MICHAEL SMALL - MARATHON MAN / THE PARALLAX VIEW, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, INDEPENDENCE DAY

Hi there! My internet connection was down for 24 hours yesterday. It is now back up and running again and today I almost had a heart attack because I've just seen that 3 new scores are released: INDEPENDENCE DAY (complete) DAVID ARNOLD, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) - John Williams and MARATHON MAN/THE PARALLAX VIEW by Michael Small. WOW! Does this mean that Paramount is finally opening it's soundtrack archives? Marathon Man is a great movie, one of my favourites, but I never really rated the score that much - it's good, but that's maybe because the sound mix for the score in the movie wasn't that loud. That said, I have just listened to snipets of the Marathon Man score on the FSM website, and I think it's great! Way better than it sounds in the movie. Michael Small's music reminds me of three other great composers. 1. John Williams - his BLACK SUNDAY score is, in parts, incredibly similar to MARATHON MAN. 2. Jerry Fielding - his score for STRAW DOGS is also very dark and brooding. 3. Howard Shore - his scores for SEVEN, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and DEAD RINGERS contains some very dark, psychological music indeed. Does anybody else have an opinion about this? Thanks and best wishes, Danny.

DannyBowes, April 22, 2010; 9:07 AM