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I've been listening to this score a lot lately. Exotic, otherworldly, and just lots of fun. Kind of a lighthearted celebration of old adventure movie conventions (and cliches). Blake really hit the right nerve of this absurd, garish movie (and he works-in bits of Queen's goofy material and actually makes it interesting). Blake is one composer I wish would work more in films. A beautiful sense of melody and harmony (and he even orchestrates his own music!). No offence to Patrick Doyle, but how I wish Blake had scored Henry V (which he very nearly did).
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I've been listening to this score a lot lately. Exotic, otherworldly, and just lots of fun. Kind of a lighthearted celebration of old adventure movie conventions (and cliches). Blake really hit the right nerve of this absurd, garish movie (and he works-in bits of Queen's goofy material and actually makes it interesting). Paul what's even more amazing is that he about 10 days to do the whole score in.... He is a great talent and someone I'd hire in a New York Minute to score a film if I had the chance. Ford A. Thaxton
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Perhaps wish for HARRY POTTER V to be scored by Blake, if Doyle is unavailable. Oh man...that would be awesome! David Heyman, are you reading? Paul
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Howard Blake is absolutely first-rate. I've never heard a Blake score I didn't like, and his concert works are also exceptional. I'm sure he keeps very busy, but I would love to hear more from him. He's one of those underused film composers, of the calibre of John Scott, David Shire, Fredric Talgorn, Lee Holdridge and Basil Poledouris, who should be scoring major feature films regularly.
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Oh, and I just discovered Howard Blake has a website. On a whim I typed... http://www.howardblake.com/ Just to see if he had a website, and there is was! Its not terribly exhaustive, but it has his bio and a list of his works (including film scores...few of which are available as recordings )
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Here's a very rough mix I did putting the Blake score back into the movie. I also used the Queen album to restore Prince Thun's original voice, so there is a moment where he is speaking and no dialogue is heard. This isn't meant to be definitive, just a curiosity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vMV-rn6c3I&fmt=18 Neil
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