The Music in this film

The music sounded like it was meant for a Hitchcock film. Terribly noisy.

Right, In fact I felt like it straight was the exact opposite of what you should be hearing for certain scenes. I noticed it so much it actually took me out of the movie at times. Aggressive scenes with soft music behind, kinda backwards- like he was making 'Rudy' or something, but forgot to shoot the inspirational stuff.

Where is pancakes house?

Huh??? The score is perfect!

Agreed. As for the reason, i would chalk it down to pretension. It's a failed attempt to sophisticate and refine the movie's tone, which as you said ends up totally clashing with the scenes themselves.

I can't help but think it's somehow an attempt to woo white audience and white critics by giving them what he thinks they consider as refinement and sophistication.

I for one think that he should have drawn more on the black musical repertoire, which is obviously just as rich, colorful and subtle as Classical music can be. I mean one would think that between Blues, Jazz and Rock on one side and Gospel, R&B and Hip-Hop on the other, passing by the "Motown sound", Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Al Green, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield and Ray Charles right up until MJ, Boys II Men, Erykah Badu, Tracy Chapman and many others, there should be plenty of sound that could inspire the same level of finesse and elegance without clashing as much culturally with the images it is supposed to underline and promote.

It's a shame and it might be my major point of contention with the movie. With a similar soundtrack to, say, Ali (2001), this movie could have been close to a classic. But maybe that's just me...

7/10


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You are all CRAZY. The Copland music is what makes this movie.

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I actually agree. I liked the score but my problem was with how often they used it. The scene where Jesus and Jake play one-on-one annoys me there because when the slow motion shots hit, it would've been much more powerful to utilize silence. I also felt the same with the boardwalk scene. However, this is one of my all time favorite movies nonetheless. I can't tell you how many times I watched it as a kid.