Music doesn't fit

Rating: 5/10 (4 May 2011)

SPOILERS: Don't read if you don't want find out some stuff.
I don't understand the hype about the score. It's terrible. Belongs in an episode of Little House on the Prairie, not in a great gangster flick. Some the most gritty scenes have this dreary, soap opera whine that I initially thought was coming from another TV in my house. I couldn't believe it was the musical soundtrack. Really wrecked an otherwise good movie. The live or ambient music, such as the live music at the end of prohibition was perfect. Exactly right. It's that syrupy melody that gets me right in the ear drum. The rape scene between Dinero and Elizabeth McGovern was disturbing. I kept expecting the shot would cut away. Instead it just went on and on. It could have been done without the shock value.