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The bit that you skip #168: James Newton Howard – Swimming
Between the awards reaped by Dances with wolves and the money collected by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner started the nineties on a high. JFK was controversial, but had a fair amount of fans and did quite well on box office. Then the bodyguard happened and it went even better for him. These…
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The bit that you skip #167: Michael Kamen – Overture and a prisoner of the crusades (from chains to freedom)
Michael Kamen was a classic rocker at heart. As previously stated on this website, Kamen’s experience with rock legends made him a superstar. When Robin Hood came out in June of 1991, Costner’s limited acting range was more than compensated by two things: Alan Rickman’s scene stealing (and chewing) performance as the dastardly Sheriff of…
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The bit that you skip #164: Wendy Carlos – Tron Scherzo
If you’re of a certain age, you’ll hear this song and recognise which sections of it play during the arcade game. Tron, the arcade game, was notoriously loud and it could overwhelm the already noisy atmosphere of videogame arcades back in the day, where tinny speakers sort of played rock music, lost in a maelstrom…
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The bit that you skip #163: Howard Shore – Brooklyn Heights pt 2
Although Martin Scorsese had a tremendous start of the 90s with the unstoppable Goodfellas, his later output never quite achieved the same box-office results. Didn’t quite left a mark on the critics either. It’s a shame, because I love Bringing out the dead with all my heart. It was a movie I saw all by…
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The bit that you skip #162: Trevor Jones – Promentory
Last of the Mohicans is one of three Michael Mann films that seems to be overlooked. The other two are The Insider, a timeless critique of journalism and special interests, and The Keep, which is getting a bit of a reappraisal thanks to Vinegar Syndrome. Trevor Jones takes The Gael by Dougie MacLean and rearranges…
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The bit that you skip #161: Alan Silvestri – My Father!
Back to the future 2 did what sequels often fail to do: surpass the original. Pacier with a complex (not convoluted) plot, the stakes are raised and like a good sequel, ends on a great cliffhanger. Helps that both part 2 and 3 were filmed on the same production block. Helps avoid many troubles sequels…
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The bit that you skip #160: John Williams – Alarm!
John Williams can crack a real good tune. Sure, just like James Horner (and many film scorers), Williams has taken inspiration from classical composers. Just listen to Antonín Dvořák’s 4th movement of his 9th symphony and you’ll stay clear of any beaches the rest of your life. That’s fine. I don’t see at plagiarism any…
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The bit that you skip #159: Paul Leonard-Morgan – Ma-ma’s Requiem
Comic books were a part of my formative years. Since I have memory, I’ve been surrounded by comic books and comic book readers. From the Novaro and Editorial Vid translations that added Mexican colloquialisms to the deluge of import comics we had in the late 80s, early 90s, reading was a nice bit of escapism.…
