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Topic: What is so wrong with HOLLOW MAN?
David Maxx
Oscar® Nominee
On the moviemusic poll, most of the votes went to "hollow" and I have read so many negative reviews for it. I think HOLLOW MAN is pretty good. It is Jerry Goldsmith going back to that clever-composing style he did with films like TOTAL RECALL, POLTERGEIST, RUDY, etc.Cues like "Isabelle Comes Back" are fantastic, and they move me every time. The action cues at the end are great, the way action music should be written. The suspense cues, such as "The Rape", "Broken Window" and the beginning of "Hi Boss" are enough to arouse a gasp inside you.
The movie is a different story, but the score alone? What is wrong? I must've missed something.
posted 03-10-2002 12:02 PM PT (US) John Zimmer
Oscar® Winner
I can't really voice an oppinion because I don't have it, but I think (I could be wrong here) that many people think it's unoriginal. Atleast that's what Christian Clemenson thinks.
Jz
posted 03-10-2002 12:30 PM PT (US) sean
Oscar® Winner
I love Goldsmith's music and I buy every score he does, but, to be honest, I haven't played my Hollow Man CD since the day I bought it. It did remind me of his older stuff, IMO it wasn't anything new. Perhaps I should give that score another spin, maybe I'm missing something.NP: The Peacemaker (complete) / Hans Zimmer *****/*****
posted 03-10-2002 12:31 PM PT (US) Bulldog
Oscar® Winner
Nothing's wrong with it. What's really similar about it in respects to other Goldsmith scores is that it was Oscar-deserving!However, Dave, I have to say that there are quite a few Goldsmith works between 1993-2000 that are extremely well-crafted and clever, too. Goldsmith is the master of the art [that being to write music for film]; he demonstrates time and again that he understands what music should do in pictures and how a composer can maximize its potential. Hollow Man is, at the very least, yet another indication of his dramatic pre-eminence.
posted 03-10-2002 01:57 PM PT (US) mgh
Oscar® Winner
I think this is an excellent score and I listen to it often.
posted 03-10-2002 04:08 PM PT (US) André Lux
Oscar® Winner
The score is as good as it can get, since the movie is so progressively stupid and boring...
posted 03-10-2002 08:12 PM PT (US) jonathan_little
Oscar® Winner
The score is the best thing from the film... and I'll leave it at that!
posted 03-10-2002 08:25 PM PT (US) JeffBond
Oscar® Winner
Hollow Man got more repeat play from me than any score released in the last five years.
posted 03-11-2002 10:48 AM PT (US) Marian Schedenig
Oscar® Winner
The action writing is rather generic, but the science music is a masterpiece of subtlety.NP: The Mummy (Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 03-11-2002 12:20 PM PT (US) Pete M
Oscar® Winner
Hollow Man's a great score that works very well on disc, although it probably takes a couple of listens to fully appreciate. Which some people may not do.
posted 03-12-2002 09:43 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB