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Chase, The (1966)
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 Another Great Score From The Swinging Sixties!
by filmfactsman (April 1, 2006)
For some reason or other, many of the trashiest potboiler movies of the '60s contained some of the best film scores of the entire decade. Witness Elmer Bernstein's "Walk on the Wild Side" and "The Carpetbaggers", Kenyon Hopkins' "Mister Buddwing" and "This Property is Condemned", Neal Hefti's "Harlow" and "Synanon", Johnny Mandel's "The Sandpiper", John Williams' "Valley of the Dolls", and John Barry's "The Chase". Arthur Penn ("Bonnie and Clyde") directed this multi-million dollar disaster that featured Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson and Robert Duvall which was one of Columbia Pictures' biggest bombs of the sixties, a movie that most of its stars later disowned. John Barry's score is taut and powerful, the ominous tone in most of the tracks is temporarily relieved by an occasional blues number, in what is essentially a richly expressive and rewarding listening experience. Skip the DVD and buy the CD. I'll bet Columbia Pictures wishes it had released just the LP and shelved the film!
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