Elliot Goldenthal's last real venture into the world of film music was in 2003 for the film "Swat". He did work on his wife's picture "Across The Universe" but he mostly served as a person who helped arrange the songs that were by the Beatles. His return has generated much excitement, and obviously has people foaming at the mouth to listen to what he's created for the new Michael Mann movie "Public Enemies. The album itself is a typical Michael Mann soundtrack, it's littered with songs by various artists and has material from the films composer. Otis Taylor's song "Ten Million Slaves" kicks off the album and generates a fantastic aura of coolness from the get go, and it suits the time period strangely well, most of the album consists of blues/jazz songs from the likes of Billie Holiday, Diana Krall (who's song Bye Bye Blackbird plays an important part in the movie.)
Sometimes my expectations may get set far to high, and if they're not met I end up getting set up for a massive fall into a giant hole. As I'm sure most people were excited about Elliot Goldenthal's return to the big screen, and the fact that he was scoring a Michael Mann picture made it all the more sweeter. I was slightly disappointed by the movie and the score itself, but I did enjoy them although not as much as I had hoped. Most of the score is very somber, and plays with a certain sadness most of the time, enhancing most of the tragic scenes presented in the film.The most powerful moment in the score was the climax when Johnny Depp's character is shot down (JD Dies), and when Billie is told about the final words that came out of his mouth (Bye Bye Blackbird). It did remind me greatly of Michael Collins, and that bothered me a great deal, but it worked very well emotionally, however it is weak when you compare it to Micheal Collins. There's virtually no score to speak of when you buy the album that's available, just over 15 minutes of music from Goldenthal.
Neither the move or the score are bad, but I was expecting so much more from such a talented group of people, both are good, but aren't great, however I think the movie is edging greatness--the music however is not.
It should be noted that this isn't Goldenthal's only foray into the world of film music for 2009, he'll be back again in "The Tempest" which is another film being directed by his wife. I'm sure that score will at least be an interesting listen especially when you consider how "Titus" turned out, it wont be boring.
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