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I almost had to stop watching Near Dark...


...Because of Tangerine Dream. Does this film have an alternate version (like Legend) with an orchestral score? How the hell could such a good director allow her movie to be butchered by its soundtrack...

It is such a shame, because the movie is good; it has its flaws (pacing, etc), but a lot of high points (Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen).

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LMMFAO I've never watched Near Dark but now that you said it's a Tangerine Dream soundtrack I'm going to watch it as soon as I can, I love them. They make Legend and Thief such a cooler movie because of their music. Personally I don't see how anybody couldn't like them but obviously people have different tastes. Question for you, did you not like Blade Runner because of the soundtrack? Vangelis' score is similar to what a Tangerine Dream score is like. And I think once again that score made that movie so much cooler. My daughter who was born in 2000 just watched Blade Runner for her first time about 6 months ago and commented how cool she thought the soundtrack was that she wanted it on her iPod.

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