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Topic: "Signs" score - Influences and nods.
Camillu
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Sorry to start another topic about this, but the other one is riddled with spoilers about the film, and over here in Europe we're trying to remain spoiler-free...
About the score - IMDB.com states that JNH was purposely asked to compose music which recalled Psycho and The Twilight Zone. I have never heard the latter, but the high, punctuated strings are very reminiscent of the former, without going overboard.
Actually, the score I kept thinking of when I popped in the CD was Jaws, becuase when the main theme crops up and starts getting frenetic, I kept picturing that whatever-the-equivalent-of-the-shark-is was terrorizing the audience and the cast in some way. The two themes are also similar in the way that they can just crop up (pun intended) without any forewarning in any track (and presumambly in any scene too).
Amongst the multitude of great variations on the Signs theme, the one that I love the most (having only heard the score so far) occurs at around 4:23 in Track 12 (The Hand of Fate Part 1). For reasons not easily explained, that is probably my favourite JNH moment ever.
Dying to see the film,
Camillu
posted 08-24-2002 03:27 AM PT (US) TimT
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I've always felt that the 3 note motif is pretty simular to the TLZ 4 note motif. Howard just droped the last note.
posted 08-24-2002 07:37 AM PT (US) scoreguy16
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I think 4:23-4:39 in track 12 is the best part on the CD. I always have to listen to that CD just for that part. It's so triumphant (i mean the music, I wont tell what's going on in the film at that point...)I think in track 12, around 3:53, I believe the conductor missed a beat or something cuz it sounds like there's a longer note where there shouldn't be one (just thought i'd point that out to see if anyone else noticed...)
Clayton
[Message edited by scoreguy16 on 08-24-2002]
posted 08-24-2002 01:14 PM PT (US) Tristan
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By the way, I really liked the nontraditional approach to the title sequence which contained the themes at full force. It was like a thrownback to the films of old, especially Hitchcock. It reminded me of another great thrownback to Hitchcock this year - the BRILLIANT title sequence for PANIC ROOM.
posted 08-25-2002 07:25 PM PT (US) jeffy
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Clayton, if you extend the length on your favorite part of the CD to about 5:15, I'd agree with you.And I didn't hear any problems at 3:53. Sounded fine to me.
posted 08-26-2002 07:56 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB