Shocked by the music!
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theshadowfax21 — 14 years ago(April 18, 2011 10:54 AM)
Gosh I'm happy I wasn't the only one who noticed this! I just finished watching it today, 26 years too late. So perhaps it's just that I'm seeing the movie out of context and in the wrong century, but seriously, how
ridiculous
was that music?! When I think of fantasy tales I think of Lord of the Rings or even Stardust. Both of these movies had phenominal soundtracks which gripped you and made you even more part of the movie. And Ladyhawke was full of 80's synthesizer music. I have never before been that distracted by a movie soundtrack. Something more serious would suit this movie far better. -
MrAleisterCrowley — 11 years ago(April 19, 2014 05:58 PM)
I agree completely and as a huge fan of new wave "synth" myself, I hate seeing arguments made for bad music in film. The soundtrack is an inexcusably bad soundtrack, and it distracts from the film, which is a bad-filmmaking problem, not a "nobody can make comments about the music in films made prior to the present" problem. It is annoying that some posters are defending this monstrosity of a soundtrack based on the fallacious argument that "everything ever done in a film is okay because that is how things were done in the [insert decade]." The PROBLEM is that regardless of decade, a director or producer is capable of making a disastrous mistake (soundtracks are crucial to film think of Star Wars with period-appropriate disco rather than the classical soundtrack it has and one has the correct idea). A bad (key) decision like choosing an ill-fitting soundtrack can destroy a film easily. Since this mistake could be corrected for DVD-viewing audiences it should be corrected.
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mrpinbert — 10 years ago(December 27, 2015 01:09 PM)
Yeah I agree. Today I was watching the film and got 40 minutes in, I had to stop watching due to elements outside of my control. All the time the soundtrack took me out of the movie and me and my dad just started making jokes about it.
I would love a re-scored version, as I was very much enjoying other aspects of the movie and I keep thinking how much better it would be with a more fitting soundtrack. Ofcourse the original track should also remain available for people that do enjoy it.
Zardoz (1974)
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Wednesday_Next — 14 years ago(July 23, 2011 12:46 PM)
I agree. Moderately awful then, and utterly unlistenable now. What I'd love is a rescored version. Then the ones who loved the Alan Parsons can swim in the 80's synth cheese, and the rest of us who loved the cinematography, the production values, the performances and the script can actually enjoy those without feeling like someone's scratching on a blackboard.
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Fat_Lives_Matter — 13 years ago(July 20, 2012 09:49 AM)
I caught this film for the first time yesterday and thought the soundtrack nearly killed the entire experience. It was possibly one of the worst soundtracks ever recorded for a fantasy film. What the hell were they thinking?! Imagine Star Wars or Lord of the Rings with a score like that. Just awful.
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brakerules — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 07:41 PM)
I caught this film for the first time yesterday and thought the soundtrack nearly killed the entire experience. It was possibly one of the worst soundtracks ever recorded for a fantasy film. What the hell were they thinking?! Imagine Star Wars or Lord of the Rings with a score like that. Just awful.
No .. Imagine Kingdom of Heaven with a score like this. Seeing Crusaders fight under the cheese sounds of 80's synthesizers!! -
garreed22 — 12 years ago(October 11, 2013 04:42 PM)
I don't understand I love the music! I think it's great. I always have.
This movie was released in 1985. Synth reigned supreme back then. I feel like the music for Ladyhawke fits the film like a glove. I give them props for breaking the mold and trying something different other than Celtic-type music for a fantasy film.
I think it works. How else would you score the film? It's completely cheesy and I think it's wonderful.
Oh well. To each their own I suppose.