LIFEFORCE- CULT MOVIE SOUNDTRACK LP - HENRY MANCINI * VERY RARE *
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Aug 5, 2015 Sold Date
Jul 11, 2015 Start Date
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The much-beloved Henry Mancini cut his film scoring chops scoring low-budget movies for Universal in the 1950s, including several horror projects, so when he was signed to score 1985's sci-fi/horror Lifeforce it was more a return to his roots than the completely out-of-character assignment it's usually regarded as.  I'm sure Mancini was enormously proud of his success with much lighter fare, and rightly so, but at the same time he must have relished the opportunity to exercise his muscles on something on a larger scale (even if it was only this silly film).

The score's most famous feature is, of course, its main theme, a gloriously propulsive piece which moves along at a deceptive pace and has been copies numerous times since.  It may be a bit of a surprise, then, that after that main theme the score is far more cerebral and eerily beautiful than would be the norm for a film of this type.  The score's centrepiece follows immediately after the main title, the sixteen-minute "The Discovery", an outstanding tone poem underscoring the promising early parts of the movie, the wonder coupled with trepidation as a huge spaceship is discovered.  The orchestration is romantic, but at the same time there is a distinct chill, helped by the subtle use of a small female choir.

Mancini's music is elegant and refined, maximising the impact of the most dramatic sections (the thrilling climax to "Carlson's Story", the hair-raising finale "Web of Destiny") by raising the volume only sparingly, not overusing the choir, not thinking that just because he's got a 100-piece orchestra at his disposal, he needs to use all of it, all the time - such skilled film composition, which could teach the majority of today's composers a thing or two about how to hold back in order to make a larger impact when it's really needed.  It's a through-composed gem of a score, quite delightful to listen to from start to finish even in this very long form.





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