Music

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2010)

Certainly Jarre's score is to be applauded as are the orchestrators, who in most film scores go underrated and disregarded. Without the orchestrators, you have little of the score's impact. Imagine hearing the soaring tunes being played on a piano! And it must be said that providing a score for such a long film is a daunting task (as some of the recent collaborators in film scores have attested). However, I must declare that hearing the sprawling main theme becomes ad nausium as the film progresses, and takes away from the theme's impact and use. One only need refer to the innovative use - and the all important RESTRAINT - of musical motives by Richard Wagner to begin to understand the potency of themes in any theatrical event.