I had been holding off on this one, but at the low quantity alert, I ended up ordering The Boys From Brazil last week. It arrived in the mail today, and I just finished listening to this score. Excellent! This is some wonderful, rich, orchestral film music. By turns exciting, terrifying, reflective, and joyous, Goldsmith put a lot into this one. The Nazi motif is addictively menacing, and the jubilant main waltz gets some fine variations. I'm not sure what to make of the elegaic motif (the one featured in "Jungle Holocaust" and in the aftermath of "Print!"). Not having seen the film, just judging from the liner note descriptions, it seems to reflect the ambiguity of the situation that the cloned boys are in. It seems to almost champion them--they've done nothing deserving of their history so far--all the while being wary of the possiblities wrapped up in them, and acknowledging the sadness of the whole mess. Am I totally off base here?
At any rate, this is a wonderful score. If you're a Goldsmith fan (especially his '70s-early '80s orchestral work), and you can put out the money somehow, do yourself a favor and grab this one before it's gone.
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