I'm not sure, but I think this might have been the first score I heard by him where he went fully orchestral, after his early synth/jazz efforts (I'd have to check)* I absolutely love it. The way it starts out ominous, turns sparky and bright, but the ominosity is never quite far away, and then those last few tracks...Man...he really tugs away at yer. There's a yearning and sadness in the music that I think Isham was (is?) spectacular at. It's never overblown or in your face, but it's working away at yer, in the background, moving you to exactly where it wants you. It's quite a short score (and interspersed with period songs on the CD) but there isn't a duff track on there. Any other fans of this music out there?
*I checked, and it was probably Everybody Wins or Reversal Of Fortune that I heard first that were his earliest orchestral efforts.
It's never overblown or in your face, but it's working away at yer, in the background, moving you to exactly where it wants you.
I'm not really familiar with this particular score, but this is a good description of Isham's music in general. I've loved his work ever since I saw October Sky as a teen.
I'm not sure, but I think this might have been the first score I heard by him where he went fully orchestral, after his early synth/jazz efforts (I'd have to check)* I absolutely love it. The way it starts out ominous, turns sparky and bright, but the ominosity is never quite far away, and then those last few tracks...Man...he really tugs away at yer. There's a yearning and sadness in the music that I think Isham was (is?) spectacular at. It's never overblown or in your face, but it's working away at yer, in the background, moving you to exactly where it wants you. It's quite a short score (and interspersed with period songs on the CD) but there isn't a duff track on there. Any other fans of this music out there?
*I checked, and it was probably Everybody Wins or Reversal Of Fortune that I heard first that were his earliest orchestral efforts.
One of my favorite scores ever. Great picks from it!
I bought the Billy Bathgate album just to get the recording of OYF'N Pripetshok used in Schindler's List. The recording on the SL album was recorded just for the album, and is completely different from the one in the film.
I've just discovered that this score makes the perfect transition score after Goldsmith's PLANET OF THE APES. By some quirk, BB came on randomly after POTA today while I was pottering about and the segue from the last track of Apes to the first track of BB was so in synch, it was perfect. Cos it was random, I didn't know what it was at first (and even thought it was some bonus/unused easter egg cue from Apes). True Synchronicity.
