Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

I did like the bluish star field located dvd 00:36:07 when the ship enters into a
new sector of the galaxy. The space spiders sequences was interesting but this type of
situation has been encountered before in many sci-fi movies (pulsating cocoons holding
little beasties!). The music by Bruce Broughton was ok but hardly memorable. He wrote
far better scores such as Silverado and Young Sherlock Holmes).
-Young Frankenstein (1974) ***** [music ***]
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Frankenstein-Special-Gene-
Wilder/dp/6305168857/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293770085&sr=1-3
I consider this movie as Mel Brooks’ masterpiece—very clever dialog, funny
situations, excellent cast. Too bad Brooks in others decided to become crude for easy
laughs (Blazing Saddles and that campfire beans/gas attack en masse!), write stupid sight
gags, and so forth. Woody Allen overall is a consistently funnier and sophisticated and
intelligent comedy writer. We just saw Midnight in Paris the other day at the theater, and
it was terrific—his best work in a long time.
-Ocean’s 11 (1960) ***
http://www.amazon.com/Oceans-11-Frank-
Sinatra/dp/B00005NTNR/ref=sr_1_11?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293770208&sr=1-11
This movie has achieved cult status because Frank Sinatra and his famous buddies
are featured in this Vegas glitchy heist drama.
-Bataan (1943) *** [music ***]
http://www.amazon.com/Bataan-Robert-
Taylor/dp/0792841654/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293770808&sr=1-1
This is a good WWII movie but not terrific. I provided a score image on two on
the Rozsa Forum:
http://miklosrozsa.yuku.com/reply/14901/Sahara-cues#reply-14901
-Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) *** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Men-Dont-Wear-
Plaid/dp/0783232063/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1293770883&sr=1-1
When we first saw the movie at the theater on its original run, we were a bit
disappointed. My wife was actually asleep on my shoulder much of the showing! But
once I bought the dvd and watched it again, and yet again, I really enjoyed it! Very clever
movie. And the film noir score by Miklos Rozsa is superb! I did a rundown treatment
already on this score:
http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/rozsa/deadmen.pdf
I also provided score examples on the Rozsa Forum:
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