I'll note that John Williams started his career doing very crime-jazz Mancini-type scores.
Heh, yeah. MST3K did a film called DADDY-O that had Johnny Williams doing the soundtrack. With the "immortal" Dick Contino in the lead.
Could just be a hoax, though. I fake some headaches, everyone gets used to poor helpless Spike. Then one day, no warning, I snap a spine, bend a head back, drain 'em dry. Brilliant.
Spike ,'Potential'
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Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 8:10:40 am PST #8781 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Jessica - Feb 04, 2005 8:11:23 am PST #8782 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wasn't crazy about the soundtrack, to be honest. I know it got a lot of praise, but I thought it called way too much attention to itself, rather than grounding/supporting the film.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 8:16:23 am PST #8783 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I wasn't crazy about the soundtrack, to be honest. I know it got a lot of praise, but I thought it called way too much attention to itself, rather than grounding/supporting the film.
Huh. Well that certainly sounds like John Williams' m.o.
Just as a side-discussion, do you object to soundtracks calling attention to themselves in general, or is it a case specific thing?
With me it's definitely case specific, because certain movies I adore (the mid-period works of Dario Argento for instance) that have what could almost be called "foreground" scores.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 8:22:19 am PST #8784 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
MST3K did a film called DADDY-O that had Johnny Williams doing the soundtrack. With the "immortal" Dick Contino in the lead.
Man, this movie just keeps popping up. It was just mentioned on the Lost in the Grooves blog, and James Ellroy wrote a novella based around the making of this movie, "Dick Contino's Blues." Ellroy even tracked Contino down and became friends with him.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 04, 2005 8:25:57 am PST #8785 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Flash Gordon would have been nothing without Queen.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 8:27:18 am PST #8786 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Man, this movie just keeps popping up. It was just mentioned on the Lost in the Grooves blog, and James Ellroy wrote a novella based around the making of this movie. (Ellroy even tracked Contino down and became friends with him.)
Interesting. What's the name of the book it's in (the Ellroy story)?
Man, if Ellroy did a story on it, some pretty heavy shit must have gone down during the making of it - he usually doesn't play nice with his characters. Although I was surprised when I read LA Confidential to find out that the resolution of one of the story lines, that had critics complaining it was a cop-out, was pretty much straight from the book.
tommyrot - Feb 04, 2005 8:27:30 am PST #8787 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Flash Gordon would have been nothing without Queen.
So true....
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 8:34:25 am PST #8788 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What's the name of the book it's in (the Ellroy story)?
I think I read it in Hollywood Nocturnes, but he's also got a collection titled Dick Contino's Blues and Other Stories.
Brief synopsis: Dick Contino, a 50s accordion player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam. Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Alibelle - Feb 04, 2005 8:46:47 am PST #8789 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Leo was great in Catch Me If You Can. And honestly, I think he was really good in Titanic, too, but so many people hate that movie, just because of the sheer size of it, and the dominance it had. Which is kind of sad, but oh well.
Kathy A - Feb 04, 2005 8:46:56 am PST #8790 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose.
Aren't they always?