I've got a doozy:
"Anybody Got a Key?" from S*P*Y*S -- 2:51 of brilliant, fun, random manic energy and I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. Like seriously one of my favorite Goldsmith cues, I'm a bit ashamed to say. The silly dated synth sounds, the balalaikas backing up the swirling strings, the Russian vocals and clapping -- I find it all just so frickkin' awesome! The way he interpolates classical stuff like Swan Lake into it is also brilliant and doesn't bother me. Maybe it helps that I haven't seen the film.
I will admit that I had to gradually become a huge fan of Looney Tunes: Back in Action before I really loved this type of music from Goldsmith. I'm really shocked whenever people say Goldsmith couldn't do humor in his music -- this one track alone proves them all wrong IMO.
I also love "The Mannequin" right after it. I've literally been known to play this two tracks over and over 20 times or more (the whole score--if that is the whole score contained on Varese's Goldsmith@Fox Box--I enjoy as well, but I don't replay it all; just these two tracks)
Yavar
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