This week on Film Score Friday, we listen to the score from Lost in Space. Bruce Broughton wrote the score for this 1998 remake of the classic show. Broughton his usual A game to this score. The most enjoyable thing Broughton does here is with range. He makes sure the whole Brass section is getting around the entire range of their horns. It's a nice change up from the multitude of score that insist on inhabiting one portion of the instrument range the entire time. Enjoy!
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This week on Film Score Friday, we listen to the score from Young Sherlock Holmes. Bruce Broughton wrote the score for this 1985 take on the classic detective. It was a popular trope in the 80s to take a well established character and create story about their origin or "young" years. Very few of these were good and this installment was average at best. Broughton's score is great and lifts the film to a higher level than it would achieve on its own. Broughton's usual approach of making playful and fun music is at home here. The adventurous themes he uses fit with the material well.
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This week on Film Score Friday, we listen to the score from The Rescuers Down Under. Bruce Broughton wrote the score for this 1990 film. This one, we readily admit, is from left field. It's a Disney sequel to a movie that very few people saw. Broughton passed up the opportunity to score Home Alone to be attached to an animated Disney film. While not a box office success and a mediocre film, Broughton did some great work here.
This was unique territory for an animated Disney feature. They chose to have all orchestral music with no songs. In other words, no dancing ferrets sing an up tempo song to encourage the protagonist and outline their struggle. Instead, Broughton uses some great themes to craft a great programmatic score that can be appreciated by adults but is also accessible to kids to help identify the characters.
The beginning of the score has a real overture feel. The adventure theme he later outlines is carried throughout the score and really carries the soaring lines Broughton puts together so well.
This week on Film Score Friday we listen to the score from Silverado. Bruce Broughton wrote the score for this 1985 western. It's a strange thing to see western from the 80s. This was a period when westerns had fallen out of favor. Broughton manages to capture the spirit of classic western scores while making it his own. If you're familiar with Broughton's work, this will feel familiar. At times, there's resemblance of Copland as well. Enjoy and happy trails.
