.. an elegaic lament, not in the least bit 'sentimental' & one of Eastwood's best compositions to date. I'm not going to waste my time arguing with your opinion but here's one Oscar winning professional commenting on Eastwood's supposedly 'amateur' scoring.
[Questioner]: Can you describe what it’s like to watch a film you’ve written, and listening to the score as a viewer. What the music does to what you put on paper. How it might aid and also complicate your words?
PAUL HAGGIS: I think Million Dollar Baby is probably a good example of that. I thought Clint’s score for that was quite beautiful, quite simple, not at all what I had imagined. It really, I think, pulled the emotion, rather than sentimentality off the page and onto the screen. Its spare quality really, truly brought the drama to the fore.
http://soundtrackgeek.com/2009/08/14/ischia-global-film-music-fest-int erview-2-paul-haggis/
I think we could do with a lot more 'amateur scorers' like Eastwood who understand that less is often more & that you don't need big orchestral scores to bring out the emotion in a movie.
Doe Eyes from
The Bridges of Madison County,
Claudia's Theme from
Unforgiven,
Million Dollar Baby &
Changeling, all of them simple, elegant, beautiful themes well used.
Mai Yamane! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD83P-vn5JI&feature=related
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