Anyone else think some of the music in the film seem completely irrelative to the movie? For example, the scene at the Canadian border was in the style of a dramatic shootout, but the music was cheery and magical like some kind of disney movie.. I know it was the 80's when everything was cheesy, but it seemed out of place.
Cool movie though 8/10
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@stormchaser_1 I wish Probation was still happening.
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Yeah i couldn't stand it, the score frequently felt inappropriate and actually ruined the film for me. Happens quite often in big budget films from the late 80's, early 90's
shareYeah this music was *beep* terrible, but maybe because I've been spoiled by the soundtrack of Boardwalk Empire.
I agree, the Canada border seem was gruesome and dramatic with everyone getting killed, but then with the *beep* music it was like "yay killing is good, kids!"
Then there were some parts of the movie with 80's synth *beep*
Music ruined this movie for me.
I completely agree with you. IMO the music was poorly matched in about every scene. Slower introspective scenes had loud inappropriate music. Intense scenes were backed with a happy go lucky score. It has a good script and is shot well, but has some glaring, amateur mistakes.
shareEnnio Morricone an amateur? LOL
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Glad you liked the movie. I also enjoyed it.
I have to admit the music is heavily stylized but that is sort of the aim of the movie.
GANGBUSTERS!!! DANGER! DRAMA! SUSPENSE! ACTION!!!
The film itself is a stylized action drama whose biographic source material in its own right is filled with exaggerations. Although oddly enough the more horrific parts of the film like the baseball scene and interrogation scene did occur. So to musically summarize the mixed vibe of the movie they hired Ennio Morricone who is known for scores that ties classical instrumentation with more eclectic and/or modern sounds. His style is definitely on full display in this film with mixing violin strings with jazz saxophones. While I can understand it being a little jarring for people more accustomed to today's scores which are mostly background music I miss that time period of noticeable film scores that started in the late 60's and kicked into high gear with John Williams and Danny Elfman (among many others) in the 80's and 90's.
I know the word thrown around is "cheese" but the truth of a matter in another 10 years people will be saying the same thing about today's films. Growing up in the 80's I thought the 60's were cheesy and things in the 80's and 90's were cool and sleek. Hindsight is always 20/20. Speaking of cheese try watching the original black and white tv series. Sure it may be but its all in good fun.
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While I can understand it being a little jarring for people more accustomed to today's scores which are mostly background music I miss that time period of noticeable film scores that started in the late 60's and kicked into high gear with John Williams and Danny Elfman (among many others) in the 80's and 90's.
I know the word thrown around is "cheese" but the truth of a matter in another 10 years people will be saying the same thing about today's films.
Ennio Morricone, just listen to his music for 'Once Upon A Time In The West'
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The Man With The Harmonica is my favourite movie music piece. Ennio Morricone is amazing and the music in the untouchables is nice, just as i say in my original message, think that it doesn't fit…
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Ennio Morricone is one of cinmeas greatest composers. Problem is he writes and composes his music BEFORE the editing process. Great for him given the freedom involved but bad for the poor editor who has to try and make it all work. I was watching The Mission a few months back and like The Untouchables doesn't go together well.
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