Just listening to this track, and closing my eyes and visualizing the final 5 minutes of the movie in my mind, gives me intense goosebumps! What a movie!! What a tour-de-force performance from Kevin Spacey!!! 😊🤗
Great film and and a great score. Pete Postheltwate just steals this movie without breaking a sweat. That scene with him and Byrne in the elevator where he starts rattling off who everyone’s family is. And you see Byrne’s face just drop. And then Postheltwaite drops that line... have I made myself clear.
With each sweep of the bow across the strings, a picture forms in my mind that actually has nothing to do with the visuals of the movie. So beautiful, so amazing .
The perfect track to drive to on a warm early autumn day down a forest road, fields and lakes in the distance, beautiful red barns and farms, and as you round a hill and a bend, you come to a small coastal town at the bottom of the valley, a tall, thin red and white lighthouse in the distance on a rocky cliffside, a shining beacon calling ships home. The streets you descend down upon towards the town, the cars and people, as if floating in slow motion, the winds twirling the leaves, neighbors waving to one another, the sun shining in beams through the branches of trees, their crowns slowly turning orange and gold, but your mind is elsewhere, the music making you feel a bit like Keyser, smarter than those around you, being able to see things others do not.
Opening scene: *Keyser lights his cigarette with a lighter* Keaton: "What time is it ?" *Keyser looks at his watch* Keyser: "12:30" Ending scene: Policeman in the lobby: "One watch, gold. One cigarette lighter, gold. And a pack of cigarettes. Me: O_O
God bless Pete Postlethwaite; who virtually steals the film as Kobyashi. When they first meet him and he gives them that look when they try to barter about the job. Great stuff.
One of my favorite soundtrack themes. (Reminds me of Jerry Goldsmiths's _Basic_ _Instinct_ main theme, another underrated piece of a surprise hit that doesn't get nearly enough credit.) John Ottman has the most unique "talent stack" (to borrow a Scott Adam's term) in the business: composer (this, Singer's _X-Men_ films, _Valkyrie,_ etc.) and editor (this, an Oscar® nom for _Bohemian_ _Rhapsody_, etc.). Who does both things at once, that well?
Overwhelmingly powerful music ... true melody. Reminds me of the hatred I too have for some very nasty people ... who I hope end up in hell on judgment day.
