Runaway Train<\/strong> simply because I hope it\u2019s part of a wave of vintage eighties synth scores that deserve premieres, reissues, or expansions.<\/p>\nA lot of material from the eighties hasn\u2019t aged too well, and that\u2019s partially due to film producers who hired composers to write and perform scores using synthesizers and sequencers \u2013 one person, and easy budget expense.<\/p>\n
As with any gear, there are limitations, and a score\u2019s success lay in the composer\u2019s ability to meet a film\u2019s demands, and frankly, be innovative (a highpoint being something like Michael Convertino\u2019s soothing\/aggressive 1987 score for The Hidden<\/strong>). That\u2019s why much of Jones\u2019 mid- eighties to mid-nineties output is so interesting \u2013 his sound was distinct (he was the king of dour bass drones and pulsing beats of doom) and his scores served their films extremely well.<\/p>\nWhen I originally picked up Runaway Train<\/strong> on LP (that olde Enigma platter), I wasn\u2019t impressed, because I was expecting the sound of Bad Influence<\/strong> (1990) or Sea of Love<\/strong> (1989) or Angel Heart<\/strong> (1987), not an electro-rock fusion. Flash to 2009, and it\u2019s surprising how the score hasn\u2019t aged so badly, and one can appreciate the decisive creative choices the composer made in ensuring his electronica blended with the pivotal classical piece that closed the film.<\/p>\nCheck out the review for further details, and hopefully La-La Land\u2019s relationship with Jones might yield the release of further Jones scores, many of which consisted of one or two measly tracks on already short music-from-and-inspired-by song album, or as part of a music, sound effects and dialogue montage mess.<\/p>\n
I want the complete Angel Heart<\/strong>, dammit. Twenty-two years, and still no golden egg.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
– MRH<\/p>\n
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Next up are a pair of soundtrack reviews: – Clinton Shorter\u2019s District 9 (Sony), which can be pre-ordered via iTunes and Amazon.com as a MP3 album – Trevor Jones\u2019 Runaway Train (La-La Land Records), beautifully mastered in an expanded CD Both scores are worth snapping up, but I\u2019m compelled to focus here on Runaway Train […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8nuyW-336","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Next up are a pair of soundtrack reviews:<\/p>\n