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In a word: gorgeous
In two words: hauntingly gorgeous
In two words and two letters: Buy the CD.
Looking forward to getting my CD. Hopefully, this will lead to further Horner titles from LLL.
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I'll certainly get one when funds permit. Love me some moody Horner.
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Scrolling back through this thread, I'm surprised that I didn't comment at the time as I really like this score a lot. Like others have said, this score is moody and textural and low-key and darkly ambient, and I love when Horner does those things on a small-scale. He's one of the masters of making something big out of a tiny budget, by focusing on well-chosen synths or moods or solo instruments.
Three things I love about this kind of Horner: the synth female vocals, the shakuhachi, and the deep rumbling pianos. Always have loved that kind of Horner expression, elements of which are found in scores like Patriot Games, Thunderheart, Red Heat, The Devil's Own, parts of A Clear and Present Danger, Braveheart, Legends of the Fall, House of Cards.
How I do so wish that Horner would do a score like this in 2015 -- a dark, moody thriller score on a small scale. I'd kill to see how he'd approach it nowadays...I'm sure those days are over but as much as I love his epic orchestral works and adventure treats, I do miss the "dark" Horner from the days of yore, and I wish he wasn't too good, too accomplished, too matured to score something like Jade or Ransom or even a Schwarzenegger action-fest like he used to. But now I'm getting on a tangent!
I was very surprised when this was released by La-La Land because it's a very short score, there is virtually no fan clamor for it, and the movie was entirely forgettable to most. Still, it is Horner, and I'm glad the score was produced for fans like myself, Josh Mitchell, and a few others that represent the minority in this thread.
While there will probably and unfortunately be more unnecessary chiming in with repetitive negativity, I was curious if anyone had come around to this score, or discovered it anew and enjoys it in the four years since it's been released?
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Yeah, I liked it too, and like that side of Horner as well - I get into a mood where I just play that, but if you made me choose, I'd have to pick the big symphonic style. I'm glad he does get to do this sort of thing from time to time - I even went back and bought the also much maligned UNLAWFUL ENTRY a year or so ago and enjoy that. People also HATED that one, read FSM around 1992, you'd think Horner put a personal snidey note in the cd to piss people off!
Saw the film JADE a few months ago too, at last - it wasn't as gonzo as everyone made it out to be, surprised Friedkin says its his best film, and wasn't surprised there wasn't much left to Horner's music in the film itself. Most of it is eaten up by Stravinsky & that damn Lorenna McKinnett song that I'd rather listen to on the Varese MISTS OF AVALON cd if I have to - it fits better there.
- Sean
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Listening to the score lately...I had always wondered where the action/suspense music was on the album from the final fight in the film. It appears as though the final fight music was tracked in from the earlier cue "Car Flip."
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