Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

top actors, and so on. After a few days with her, and if I were Hamish Bond, I would’ve
simply paid her boat trip up North and be rid of this harpie! If it were not for Steiner’s
music I probably would never visit this movie except out of passing curiosity. Gable
states at the end of the trailer, “Band of Angels—I think you’ll like it.” Sorry Clark, think
again! I liked Carolle Drake in her role as Michele (Hamish’s housekeeper and former
amour) but it appears from imdb.com that this was her only film role! I wonder why? I
thought she was quite good here.
Here’s a good dvd review of the film:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/26298/band-of-angels/
As for the music, I really disliked how the Main Title started so wonderfully with
the orchestral treatment but then switches to the vocal chorus treatment. Originally Max
wrote a Main Title without the chorus but for some reason it was changed. Bad move. In
the chorus section in 6/8 time, they sing “I was a-lone/---pray-ing for/ someone to love---
“ and so on. We find Line 1 E-F#-G# 8ths to B dotted quarter note tied to dotted quarter
note next bar down to F#-G#-A 8ths to (Bar 3) B dotted 8 th to Line 2 C# 16 th to B 8 th to
same B dotted quarter note tied to dotted quarter note next bar, and so forth. The Hamish
Bond theme in Reel 4 (dvd 00:29:43) is quite excellent and memorable, I think better
than anything in even Gone With the Wind by Max. I also like the sweet shopping music
(dvd 00:43:13), Reel 6/part 3, Modto di Gavotte in C time. I delineated that cue in my
Potpourri paper.
Torin Thatcher practically steals the movie in Chapter 12 (dvd 00:47:35). I like
this brief section of the movie with the approaching thunder storm. Very atmospheric. Of
course it was spoiled by Rau-Ru’s “Blow the Man Down” song (someone dubbed
Poiter’s lip syncing!). And Hamish looks particularly drunk or drugged or out-of-it here!
But one scene doesn’t make a movie.
-Bizet: CARMEN (1998) **
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-Cinderella (1950) ***
http://www.amazon.com/Cinderella-Two-Disc-Special-Ilene-
Woods/dp/B0007Z9R7A/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292890337&sr=1-1
-Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) *** [music ***]
http://www.wbshop.com/Lightning-Strikes-Twice-
1951/1000179782,default,pd.html?cgid=
I don’t know if this movie was the sequel to The Postman Always Rings Twice but
I bought this similar-sounding title just in case!
Actually I purchased this made-to-order dvd from Warner Archive because Max
Steiner wrote the music. I like this interesting-looking black & white mystery from 1951,
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