Mystic River...

[tonym]

Just watched it. Good film. Brilliant acting by Tim Robbins, Penn and Marcia Gay Harden; Robbins' character wandered the small neighbourhood like he was a man in limbo. Script was a bit jarring at times but on the whole, good movie.

Now then. The score. What was that all about?

Even more disturbing when I saw the names involved in creating this piece of, well I should call it 'incidental' music, in that it just happened to be accompanying the movie I was watching.

I am aware Eastwood is a real jazz buff and no slouch at the piano. This should stand him in good stead when a simple orchestration is called for. Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe I'm expecting too much from pianists in general; I assume that they know how to voice etc. I don't, though, think I was expecting too much from the scoreing of this movie. With such a film I tend to think that any music works best understated so I didn't hope for a John Williams magnum opus at all.

As early as the mortuary scene, I was 'unsettled' by the hopeful or resolute feel of the main theme. This repeated passage continued throughout the film, often contrasting wildly with the event taking place.

Anyone else feel this way? Or am I being over-sensitive?

[Jazzmoose]

Hmmm. I don't know if you're being overly sensitive, or I'm just a rock, but I really didn't notice the score that much. Which to me is a good thing in a movie like this. I'll have to give it another look, something I've been meaning to do anyway.