- Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:42 pm
#45754
By reading the title I'm sure some of you may be scratching your heads thinking 'Red Heat the 80s Walter Hill/Schwarzenegger flick?' but yes that's 100% my choice for a deep cut and if you bear with me I'll explain why.
By now most of us that use the forum or who visit it on the regular are well aware that horror OSTs make up the lion share of what gets posted in the 'Now Playing' section and I for one am now a die hard horror fan but that wasn't always the case.
Back in '88 when the film was released I as a young person of 10 years of age shouldn't have been watching films like this but my folks were of the opinion that as long as there wasn't any sexy stuff they didn't so much mind the violence, and it also being the late 80s bootleg VHS was everywhere and Red Heat just so happened to be a film that found its way into my VCR.
At the time I just loved the film, Arnie was a hero and I watched everything I could get my hands on.
Fast forward 10+ years and I picked up a Schwarzenegger box set on DVD featuring Total Recall, Red Sonja & Red Heat, needless to say the film may have suffered a little since my childhood but I still enjoyed it and the one thing that really stood out to me was...
The soundtrack
Composed by James Horner and released by Virgin Records, it's since become one of my favourite OSTs.
I'm sure most of you are aware of Horner's work as since the 80s he's composed some of the biggest films made (Aliens, Field of Dreams, Braveheart, Titanic, Avatar etc, etc).
What I love about this score is just how diverse it is, from the beautiful choiral opening to the often times jazzy and moody themes that drop in and out the whole thing.
There are tracks that are big and bold and then some that while being minimalistic are equally as powerful.
I make no bones about it though this is a score that wears it's time period right on its sleeve but for me that's no bad thing.
But don't just take it from me, some kind fellow has uploaded the whole thing onto the internets.
http://youtu.be/-fKJNJCzLwY
Cheers
By now most of us that use the forum or who visit it on the regular are well aware that horror OSTs make up the lion share of what gets posted in the 'Now Playing' section and I for one am now a die hard horror fan but that wasn't always the case.
Back in '88 when the film was released I as a young person of 10 years of age shouldn't have been watching films like this but my folks were of the opinion that as long as there wasn't any sexy stuff they didn't so much mind the violence, and it also being the late 80s bootleg VHS was everywhere and Red Heat just so happened to be a film that found its way into my VCR.
At the time I just loved the film, Arnie was a hero and I watched everything I could get my hands on.
Fast forward 10+ years and I picked up a Schwarzenegger box set on DVD featuring Total Recall, Red Sonja & Red Heat, needless to say the film may have suffered a little since my childhood but I still enjoyed it and the one thing that really stood out to me was...
The soundtrack
Composed by James Horner and released by Virgin Records, it's since become one of my favourite OSTs.
I'm sure most of you are aware of Horner's work as since the 80s he's composed some of the biggest films made (Aliens, Field of Dreams, Braveheart, Titanic, Avatar etc, etc).
What I love about this score is just how diverse it is, from the beautiful choiral opening to the often times jazzy and moody themes that drop in and out the whole thing.
There are tracks that are big and bold and then some that while being minimalistic are equally as powerful.
I make no bones about it though this is a score that wears it's time period right on its sleeve but for me that's no bad thing.
But don't just take it from me, some kind fellow has uploaded the whole thing onto the internets.
http://youtu.be/-fKJNJCzLwY
Cheers
Mostly comes out at night. Mostly.
