Comments on: Hail Satan!

By: Jim Lochner

Jim Lochner — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:39:05 +0000

I’ve heard good things about DEVIL.

STILL OF THE NIGHT is certainly one of those long-forgotten early Streep vehicles. You never know. It might show up some day paired with something else.

By: Gersham Hayden Weekes

Gersham Hayden Weekes — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:58:45 +0000

Though I’m sure he can’t compare to the blood-churling effect of Goldsmith’s “Omen” output, Fernando Velázquez’s score for the 2010 film “Devil” was an interesting effort for the dark side. I was enthralled by his Main Title: those brassy horns gurgling with foreboding and approaching dread. I was so impressed with it that I recorded it straight off my computer for import into my ipod nano; the score recording is not commercially available.

Speaking of outstanding releases, one that I’m still waiting for after nearly thirty (30) years) is John Kander’s score for “Still of the night”. Like “Devil”, the Main Title of this Meryl Streep vehicle left a durable impression on me. I also imported it into my ipod nano in similar fashion. The film required little music which otherwise didn’t impress me but the opening cue with its pian-driven motiff is an excellent example of less is more: think Rachel Portman deluxe.

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! | Film Score Click Track — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:28:21 +0000

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