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The music - Gahd Awful

posted 9 years ago by BobbyWaggs
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The music was not right for this film --- it was like a shoddy scifi film music ---

They should have used traditional horror and ww2 era movies .

[–] dysartmanach 8 years ago

The most god awful thing in the film was Mckellen's acting. I worship the man, but this part was all wrong for him. Hammed and over acted with a terrible American (?) accent. The music was transcendent, particularly the opening sequence.

[–] mitzibishi (1968) 2 years ago

McKellen is the King of Ham. Let's say the Father of Hamlet of Ham.

Even in Xmen he was having voice quiver-offs with Patrick Stewart.

[–] alwaysannoying 8 years ago

I got the impression the movie, including the score, was meant to convey a sense of distortion. A feeling that nothing was quite as it seemed.
It's one of the movie's strengths, imho.

[–] Duncan_Idaho02 8 years ago

Wrong, the music is what made the movie great.

[–] FabioPirovano (6) 7 years ago

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

A link is not a post. I will not click on a link.

[–] FilmBuff (7358) 2 years ago

Some of the best posts are links to compelling content.

[–] Kowalski (77019) 4 years ago

I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THIS...THE TRAILER HAUNTS MY DREAMS THOUGH.🤨

[–] SteveG (1370) 4 years ago

U can buy it on Amazon and it’s worth the watch. Trippy man.

[–] parkerbot (9861) 2 years ago

Just found a bootleg copy at a thrift store - I second that it's trippy and worth the watch.

Although look for a good copy of it - they exist.

[–] agentalbert (3251) a day ago

I think the music is one of it's strong points. I can see the mix being an issue, but I didn't really have much trouble understanding dialog on the recent blu-ray release which uses the original theatrical mix. There were maybe two times I turned on subs for a second to catch a line I didn't get, but I like the Tangerine Dream music quite a bit.