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The score

posted 12 years ago by Sandy0095
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The music is one of my favorite things about the movie.
Anybody else love the film (besides the story) for the soundtrack?

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[–] fingazmc 12 years ago

Yea the soundtrack was brilliant. Just re-watched on netflix since I had it on VHS years back. A lot of celtic type panpine stuff, some bits reminded me of Braveheart for some reason, especially the end.

Either way it was a great score...

[–] marc_719 11 years ago

The music was done by the same guy who did Braveheart. I think he did both scores around the same time.

[–] sebizzar37 9 years ago

Yup, Mr. James Horner (R.I.P.)

Watching this movie now is a triple whammy: No more Robin Williams, no more James Horner, and already just good 'ol nostalgia.

[–] fountaincap 9 years ago

Agreed. One of my favorite soundtracks. The only thing with James Horner, R.I.P., is that he had a habit of recycling melodies from his other scores. You can definitely here allusions to Braveheart and An American Tail in here.

[–] Intothenightalone 8 years ago

As well as casper, and the transition from soft high strings to loud low piano chords he seemed to use in a lot of his movies, like Sneakers. So if you know his work, you hear his other things come through.