Its recently been brought to my attention that the score to 'Days of Heaven' - be it LP or CD - does not contain the cue when Abbey and Linda chase peacocks.

Is anyone familiar with the film or an expert on Morricone?

Is that piece of music his or sourced from elsewhere?

Cheers
Rochelle

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Originally posted by cine-sin:
Hi

Its recently been brought to my attention that the score to 'Days of Heaven' - be it LP or CD - does not contain the cue when Abbey and Linda chase peacocks.

Is anyone familiar with the film or an expert on Morricone?

Is that piece of music his or sourced from elsewhere?

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I hear no reason to think it might be from elsewhere. Morricone uses his strings in the same manner throughout the movie, though there is no obvious thematic material in the scene where they chase the peacocks. That music continues and the main motif comes in seamlessly on an English horn when Abbe meets the farmer.

I leant my Days of Haaven DVD to a friend of mine, but I do remember that in the end credits there is a credit for "Additional music by..." and I forget who that composer was, it actually might have been two composers other than Morricone. So, it's possible that the piece your talking about was not written by Ennio Morricone...I know the end credits cue sounds different from the rest of the score, whcih I think Morricone did not write.

Thanks for the response. Good to see another Malickan about on the boards.

Additional music was provided by Leo Kottke (Enderlin) - which I am told is not the missing cue.

Other sourced music is Carnival of the Animals - the Aquarium by Camille Saint-Saens.

Feel free to discuss Malick further if you want to.

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Originally posted by cine-sin:
Thanks for the reply Tom. Are you a Malick fan like myself? If so, I'd like to know more about it.

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I like DAYS OF HEAVEN and Morricone. THE THIN RED AGAIN does not fascinate me, though it seems to have a similar hazy narrative style as DAYS OF HEAVEN. They both seem sort of aimless at any one time, but tell a coherent tale in spite of that. If I saw BADLANDS, it's been too long ago to remember. Malick lived in here in Austin
between his last two films; I don't recall if he still lives here now.