I debated putting this in another topic, but..I didn't, LOL. Anyway, Pacino was UNBELIEVEABLY GORGEOUS in this film, but I couldn't help but be amused and distracted by the horrible musical score played throughout. It was so 70s schlocky, trumpety crap. Very much like the music in the 70s made-for-TV movies, which cheapened the movie and made it appear to be low budget. I kept waiting for Mary Tyler Moore to make an appearance.
shareI really have to agree here. The music was a big distraction for me. I just saw the movie today for the first time and really enjoyed it. It was nice to see Al Pacino and hear his voice before it was destroyed by smoking I guess. I was remarking to my wife that the music sounded like the Dating Game, but the Mary Tyler Moore show sounds about right. Truly dreadful and dated but the film was quite good.
shareI'm not liking this movie at all. From the first scene I haven't liked it. Marthe Keller is extremely annoying. The story is going nowhere, and the music is, as you say, awful. It is uninspired and usually inappropriate.
shareMinority viewpoint here: Dave Grusin's score totally works for me. I can't say I loved this film, but the music and scenery got me through it.
shareI loved the music too. Especially the music playing toward the end when Bobby is jogging. The score for me really works.
shareAbsolutely! I'm very drawn to film scores from the '70s and '80s, which others dismiss as "dated" but to me are still very relevant.
shareI completely agree, David Grusin's score is a masterpiece, I can't get how somebody can find it awful, I mean there're several things in this movie that don't work but the score ain't among them, also did the OP realize this movie was filmed in 1976? So what's that supposed to mean when he says it was so 70s schlocky? It's 70s!
shareI suspect people who call soundtracks like this film "dated" weren't around to experience the '70s firsthand.
shareI don't think so, I couldn't experience the 70s firsthand too, however I don't find it dated if I had to, I'd define it "classic" in a positive sense, that's it's obviously 70s but, when you say it's dated you got to specify compared to what it's dated, it can be dated compared to 50s, 60s but of course you can't compare it to nowadays' soundtracks, it's necessary to contextualize the music you're considering dated to the sorround where you consider it dated, of course a 70s soundtrack is "technically" dated compared to nowadays' but going on this way everything from the past is dated compared to nowadays, Mozart, Beethoven, The Beatles, everybody's dated, it doesn't make a sense.
sharei saw this in the movies. i think i'm qualified to call it dated. i think the score doesn't do the movie a favor.
i don't believe this movie was well-received when it came out. i think many of the posters are giving it credit because they're Scarface and Godfather fans and not being objective.
every once in awhile i go back and give this another try. it SHOULD BE a good movie. the clothes make me laugh. Al Pacino has a fabulous head of hair! i can't believe Sidney Pollack directed it.