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The sound score

posted 20 years ago by Bitter_Almonds
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When I first saw it back in the late 80s, I thought it was one of the cheeziest, crappiest scores made for such a fine film, but I was only a kid then. I saw it again a couple of months ago... and the music IS cheezy and crappy! Abel Ferrare shoulda done some more edits to include better music, some Italodisco, some New Wave, or at least some Muzak to have some variety in the movie. The film could easily be one of the best of its genre if the score was changed to something that can tie it to a specific time and place - 1979/1980, New York.

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[–] howcanyoubesure 19 years ago

I don't agree.

[–] infamousbutcher 19 years ago

I think the music's great, perfect for the film, and it does feel like 1981 New York. thats what music was like then

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[–] filmscholar35 18 years ago

Although I DO think it's hilarious that, in the final party scene, it pans across the band that's playing, and the guy playing a TRUMPET is making that saxophone sound!! Hilarious!!!!

[–] amd8404 12 years ago

Actually, the prominent sax track in the film sounds like No Wave to me, which is probably the ideal genre to connect the film to New York circa 1980.

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[–] cymboline 11 years ago

If only she'd shot that sax-playing trumpet player first. That music is terrible. I can tolerate they might have bad taste in music at the party but why did the director have to reprise it for the credits. Completely screws with the mood after the slo-mo climax. He also should have ditched the bit with landlady and her dog at the end too. End the movie with it's main character and star.

[–] zap1 11 years ago

There's not enough SAX. Ack!! awesome movie but way to much SAX

[–] zachhh 11 years ago

What you heard in the movie was a punk sub-genre called No Wave.

[–] chilone 10 years ago

More cowbell!! Terrible movie, terrible soundtrack.

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