The only one I know of that could stand up in academia is probably Cape Fear. It really does dot all the 'i's and cross all the 't's. I'd never have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears.
Now it only remains to redo Vertigo in the painting by numbers game. This one inevitably sets the standard for putting image to sound, if that's what butters your tea.
I've never seen the films - I have the LP with the 1961 score - but does that remake of BACK STREET has the same score with the previous 1941 version? Frank Skinner wrote both.
I've never seen the films - I have the LP with the 1961 score - but does that remake of BACK STREET has the same score with the previous 1941 version? Frank Skinner wrote both.
Ooooo, nice one! I have not seen the 1941 version.
I think you have to count the recent Disney remakes, notably Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King which all use, to a greater or lesser extent, elements from the original animated scores.
