-27:00 (01:25) Homer getting killed and digger calling sheriff. Aside from the aggressive opening, this cue has a nice brief statement of the theme with choir.
28:16-28:47 (0:31) short eerie cue underscores the evidence bagging of Homer's prosthetic leg.
29:20 Half Divided One
32:48-33:16 (0:28) ambient cue when Thad spaces out for a moment
34:23-37:05 (2:42) dream sequence with at some point Elvis Presley playing in background. Very similar to last part of omnibus death, but ends in a nice statement of the theme when Thad wakes up.
37:05 saxophone playing as NY source for Clawson's body is discovered.
37:25 Mind Snatcher
41:50-44:02 (2:12) Pangborn confronts Thad about 'the sparrows are flying again', nice underscoring cue that is a toned down version of the later confrontation with stark, segueing into exposition about Thad's tumor.
44:56-46:47 (1:51) Stark invading Thad's mind, continues the repeating 4-note motif that originated in the dream sequence as Thad scribbles down gibberish.
46:57 Omnibus Death (first part)
51:53 Fools stuffing (last part)
54:05-55:14 (1:09) Photographer Mike's death scene
56:35-57:05 (0:30) Rick getting a scare by the window washer.
57:59-59:44 (1:45) beautiful cue for when Thad tries to convince Pangborn that Stark is real. Stars off with a nice string section with a brief appearance of the theme.
1:00:43-1:01:30 (0:47) Rick's death, more variation on omnibus death.
1:02:33-1:04:39 (2:06) Stark calling in to the tapped phone line announcing his departure. Mostly ambient cue underscoring the phone call.
1:06:21 Fool's Stuffing (first part)
1:09:14 Berol Black Beauty
1:11:24 Omnibus Death (third part)
1:14:55-1:15:38 (0:43) Stark's hideout
1:15:38 Catechize
1:16:50 - 1:17:25 (0:35) Stark taking off (more aggressive version of berol black beauty)
1:18:00-1:19:42 (1:42) Doctor discussing Thad's surgery up until he gets killed
1:19:42 Mr. Machine
1:23:32-1:25:12 (1:40) Thad consulting Reggie
1:26:03-1:26:26 (0:23) Stark calling Thad
1:26:26 Twin Ghosts
1:29:12-1:30:15 (1:03) Thad outsmarting the cops
1:31:33 Omnibus death (second part)
1:32:38-1:34:11 (1:33) Stark at fireplace, segues into 4-note motif from dream, only this time it's no dream.
1:34:08 more Elvis
1:34:34-1:35:44 (1:10) eerie underscore for Thad & Stark's chat in front of Liz.
1:37:02-1:43:33 (5:31) Thad and Stark's write off; this starts with some disturbing brass notes when they enter the room and builds up gradually as Stark takes more control. A very rich cue that draws on a lot of elements established in earlier cues.
1:44:06 Sparrows
Everything after this in the finale is basically an edit of Sparrows and the scare buildup from 'prologue'.
1:51:56 The Dark Half
Safe to say an expansion of this would be a dream come through!
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I love both movie and score and thinks this is one of the better King adaptions from the 90´s
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I love both movie and score and thinks this is one of the better King adaptions from the 90´s
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Nice poster.
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Ever notice how much the end title theme sounds like Schindler's List?
I believe this was discussed back in the day in an old FSM. But isn't the Schindler's List theme more than inspired by Maher's 8th anyway?
http://youtu.be/NSYEOLwVfU8?t=49m29s
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Enjoyable score.
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Enjoyable score.
Someone write this down. A score with no synths (right?) gets the seal of approval from First Breath.
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