The Missouri Breaks


Rykodisc (0014431074820)
Film | Date: 1999 | Sortie du film: 1976 | Type: CD
 

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# Track   Duration
1.Main Title2:45
2.Arrival of the Rustlers2:00
3.Love Theme from The Missouri Breaks2:54
4.The Train Robbery2:15
5.Bizarre Wake2:38
6.Celebration2:13
7.Confrontation3:15
8.Love Theme (Reprise)3:40
9.Crossing the Missouri2:10
10.The Chase3:24
11.Remembrances2:22
12.The Horse Rustlers2:13
13.Love Theme (End Title)3:23
 
Bonus Tracks (Film Versions)
14.Main Title2:32
15.Train Robbery2:17
16.Jane and Logan3:46
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The Missouri Breaks - 06/10 - Critique de Tom Daish, ajouté le (Anglais)
The Missouri Breaks comes across as a hybrid of Williams' scores for The Reivers and the Cowboys; take the more upbeat blue grass, banjo of the first and cross them with the more low key music from the latter and the result would be somewhere close to The Missouri Breaks. Of course John Williams fills this score with plenty of unique themes, including a rather wonderful love theme which is most affecting when played on acoustic guitar, harp and harmonica, as in the Love Theme Reprise. The main theme, however is perhaps less memorable and certainly less so than the robust main title theme for The Cowboys.

Aside from the couple of romantic interludes, no western would be complete without some exciting action and in this case, Williams clearly had quite a lot of fun. The Train Robbery is certainly the highlight, featuring frenetic banjo, strings and harmonica over bouncing percussion. This is action music with tongue firmly in cheek. Williams also has lots of fun with bass lines and this is no more apparent in Crossing the Missouri where a complex electric bass line interplays with the rest of the musicians. The quieter, non-romantic moments are perhaps less interesting, even if they do conjur up plenty of atmosphere, but compared to the romance and bouncing action are doomed to be somewhat unmemorable. The album also features bonus tracks featuring alternates that were used in the film itself. Nice to have for sure, but it does seem curious that the producers choose not to use the original film tracks on the album and present the album versions as alternates. Still, it is always interesting to hear a different take on the same scene, especially since the film versions actually come across as somewhat inferior to the album arrangements. Further proof that Williams really does know what he's doing when assembling his score albums.

The liner notes contain detailed track by track analysis by Jeff Bond as well as information about the film, Ryko's presentation is extremely good. The sound quality is also notably excellent; each instrument can be heard clearly within the spatial arrangement of the scoring stage. Not a classic score by any means, but perhaps proof that Williams is a very adept composer who has far more strings to his bow than just full orchestral blowouts. It all seems a little more off the cuff and makes some of his more recent efforts seem almost calculated in comparison, excellent though they invariably are. Maturity as a composer is all well and good, but the occasional bit of fresh faced charm never goes astray. I guess the cotton picking style won't appeal to everyone, but hearing a completely different side to any composer is always interesting and this being Williams, is more than worth hearing.

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