Leave the music ALONE!
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Kent_Kainer — 11 years ago(September 03, 2014 05:17 AM)
I do now.
It was disturbing and when I first heard that 80ers synthesizer music in this rather medieval movie I was like '
wtf, srsly?
'. Did they have leftovers from Beverly Hills Cop they got for free for this movie? xD
;_;
Talk about most unfitting music in a movie - lol.
Period.
P.S.: Tough that didn't influence my rating but dropped my re-watch value to none. I don't ever want to hear such music again in such a context.
Lincoln Lee: I lost a partner.
Peter Bishop: I lost a universe! -
tl2055 — 16 years ago(July 05, 2009 09:57 PM)
You're right it isn't 13TH Century music, Its bad 80's music.I'm watching it now, and its SOO dated
Such a great movie ruined by its score!.(well at least I think so, I know you don't.)
And actually its really only SOME of the score, the orchestral parts are great! but when it breaks into bad synth and drums I want to kill myself
O
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islaventuras — 16 years ago(November 10, 2009 06:23 PM)
jimsband-1,
You said it!: "Cinematic".
I totally agree. If the film being scored was American Anthem, Footloose, or perhaps an episode of Knight Rider, Magnum P.I., or the A-team.
It's crap. And to be quite frank Ladyhawke didn't amount to much in my opinion regardless of the scoring.
Thematically it has some merit. It's a story of unattainable love. Okay, that can stand on its own, especially when the lovers are cursed to inhabit non-human forms. But seriously, Matthew Broderick is a dope. Rutger's talent was stymied by a poor script, and Michelle Pfieffer is smokin' hot. 1 out of 3 doesn't keep my interest long, unless 1 is naked a lot.
Disappointed there as well
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Kent_Kainer — 11 years ago(September 03, 2014 05:22 AM)
It's not about the music in itself, it's about the context.
Put it in Beverly Hills Cop and no-one complains as it fits perfectly but to a middle age movie - roflcopter
fail, so fail
Well, some ppl like to put raspberry jelly on their ham sandwich. So there must be ppl who like synth music in a medieval movie.
I have an idea now of nice techno music in a Roman empire movie.
Lincoln Lee: I lost a partner.
Peter Bishop: I lost a universe! -
SteveResin — 11 years ago(September 14, 2014 10:17 AM)
I saw it for the first time today and I was LOLing at the soundtrack. It's not even 80s music, as most posters seem to suggest. It's very bad late 70s DISCO music. Splutter Hilarious!
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dave-2887 — 16 years ago(July 11, 2009 09:08 PM)
Just watched the movie (for the first time). I noticed as the credits scrolled by that the music was created by one "Alan Parsons". That wouldn't by any chance be the Alan Parsons of the Alan Parsons Project would it?
Edit:
Never mind. The answer is a solid "Yup!". Wikipedia had it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Parsons_Project
Search for "Ladyhawke" in the article. Thought I recognized the sound.
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LittleIrishLady — 16 years ago(September 23, 2009 03:21 AM)
I watched LadyHawke for the first time tonight, and I loved the music. It was a nice change from the scores that usually accompany such films. I prefer that type of music anyway, it has intensity, and rythym, it really fit in scenes where Navarre fought, because it matches the ferocity of the character. Why should it be dated?
I thought it was really cool.
I am WIND in his hair
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anna_velasquez — 16 years ago(January 01, 2010 07:37 AM)
You obviously got no idea how bad movie scores really can get, huh? Why is it that people always have to use superlatives when they don't like a score, movie or whatever?
I really like the music. It's part of the movie. And the movie is one of my most favourite movies. -
Liightspeed — 15 years ago(December 27, 2010 08:31 AM)
You obviously got no idea how bad movie scores really can get
Then give us an example of a quality production with a worse musical accompaniment than this.
Yes, there are worse cinematic scores out there. I think the problem here is that this dire (and more importantly, inappropriate) score is shown up for what it is by being played against an otherwise wonderful film. This point is supported by the amount of discussion the subject generates, both in here and elsewhere on the web. If the film was crap, no one would give a stuff about the score.
Whoever matched this film to this music was in the wrong business. It could have been much better served by handing the pre-release to an established score writer who knew his game, rather than lifting some pop-music of the day off a shelf. -
megoobee — 15 years ago(December 18, 2010 07:32 PM)
No the music was not bad. The complainers need to keep in mind that this movie was shot in the 80's and geared towards the audience of that era. Plenty of other movies have gone without true period scoring so why all the hate for this one? Case in point, "A Knight's Tale." Is rock music correct period scoring? How about the rap music for just about every film that comes out these days.
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phibbus — 15 years ago(February 11, 2011 06:01 AM)
The problem is, for a lot of viewers, the music sticks out like a sore thumb and detaches them from the story. Had the movie had an orchestral score, it's unlikely anyone would be complaining "You know, this movie could be great if only it had some 80s synth-rock, drums, and bass."
