Seán’s Movie Music Magorium: Interview with the Vampire

Eliot Goldenthal’s score for Neil Jordan’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’ is dark, frightening, luscious, pensive and evocative. Opening with the piece ‘Libera me’ the story of Louis Pont Du Lac is reflected in the twisted melodies floating over the coast of San Francisco. This movie changed the genre of vampire films for years to come – seeing the story unfold through the eyes of a tormented man, revolted at the nature of his being would lead to countless other vampire-p.o.v. films. This movie has the good fortune to be scored by Goldenthal, who not only composed an Oscar nominated score but did it in three weeks. Listening to a track like ‘Libera me’, it is a display of pure talent. As the credits roll, we are drawn into this world. One sustained note brings us into the score – a drawn out string, leading to a choir of boys joining … There’s more

Seán’s Movie Music Magorium: Alien3

This is the first of Seán Ferrick’s look at music scores from film and TV. In this series, Seán is going to look at his favourite soundtracks and scores from a range of different movie genres and television shows. Please make him feel welcome to the Culch.ie fold. - Darren Elliot Goldenthal’s score for Alien3 exists among controversy. The film itself suffered behind the scenes from day one and therefore the fact that a score so haunting, so powerful and so evocative belongs to a movie that really should never have been made is nothing short of amazing. Let me begin by saying – Alien3 is a great film. I use this term because it seemed to be a case that, where anything could go wrong, it did on this film. Featuring three directors, several heavily controlled script re-writes and a cast that all but deny the film’s existence, this … There’s more