Leave the music ALONE!
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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?
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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."
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robble-1 — 13 years ago(June 05, 2012 08:50 PM)
I just watched this again this weekend and I have to say I hated the music for the most part. There were a few scenes where it seemed to fit. But for the most part, it really drew me out of the movie, which I love. For the most part, the music just doesn't seem to fit and it does date the movie.
I don't think the music had to be 13th century, but it definitely could have been better than what it was.
I would be into a scene that didn't have music and then all of sudden it would start blaring and would jar me out of the mood of the scene. I started putting it on silent and watching with captions on at times.
Scenes where the music didn't jar me: when the hawk is flying across the water with its wings touching the water; the fight scenes; when they are trying to touch each other as the sun rises.
There's something here that doesn't make sense. Let's go and poke it with a stick.-Doctor Who -
Dream-Sequence — 14 years ago(January 04, 2012 06:32 PM)
I'm an Alan Parsons fan, and I absolutely love this movie. I have the soundtrack on my iPod too.
The score was composed by Andrew Powell who has worked with the Alan Parsons Project, and produced by Parsons.
