tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post72054204253327280..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Movie Music Musings: Total RecallRoman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-83298348231537837842014-08-21T09:25:14.998-07:002014-08-21T09:25:14.998-07:00Wow, is it really that weak? I haven't seen it...Wow, is it really that weak? I haven't seen it because most of the reviews were not kind, and I'm not a big fan of Colin Farrell. But hey, Kate Beckinsale as Lori sounded intriguing. <br /><br />As for the score, Harry Gregson-Williams did it. He's a fine composer, but he has a certain action/suspense style that I actually find a bit bland. It is usually functional in the film, but doesn't work at all as a stand alone listen. It is very much rooted in the modern Zimmer sound, which focuses on giving orchestra an electronic filter to make them sound more synthetic (not sure why they just don't use electronic samples in the first place). I gave HGW's score a spin, and honestly didn't remember much of it a few minutes later. <br /><br />I can understand whey he decided to go a whole different direction from Goldsmith, especially since "Total Recall" is considered one of Goldsmith's high points. But sadly the score to the new flick just sounds like pretty much every other action/suspense score from the last ten years or so.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-19762355385292654112014-08-20T08:18:39.098-07:002014-08-20T08:18:39.098-07:00Good stuff. I can't compare it musically to th...Good stuff. I can't compare it musically to the 2012 remake since I haven't been able to force myself to sit through more than than 15 minutes of that one yet.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com