Soundtrack Information
Soundtrack Details 
Reviews (4 reviews) 
Discussion 
Other Members 
Suggestions 


Register or log in to rate this soundtrack!
Average Rating:

(rated by 15 people)
Change Your Rating
 

Links
Buy from CD and LP.com


Go to the Internet Movie Database



Laserdisc Database


In Association with Amazon.com
Amazon.com

allposters.com
Buy posters from Allposters.com


In Association with moviegoods.com
buy posters from moviegoods

In Association with cdandlp.com
buy this soundtrack from cdandlp.com


In Association with eBay.com
Search eBay for
Boys From Brazil, The

 

 

Boys From Brazil, The (1978)

Composer(s):
Jerry Goldsmith 

Released in:
1978

Reviews
Think 3/4 = brilliant score
by
Brandon Moore (March 27, 2003)
"Think 3/4." Those were director Franklin J. Schaffner's instructions to his composer Jerry Goldsmith when it came time to compose the score for "The Boys From Brazil." It's amazing that those simple instructions would bring us, in my opinion, the best score in the Goldsmith/Schaffner collaboration. Goldsmith's main theme for the Nazi hunter hero Ezra Lieberman is in a Vienese waltz style complete with Straussian horn flourishes. What's incredible is that on the the flip side (basically a B section of the waltz theme) the composer gives us a menacing waltz ositinato bass figure for the evil mad scientist Josef Mengele, incorporating brief pauses of silence increasing the tension which lurk around every corner throughout the film. A great masterpiece in thriller scoring with some of Goldsmith's most brutal action music with dark Mahleresque passages. The album is set up like the LP with a suite with many key scenes on Side A and a few tracks plus a 70's pop song also composed by Goldsmith on Side B. One of the highlights of the score is a ferocious action cue called "The Dogs and Finale" as well as some fantastic dialogue scoring in "Frau Doring." This score is a must have for any Goldsmith fan's collection. The only problem is that it's overdue for a reissue because it is now out of print, originally issued as part of Varese Sarabande's first CD Club series.



Reviews on other sites:
movie wave 


Film Music Magazine (2-CD Intrada release) 
suggested by:
Robert DiMucci



KQEK.com (2-CD Intrada release) 
suggested by:
Mark R. Hasan





 Submit a link