Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

thinking of having Tom Baker of Doctor Who fame in his prime playing the Jack role!
But Thomas Haden Church and Giamatti have terrific chemistry and believability here.
You really can’t get better than this. There is hope that they will be reunited again in the
future because the sequel book by Pickett is titled “Vertical” that got good reviews. It will
be more a mix of comedy and drama with a sort of reversal of fortunes for the pair of
friends.
I recommend that you listen to the dvd commentary between the two male stars.
It’s spontaneous and quite funny. The light upbeat jazz score by Rolfe Kent is appropriate
and leaves a good taste on the palette.
-Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) *** [music ***]
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Gray-Flannel-
Suit/dp/B0009NZ2OW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1293594548&sr=1-1
I reviewed this dvd on Talking Herrmann:
http://herrmann.uib.no/talking/view.cgi?forum=thGeneral&topic=2097
-Moonraker (1979) **** [music **** 1/2]
http://www.amazon.com/Moonraker-Roger-
Moore/dp/B00004RG64/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293594762&sr=1-2
I really, really enjoy this James Bond movie, the 11 th of the franchise. While
Goldfinger is my favorite Bond movie with Sean Connery as the definitive Bond, I still
consider this one classic fun! I know it is a pretty campy, far-fetched movie but this is,
after all, meant to be summertime popcorn entertainment. I really liked having Michael
Lonsdale in the cast as evil Drax. Lois Chiles as Dr. Goodhead is lovely. And Richard
Kiel is fun as Jaws. I liked it how he joined forces with Bond at the end of the movie.
The main shining factor of this movie is John Barry’s lush score, highlighting the
slow movement of the lyrical strings. He would continue this style in his next movie for
Disney, The Black Hole, and most especially in Somewhere in Time, and other scores. I
wish I had the written score. For me at least it is a near masterpiece score. I enjoyed the
“Where Are You?” Moonraker title song as well, sung by Shirley Bassey in C time, key
signature of one sharp. After a half rest, she sings “where” (Line 1 D half note) to (next
bar) “are” (A half note) to “you?” (B half note tied to quarter note next bar (followed by a
quarter rest) to bracketed “3” triplet value quarter notes A-B down to middle C (“Why
Do You” to (next bar) A whole note tied to quarter note next bar (“hide?”). I liked the
opening shuttle music at dvd 00:01:07. The grotto music at 1:20:24 is beautiful. I
thoroughly enjoy the peaceful orbit music starting 1:32:39, those slow four-note phrases.
The scene with the blue planet Earth is very calming and relaxing.
-Fahrenheit 451 (1966) *** 1/2 [music **** 1/2]
http://www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Oskar-
Werner/dp/B000087F6L/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293594840&sr=1-1
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