CD REVIEW - SUDDEN IMPACT + NEWS FROM SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT
Sudden Impact
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Aleph records 040 (US)
22 Tracks 58:49 mins
Lalo Schifrin's Aleph Records label has done his fans and that of film music in general by having previously released his scores for Dirty Harry, Magnum Force and also that of Jerry Fielding for The Enforcer, which Schifrin had been unable to score. Now comes the soundtrack for the fourth in the Dirty Harry series Sudden Impact, which came some seven years after The Enforcer and immediately demonstrates the changes in musical styles between Schifrin's '70s series entries and this 1983 production.
The album opens with what plays like a source cue, with somewhat jazzy brass playing over a typically '80s groove. "Murder By The Sea" continues the feel, with an easy travelling groove, before a soft flute-lead theme takes over, which ends on a sinister note, foreshadowing the dark doings and suspense of the following cues "Too Much Sugar," "Frisco Night" and "Target Practice."
A change of pace comes with the initially melancholy "Road to San Paolo," before an uplifting travelling motif takes over. "Remembering Terror" opens with Caliope music, before suspense intervenes. It then goes through an almost music box-like tune, interrupted by a rock groove, before ending suspensefully again. Schifrin generates some excitement with the two subsequent action cues "Cocktails of Fire" and "Robbery Suspect," which are followed by the partly source rock cue "Ginley's Bar," but which also features a mix of poignancy and suspense. More suspense follows in "Another Victim;" then we have a welcome, though brief, break with the easy listening piano lounge track "You've Come A Long Way," before the suspense returns to close. More sinister and suspenseful goings on pervade "Darkness," with the flute theme from "Murder By the Sea" making another appearance in "Crazy," amongst yet more suspense. Action and still more suspense follows in "Hot Shot Cop," "Alby and Lester Boy," and "The Automag."
"Unicorn's Head" begins with a real unhinged, gothic feel, presenting something of a twisted take on the Caliope music from earlier, before an action climax. The action continues in "A Ray of Light," before ending in an uplifting '80s groove.
"Stairway To Hell" is somewhat experimental, with its spare percussion and keyboard runs providing yet more suspense, which continues into the concluding "San Francisco After Dark," before an urban sax-lead theme provides a satsifying resolution.
The album, which comes with Nick Redman's guide to the film and its music, ends with a bonus track, an alternate take on the "Main Title."
Whilst perhaps not as enjoyable as the composer's first two Dirty Harry outings, Sudden Impact nevertheless has plenty to offer fans of the composer, particularly in the moments of action and suspense, which are comparable to his earlier works. The '80s grooves however are sadly somewhat dated.
Sudden Impact
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Aleph records 040 (US)
22 Tracks 58:49 mins
Lalo Schifrin's Aleph Records label has done his fans and that of film music in general by having previously released his scores for Dirty Harry, Magnum Force and also that of Jerry Fielding for The Enforcer, which Schifrin had been unable to score. Now comes the soundtrack for the fourth in the Dirty Harry series Sudden Impact, which came some seven years after The Enforcer and immediately demonstrates the changes in musical styles between Schifrin's '70s series entries and this 1983 production.
The album opens with what plays like a source cue, with somewhat jazzy brass playing over a typically '80s groove. "Murder By The Sea" continues the feel, with an easy travelling groove, before a soft flute-lead theme takes over, which ends on a sinister note, foreshadowing the dark doings and suspense of the following cues "Too Much Sugar," "Frisco Night" and "Target Practice."
A change of pace comes with the initially melancholy "Road to San Paolo," before an uplifting travelling motif takes over. "Remembering Terror" opens with Caliope music, before suspense intervenes. It then goes through an almost music box-like tune, interrupted by a rock groove, before ending suspensefully again. Schifrin generates some excitement with the two subsequent action cues "Cocktails of Fire" and "Robbery Suspect," which are followed by the partly source rock cue "Ginley's Bar," but which also features a mix of poignancy and suspense. More suspense follows in "Another Victim;" then we have a welcome, though brief, break with the easy listening piano lounge track "You've Come A Long Way," before the suspense returns to close. More sinister and suspenseful goings on pervade "Darkness," with the flute theme from "Murder By the Sea" making another appearance in "Crazy," amongst yet more suspense. Action and still more suspense follows in "Hot Shot Cop," "Alby and Lester Boy," and "The Automag."
"Unicorn's Head" begins with a real unhinged, gothic feel, presenting something of a twisted take on the Caliope music from earlier, before an action climax. The action continues in "A Ray of Light," before ending in an uplifting '80s groove.
"Stairway To Hell" is somewhat experimental, with its spare percussion and keyboard runs providing yet more suspense, which continues into the concluding "San Francisco After Dark," before an urban sax-lead theme provides a satsifying resolution.
The album, which comes with Nick Redman's guide to the film and its music, ends with a bonus track, an alternate take on the "Main Title."
Whilst perhaps not as enjoyable as the composer's first two Dirty Harry outings, Sudden Impact nevertheless has plenty to offer fans of the composer, particularly in the moments of action and suspense, which are comparable to his earlier works. The '80s grooves however are sadly somewhat dated.
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