IWTV is a great score,good album.
The vocal text in the score translated mean "save me from eternal light" instead of "save me from eternal darkness", and inversion on the trad. Latin Lux Eterna IIRC.

I love how Goldenthal contrast the 'history of music' in this score, moving from period harpsichords, romantic piano, romantic/atonal string quartet, modernist 20th cent. orchestral writing.

All the best,
Sean

I like this one well enough, and it certainly serves the film well, but don't find it top-drawer Goldenthal. Of course, since he was scrambling to replace George Fenton's original score, it more than a bit of a rush job. Too many echoes of the superior ALIEN 3, to my ear (although I know at least one Oscar voter who decided to cast his ballot for INTERVIEW because he felt Goldenthal cheated of a nomination for ALIEN 3.)

Well... to be honest I like almost all Goldenthal scores - yes, even THE BUTCHER BOY and SPHERE.

Plus, I highly recommend his classical works such as FIRE, WATER, PAPER - A VIETNAM ORATORIO and OTHELO.

Hy there, Angie.

And Andre, "EVEN Sphere"? That's probably my favourite of the Goldenthal scores I know!

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And Andre, "EVEN Sphere"? That's probably my favourite of the Goldenthal scores I know!

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It's because the movie is so awful and the Varése release so damm short.
But I love it too. But my favorite of him still is ALIEN3.

I love Goldenthal's score which is actually a replacement score after George Fenton's score was tossed as being too slow. You can hear portions of it in his score for Mary Reilly. And for a score that was written and composed in one week it's brilliant. And recieved a much deserved Oscar nomination.

Goldenthal's work is truely excellent and original. I highly recommend his scores for Alien 3, Titus, Golden Gate, Sphere, Batman Forever and my personal favorite Cobb. Has anyone heard this score yet. I liked the movie just as much as the score.

And the reason Sphere is so short Andre' is because the score was recorded in New York and San Fransisco. And since both are union orchestras, the reuse fees would each go back to zero and putting out say a 70 minute album of the score would bankrup Varese. And that would suck LOL. A Little Note. The NY recording of the score is on the album.

Angie once again welcome

Thanks for the welcome! Really? Where are you from?

And for a score that was written and composed in one week it's brilliant. And recieved a much deserved Oscar nomination.

ONE WEEK?!?!?! WOW! That is very impressive.

Alien 3, Titus, Golden Gate, Sphere, Batman Forever and my personal favorite Cobb. Has anyone heard this score yet. I liked the movie just as much as the score.

I definitely have to get Titus and Alien 3. I already have Batman Forever, but there is no score. There is however one on Batman and Robin, which I also hame, and he composed that as well. I have an interview with him from when he first released that score. It was on VH1.

of course, the wonderful thing about the internet is we never know for certain.

I'm sure Rachmaninov took someone else's theme, or order of notes rather, and turned it into the beautiful piece of music that it became.

I can't remember the title though.

--Brian

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You mean the whole 15-20 minutes of score that was actually recorded? CD? I think Varese will pass on that one.

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George Fenton conducted a suite from his rejected score in concert and it was recorded. It's quite wonderful, but you can see that it lacks the energy of Goldenthal's score. Elliot told me, when I interviewed him back in -95, that what they needed was pace. Fenton's score took a completely different approach. But it's dark, it's very beautiful, perhaps a little bit like Mary Reilly. BTW, Fenton should do more big films. He's a wonderul composer IMO.