With Oscar-nominated A Beautiful Mind immediately following Iris (2002), James Horner has captured the tiny market in true-life stories of exceptionally talented individuals with mental health problems. As such, the two scores cannot help but be closely compared, with some of the lyrical English folk-flavoured melodic material from Iris being reworked here. This is, though, a ...
This is a by-the-numbers soundtrack, so let's follow the composer's lead. 1) Are you familiar with James Horner's output? If yes, proceed to 2). If not, proceed to 4). 2) Will the presence of only minor variations on material from his scores for Searching For Bobby Fischer, Sneakers, Star Trek II, Braveheart and Deep Impact make for a distracting listen? ...
This is a by-the-numbers soundtrack, so let's follow the composer's lead. 1) Are you familiar with James Horner's output? If yes, proceed to 2). If not, proceed to 4). 2) Will the presence of only minor variations on material from his scores for Searching For Bobby Fischer, Sneakers, Star Trek II, Braveheart and Deep Impact make for a distracting listen? ...