Leave the music ALONE!
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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. -
ArmandFancypants — 11 years ago(September 17, 2014 06:21 AM)
You've always hated someone who specifically did orchestrations? Where did this Powell hatred spring from? Do you think he botched
The Kick Inside
? Or perhaps he went overboard on "Sebastian"?
Strange hatred to have. I get not liking Parsons, but the Powell thing is very specific. -
jingizu_z — 11 years ago(September 17, 2014 06:42 AM)
Argh ffs, don't be obtuse. I of course don't hate the people, I don't like Powell's orchestrations and I never will. He wrote the soundtrack for Ladyhawke, which I especially don't like.
I also really don't like his collaborations with the Alan Parsons Project. I never liked 1980s pop/classic combinations. The score of Ladyhawke spoils the movie for me, a movie that I otherwise love, own and rewatched several times. Would have rewatched it more if not for the score.
So please, don't be so literal. And leave us who want a rescore alone. You can still watch it with the original score, it won't affect you. -
remiles-394-96736 — 13 years ago(June 11, 2012 10:55 AM)
The music was craptacular and totally inappropriate for the movie. So what? It doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie itself; I can seperate the two.
It does serve to give the movie a unique character that I find kind of endearing.
You know what would have been worse than the score they picked? Picking a safe, predictable formulaic medieval theme just to satisfy the rest of these boring slobs. -
ObscureAuteur — 13 years ago(June 12, 2012 08:36 AM)
It's not that it's not 13th century, it's that it is really poor music, at least in this movie.
It is the only thing wrong with the movie.
It's as if Gainsborough's The Blue Boy were depicted in a cheap polyester leisure suit.
Obsolete on day one.
It stinks. Period.
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