{"id":3941,"date":"2011-12-14T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2011-12-14T15:08:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T20:08:05","slug":"cd-forever-young-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3941","title":{"rendered":"CD: Forever Young (1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label:\u00a0La-La Land Records<\/a> \/ Released: September 13, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 32 tracks \/ (74:37)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 20-page colour booklet with liner notes by Daniel Schweiger \/ Limited to 3000 copies..<\/p>\n

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Composer: Jerry Goldsmith<\/p>\n

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Forever Young<\/strong> is one of those smaller Jerry Goldsmith works that gets overlooked (even by fans) because it doesn\u2019t involve elaborate special effects, dire global world crises, or monsters emerging from the ocean depths. The initial reaction to its expanded release might even be a bit of quiet surprise, since the original CD featured a decent sampling of the film\u2019s main themes and key music cues.<\/p>\n

La-La Land\u2019s CD adds just under 15 mins. of new material, with cues ranging from short statements to modest-sized pieces, but the additional material presents a much fuller version of Goldsmith\u2019s musical drama, which is among his best works of the nineties.<\/p>\n

FY\u2019s many moments of quiet character reflection may have made it a tougher sell when the bulk of Goldsmith\u2019s work during the nineties involved major action and sci-fi films, but the score may have needed extra time to age, so older fans could reappraise and admire the composer\u2019s other gift for scoring character dramas.<\/p>\n

Like Sleeping with the Enemy <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] (1991), also released in an expanded version from the label, FY there\u2019s a near-perfect fusion of orchestra and electronics in striking dramatic cues such as the opening \u201cTest Flight\u201d with its militaristic tone, or introspective cuts like \u201cThe Jacket\u201d with piano and synths kind of drifting over each other in a delicate dance. FY also offers up one of Goldsmith\u2019s most gentle love themes, which he exploits with thickly layered strings without straying into saccharine terrain.<\/p>\n

Action fans will appreciate the subtle use of little rhythmic mobiles and snarling brass, and while the score isn\u2019t filled with any massively kinetic cue, \u201cThe Tree House\u201d for example, offers up some tension with snare drum, pizzicato strings, and contrasting high notes and deep bass tones. There\u2019s also a clever effect where the orchestra trails behind a solo piano, as though evoking a plane darting across the sky, leaving an airstream in its wake.<\/p>\n

There are slight similarities to Innerspace<\/a><\/strong>, Explorers<\/strong>, and Total Recall<\/strong> (notably the rhythmic sections, rippling percussion and ascending brass chords in \u201cShe\u2019s Alive\u201d) but FY is very much a distinct work that feels like the composer reaching back to his more classic seventies style when lyricism was king.<\/p>\n

La-La Land\u2019s CD is beautifully mastered from pristine elements, and the CD\u2019s final third is comprised of album versions and the Billy Holiday song \u201cThe Very Thought of You.\u201d Daniel Schweiger\u2019s liner notes include some comments by director Steve Miner, cue breakdowns, and their placement in the film.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2011 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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