I KNEW someone would bust me for the "Knox" name--I realized I used the wrong name after I posted. Doh!
I see what you mean about the song, if you think about it from Carlyle's character's POV. Interesting idea. I agree the screams were horrible.
"Barking" isn't really a good word for the noise; I really don't know how to describe it. Sort of like a scratchy, yet "humanoid" sort of sound; I couldn't tell what they used to make the noise--human, animal or instrument. I believe it was meant to be disturbing, create an atmosphere of forboding, but I found it annoyingly distracting. There is a particular scene where Boyd is standing at sort of the foot of the cliff the cave is on--there is a tree root by his head--that is the part where I actually said aloud, "WTF?" Do you own the movie? Maybe you could fwd to it & see what you make of it.
It's odd but the music seemed to fit more with the movie after Carlyle shows up as the officer. Oddly, though--that's where they lost me and I started becoming skeptical. I didn't really like the jump from reality to fantasy, and that's where it seemed to start.
And, just as an aside, when Carlyle says, "If you die first, I'm gonna eat you," all I could think of was the Fat Bastard from Austin Powers....
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un4given66
18 years ago
LOL! Sorry about that. I'm just a huge fan and tend to get nit-picky.
You mean the use of the horn like instrument? There is a name for it but I can't think of it. Is is when they are all going up to the cave and Colquhune is begging Reich not to make him go? That instrument is used there a lot in the music. I'll check it out though and get back to you.
Actually it started much earlier... when Boyd had his war cowardice flashback and he is telling Lindus something.... changed after he was buried. If you notice after the blood ran down his throat be became all strong and fearless taking over a Mexican fort. That goes to give the viewer a sense that something was off since he just laid down in battle earlier and played dead... and it involved the blood. Also, when Boyd is asking Colquhune up on the mountain after he ate the man if he felt at all physically changed. This is when we know that Boyd is feeling the effects of something from the same condition since we know we had done earlier in the movie. He identifies with Colquhune's story of what changes after eating humans and wants to know more about himself without giving himself away. Also, when Boyd eats Reich's leg while he is trapped in the pit, he is well enough then to be able to get out and walk to the Fort. This shows some healing powers. I think all the "fanstasy" aspect started way before Ives was introduced.
Fat Bastard. lol!
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varialectio
17 years ago
Count me in as another person who loves this film and its soundtrack.
I always get a little chill whenever I see the scene where the soldiers find the skeletons in the cave. I think the music fits perfectly...the building tension, Reich screaming that Colqhoun killed everyone while Colqhoun is going crazy outside. The drums remind me of Native American music; in fact, the whole soundtrack is very much influenced by Native American music, and I think that really fits well with the movie. Like the rest of the film, it evokes a time period and a feel of rough frontier living without being entirely true to reality or the actual time period, and I really like that.
One thing that disappointed me a little with the soundtrack CD is that it seems to be lacking the little glissando (I think that's the term; it's been a long while since my Music Appreciation course in college!) right when Reich's lamp shows us the skeleton. It's a creepy little scary sound that doesn't seem to be in the CD. The CD is still great, though; got it this Christmas for myself.
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