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Topic: Goldsmith-"Seven Days In May"
Eric Paddon
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Just picked up the DVD of this 1964 film which features a commentary track by John Frankenheimer. An interesting comment he makes is that Goldsmith was "brought in at the last minute" because he had rejected a score already written for the movie by David Amram who had done "The Manchurian Candidate" as "not appropriate."This early film effort of Goldsmith's is very sparse, and probably wouldn't work as a CD only, but within the film is quite effective.
posted 05-20-2000 05:41 PM PT (US) PeterD
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I agree! In fact, I have a very, very distant memory of reading a review in The New Yorker magazine when this movie first came out, in which the reviewer -- I don't think it was Pauline Kael back then, maybe Penelope Gilliatt -- specifically mentioned the score, saying something to the effect that she had never been so scared by drums in a movie before . . .
posted 05-20-2000 06:59 PM PT (US) H Rocco
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I remember there being very little score in this movie, but what there was was effective. Not enough to carry a whole CD, though -- I'm sure it would have to be paired with something else. I didn't know that about the Amram score, though. By his own admission, Frankenheimer was very bad at talking to composers back then. Referring to his later THE TRAIN, he said something about Burt Lancaster communicating more to Maurice Jarre than he was able to.Goldsmith received a Golden Globe nomination for SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, one of very few he's ever been grudged by that august organization.
NP: BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES
posted 05-20-2000 11:22 PM PT (US) logied
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IMHO this is one of Goldsmiths best scores.
This movies always reminded me of a playhouse
90. Sparse in production value but right on
the money in tone and content which Goldsmith
conveys perfectly with gong and snare drum.
The Black/White photography was perfect for a
strong script and a cast at their mature best. The music records well from the video
by the way. posted 05-21-2000 05:09 AM PT (US) John C Winfrey
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The score consists of 10-11 mins of music. Very effective percussion and xylophone. Some of the cues are very suspenseful. Excellent action cue for escape from base near end. Best, John.
posted 05-22-2000 04:41 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB