Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

he got loose. Of course if the writer had included that safety measure, then the whole
scene as intended would be spoiled (no losing of Woody). After this chapter at 1:01:30,
the movie loses steam for a long sequence. At 1:22:18 to end of movie it finally picks up
again. That sequence starting 1:30:36 (the hologram room depicting the solar system) is
quite beautiful. I applaud the effects people and the writer who conceived it. There are
several nice freeze frame moments therein. This includes the 1:32:17 the holographic
Miss Martian (as I call her!) shots. She is a stylized, beautiful sight to behold (no little
green, bug-eyed Martian here! : ). Quite a benevolent Martian, unlike most other movies
about Mars!
There are several nice so-called “freeze frame” moments. This includes 1:02:29,
give or take several seconds, when the three astronauts are seen in the distance
approaching the old base. Others include, as indicated above, the holographic solar
system scene.
Morricone’s syrupy music throughout the movie was also a big mistake. It is as if
he took the ending mood of the picture and simply spread that same gentle, “goodfeeling”
approach to everything else in the movie. He contributed nothing in the dust
wormhole scene that starting 17 minutes into the movie. Jerry Goldsmith would not have
taken the same approach or made the same decisions as Morricone. I never was all that
impressed with Ennio’s music. His omission of music in the dust wormhole scene was a
major flaw. Music could have really intensified the action, made it more memorable.
Instead he inserts a benign “Nice Mood” piece at the end of the scene at dvd 00:20:12
when the giant metal woman of Mars face was revealed.
I like the short cue starting at 00:33:52, however. The music starting at 00:53:34
reminds me of John Barry (probably the horns)!
-The Trouble with Harry (1955) ** 1/2 [music ***]
http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Harry-John-
Forsythe/dp/B000055Y17/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293600554&sr=1-3
This is a weak Hitchcock attempt to do a humorously macabre film. It doesn’t
work for me, although it has its moments now & then. I already did a Chord Profile
treatment on the score:
http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/herrmann/chordprofile8.pdf
-Cloverfield (2008) ***
http://www.amazon.com/Cloverfield-Mike-
Vogel/dp/B0014Z4OQG/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293600622&sr=1-1
This is a decent Huge Monster Rampaging New York City but hardly a classic. I
personally detest the shaky handycam/camcorder approach in this movie but I suppose I
understand the purpose (point-of-view account of the close friends who happen to be in
the wrong place at the wrong time!). I actually liked the remake of Godzilla better for a
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