Best Score ever!!

Rating: Null/10 (21 August 2001)

The Coen Brother's Fargo is somewhat of a classic, depending on the viewer. For the last five years people have been loving or hating this movie for their own reasons.
Some people like it because it's gory and bloody. Some people like it because it's funny. Some people like it because it's a complex human tragedy-comedy of terrifying proportions, filled with greed, evil and decay of morals.
Yes, all this makes a good movie. But what makes this such an outstanding movie is Carter Burwell's haunting music. Other reviewers on this site have omitted this, so I'm going to discuss it's effectiveness.
Movie scores are a complex business. You get movies that has beautiful music, but it doesn't compliment it in any way. Some music try to be too complex, like John William's score for the Phantom Menace. Despite the main theme and "Duel of the Fates" parts most of the soundtrack is like ill conceived ballet music.
Burwell's theme is slow and simple, like the Fargo itself. When the "This is a True Story" line appears you hear a solitary instrument bringing forth the tune. Then by the time they actually show the title of the movie, a full orchestra joined in. This theme explores the tragedy of "Fargo" and all who lives in the Coen's vision of the Northern USA.
The orchestral part of Fargo's Soundtrack is the best ever created for a movie. Ranks right up there with Forest Gump, Braveheart, Titanic and the Original Star Wars!
Fargo would have just been another independent film with a good story if it hadn't been for this great soundtrack which made this film a classic. I think there are a lot of Hollywood A-list directors crying in darkly-lit recording rooms wishing they had Fargo's main theme for their movie.
Who knows? Maybe "Freddy got Fingered" might have won Best Picture if it had this score.