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Superb movie...I didn't like the soundtrack.

posted 10 years ago by rixrex
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Saw his finally for the 1st time ever yesterday after missing it many times over and catching only the last few minutes.

As a great fan off all classic westerns and NOT a fan of the recent Lone Ranger, I found this to be right out of the classic western mold, for the most part. Sure there were some inconsistent things, like the whole character of Slick, and why he's on Cobb's side, but overall it was like seeing a classic.

However, the soundtrack was not. There was no really classic theme in the soundtrack and I find I like TV western themes, eg, The Big Valley, better than this soundtrack and more classically western.

It was just too much many times when no soundtrack or music was really needed, and it was bombastic often, as if influenced by Star Wars type of soundtracks.

It did seem like it was searching for a western theme within somewhere, but never really successfully. But it was way better than that soundtrack for the pukorama western that Johnny Depp built.

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[–] RumourdProd 9 years ago

You're outta your mind. The music score is eminently hummable, as melodocally memorable as Bernstein's Magnificent Seven.

The soundtrack refers to a film's sound mix. Not the score. No matter what CD covers used to say.

[–] demontrace 9 years ago

I disagree with you, and agree with the OP. This soundtrack is terrible. It's so cheesy, just like the movie itself. I find this to be one of my least favorite westerns. I like a more gritty western, and this one is just too lighthearted. The music makes it even more lighthearted, and I can't handle it. Had to shut this off like 45 minutes into it.

[–] ufopium 9 years ago

Reminds me of Star Wars too. Too bombastic and not suitable with the movie.

[–] bastasch8647 8 years ago

Horribly overrated and overplayed score. Bombastic hardly suffices to describe it.

Worse, it is contaminated with an effeminacy unbecoming its obviously virile material. The score kept looking around to find itself and it never succeeded. Luckily I could turn the volume down or eject the DVD (no, I am not a fan of this overcooked film) - so I'm glad I didn't waste time and money on seeing it in the theater (in which case I would have walked out). The scoring could have and should have included classic Western nods to Elmer Bernstein, Jerome Moross, Jerry Goldsmith and many others, since Broughton's own style was woefully inadequate. Yes, he was told to emulate Copland, a circumstance for which he cannot be blamed, but his emulation was inept.