Legend (Original Soundtrack Recording)
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Composer: Jerry GoldsmithOrchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Music Label: Silva America
Soundtracks:
- Main Title/The Goblins
- My True Love's Eyes/The Cottage
- The Unicorns
- Living River/Bumps & Hollows/The Freeze
- The Faeries/The Riddle
- Sing The Wee
- Forgive Me
- Faerie Dance
- The Armour
- Oona/The Jewels
- The Dress Waltz
- Darkness Fails
- The Ring
- Reunited
Free Music Notes for Legend (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Free Music Review: The Stuff Of LEGEND.
Hit: 5 Stars
Over the years, I've come to respect the theatrical release of
Ridley Scott's LEGEND, even though it was clear that the film
had been corporately tampered with. The integrity of Scott, his
cast and crew was so powerful that even a version as truncated
as the mid-1980s release proved to be a grand piece of Fantasy
brought to film.
Just how butchered LEGEND had been, however, becomes crystal
clear with two relatively recent revelations. The first, of
course, is the double DVD set, releasing the U.S. Theatrical
release along with the long-awaited fully-restored complete
LEGEND as Scott filmed it. Where the American release is
cute and jingly (especially at its climax), Scott's original
is far moodier and, in its play upon absolutes, stirs a
far murkier blend with striking ambiguities, and
a radiant upholding of the deepest values at all costs,
against all odds. As such, it embraces the heart of true
fairy tale and folklore far more than vested studio
interests, whose greater concern was with dumbing-down
the film for Pop-minded U.S. audiences.
Which brings me to the second revelation. I happen to be
fond of TANGERINE DREAM. They make solid esoteric music.
In particular, the best work of DREAM co-founder Christopher
Franke is epic and innovative, especially when one hears
the grand blend of electronic/symphonic music he's prepared
for BABYLON 5 over the years.
Yet the score DREAM composed for LEGEND never seemed to fit,
coming off as a misty-colored New Age quencher, serving
to dilute an effort which needed a strong brew of Folk
and/or Classical composition. The outright Pop/Rock voicings
of Bryan Ferry and Jon Anderson (as nice as the tunes might
be by themselves) are even more ill-fitting and obtrusive
to this obviously period presentation.
In more recent years, it became known that acclaimed
composer Jerry Goldsmith had composed the original
score for LEGEND, and that this score had been among
the greatest victims of iron-fisted studio ineptitude.
For years, that score had been released only in
portions on CD. Only in 2002 did Silva right a
tremendous wrong, and issue Goldsmith's complete
soundtrack on disc for all to hear.
What a feast for the ears! A compelling tableau of
expressionist vision and impressionistic focus, the
symphonic wonder is abetted by just the right touch
of electronic instrumentation to evoke the awe of
the unknown, along with a stunning use of voice and
choir to touch the soul. This is music to conjure
woodland muse and twilight wonder, summoning both
the rainbow and the thunder.
Those who loved Goldsmith's imaginative scores for
the NEXT GENERATION trilogy of TREK films will be
floored by the power, passion, and pure beauty
to be found here.
Putting one in mind of the water music of Debussy,
and the ethereal rhapsodies of Auric (composer for
Jean Cocteau's classic BEAUTY AND THE BEAST),
LEGEND's true score is a landmark in the lifeworks
of a great American composer. LEGEND is yet
another sterling example of Goldsmith's importance
(along with John Williams) in bridging the gap
between founders of the film score such as Herrmann
and Korngold, and the newer breed of film scorist
such as Elfman, Shore, and Horner.
Best of all, Goldsmith's music captivates serious
attention, and is just as delightful to experience
by itself as it is a perfect fit for a now-complete
film which is, along with BLADE RUNNER and
GLADIATOR, a signature statement from a fine
director.
Listen, here, to the work of a true LEGEND.
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