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Steve Hughes

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I know it's often unreliable but the INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE lists Michael Kamen as the composer for the Dennis Quaid time travel drama FREQUENCY. Anyone back this up?
posted 03-20-2000 08:39 AM PT (US) 
Hard Target
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Hey Steve it is indeed Michael Kamen who is scoring the time travel thriller Frequency. I saw his name on the poster for the film the other day. It looks like an intriguing film.P.O.
Pyscho (Bernard Herrmann/Danny Elfman adp.) **/*****posted 03-20-2000 09:08 PM PT (US) 
Steve Hughes

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I am a very happy man. I'll be even happier if there's a score release...
posted 03-21-2000 07:41 AM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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Cruising through old messages, which I very rarely do, and spotted this; decided to put it back up. Anybody see/hear FREQUENCY yet? I kind of want to, but I'm not sure my nerves can take it.
posted 05-01-2000 08:30 PM PT (US) 
Jeron

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Soundtrack Magazine reports that there are currently no plans for a score release... though this could change depending on how well it does in the box office.Jeron
posted 05-01-2000 08:39 PM PT (US) 
joan hue

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Well, I’ll venture forth an opinion on the movie and score,
just of you, H R.
(Haven’t done that much lately on several new movies I’ve
seen because people have been testy about opposing opinions
around here lately. So “be gentle” oh ye disagreers.!)Kamen did indeed write the score. In Soundtrack Magazine, he
talked about the need to write a lovely melody to underscore the
loving relationship between son and father. (H R, it could be tough
on you, I think.) I never really heard a strong, lovely melody that
affected me. Perhaps a second viewing would help. I did hear
fully orchestrated, pounding, muscular action music that was very
exciting.No spoilers I promise. The plot as most of you know will require
acceptance of the impossible. There are holes in the plot when it
comes to realism, but that was fine with me. Suspension of disbelief
is necessary. I liked most of the movie. I didn’t love it. It kept me
entertained. Just put Dennis Quaid in front of me, and I become
a dirty old drooling woman.
I sat through Blair Witch Project
and Saving Private Ryan and was never bothered by the jerky cameras.
For some reason, the constantly moving camera in this movie really
bugged me at times. I wanted to yell, “just hold that camera still for
a moment and back it up and give me some perspective, please.”
Still, there are marvelous scenes, wonderful pieces of editing, a solid
music filmscore, fine acting, and of course, places that could be improved.
The last five minutes are Kleenex moments, and I LOVE tissue times!I wish someone else would see this movie and help me out with a song.
During the end credits, a song is played. Now I usually get ticked by
songs in the end credits, but this song was absolutely gorgeous, and I
“think” it was sung by Garth Brooks. ( My daughters say that I think
all country singers sound like him, and they’re right.) I rushed to the
CD stores the next day to see if Garth had a new single out from Frequency.
Nope!. Darn. This song is truly lovely, and I wish I knew the title and
singer. (Duh, el stupido here was so enamored with the song, I forgot
to READ the end credits.)Well, that’s my take on the movie.
NP The Great Escape
posted 05-01-2000 09:08 PM PT (US) 
dex

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Do you remember hearing the name of the song while it was playing?
posted 05-01-2000 09:21 PM PT (US) 
dex

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Just found out some info, Joan. Here's the official word from www.planetgarth.comNew Song Generates Overwhelming Response
"Frequency, the New Line Cinemas feature film starring Dennis Quaid, opens in theaters today, but Garth Brooks' fans have already heard the ending. "When You Come Back To Me Again," a song Brooks co-wrote with Jenny Yates and recorded specifically for the movie, plays over the final credits, but fans have already seen the video on CMT, Great American Country and VH1. While the song does not appear on a soundtrack and was not serviced as a single, some enterprising country radio stations pulled the audio tracks from the video and began playing the song."So there you have the answer, Joan! And if you click here you can download the song. You'll find it at the bottom of the article.

[This message has been edited by dex (edited 01 May 2000).]
posted 05-01-2000 09:26 PM PT (US) 
joan hue

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Thanks so much, dex. Bless you. Now if this would only come out in a CD.
posted 05-01-2000 09:40 PM PT (US) 
Dr.Evil

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Good news, of course. I like Kamen.
May I ask you guys something off topic?
Garth Brooks is really on that new gothic visual or am'I dreaming?
posted 05-01-2000 09:47 PM PT (US) 
Shaun Rutherford

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Did anybody else notice that the opening music was by J. Peter Robinson? When I saw the film, I THOUGHT the music was rather "trailer music-like" and not Kamen at all. Weird.Great film. Yet another nothin' score by Michael Kamen.
Shaun
posted 05-02-2000 12:18 PM PT (US) 
Hard Target
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A nothing score huh! Well I thought it was excellent and works perfectly with the film itself and I'd love to have this score in my collection since I am a big Kamen fan. Like they say if a person who hears nothing is totally deaf.
posted 05-02-2000 10:07 PM PT (US) 
dex

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You know, with the exception of "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "The Three Musketeers" (from what I remember), Kamen has always failed to impress me. I enjoyed the way he worked 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' into "Die Hard With A Vengeance," but the majority of his work always comes across to me as weak. I'm not saying he's untalented or anything, as he HAS written SOME good material, but I don't think he's ever composed a really good score.
posted 05-03-2000 09:49 AM PT (US) 
Jeron

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Dex, have you ever heard 101 Dalmations or What Dreams May Come? Those are both spectacular scores that work marvelously in the films they were composed for.Robin Hood and Musketeers are both terrific scores, I do agree. If you like those, definitely check out his music for Highlander and Hudson Hawk.
Peace out,
Jeron[This message has been edited by Jeron (edited 03 May 2000).]
posted 05-03-2000 11:42 AM PT (US) 
Shaun Rutherford

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Yeah, Target----a nothin' score. As in, not effective in the least. What Dreams May Come may not be half as good as Morricone's rejected score, but it's still got an achingly beautiful love theme. What's Frequency got? Oboe, oboe, oboe playing under dialogue with no effect whatsoever. The score comes alive for approx. 7 seconds, during a fight scene, but even that is just stock Kamen fight music.Like I said, it's a great film, but the score is severely lacking.
Shaun
posted 05-03-2000 11:48 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB
