DEATH BECOMES HER
Rating: 
Original Review: Boring, boring, boring. The oft-stated accusation that Alan Silvestri can write great themes but can't do incidental music was never more apparent than here. The Main Theme (which also features in the cues Sempre Viva and It's Alive) is great - a wonderfully macabre quasi-homage to Bernard Herrmann full of screeching violins. However, the rest of the music (when it doesn't contain the theme) is totally bland and unmemorable - simply a wandering violin with occasional drumbeat accompaniments and fanfares. The entire mid-section of cues merges into one long chunk of music, none of which is particularly inspiring, until the End Credits strike up and you realise it's almost time to take out the CD. Its a real pity, because I remember the score working really well in the context of the movie. The only bonus is an absolutely hilarious parody song which appears in Track 2 - Me, sung by Meryl Streep in a variety of styles from Broadway showstopper to early 1980s disco. The end result is absolutely terrible which, for the song, was the idea. Not so the score, which is terrible without wanting to be.
Track Listing:
- Main Title (1:32)
- Me (written by Geoffrey Aymar, Martin Donovan and David Koepp, performed by Meryl Streep) (2:18)
- Woman on the Verge (1:30)
- Lisle (1:05)
- A Touch of Magic (2:32)
- Now, A Warning (0:52)
- Sempre Viva (1:49)
- Another Drunk Driver (1:47)
- Hurry Up, You Wimp (1:57)
- It's Alive (3:00)
- Helen Spies (2:00)
- Another Miracle (2:31)
- I'll Be Upstairs (0:38)
- Loving You (2:30)
- I'd Rather Die (2:59)
- End Credits (5:45)
Running Time: 35 minutes 53 seconds
Varése Sarabande VSD-5375 (1992)
Music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri. Orchestrations by William Ross. Violin solos performed by Stuart Canin. Recorded and mixed by Dennis Sands. Edited by Kenneth Karman. Mastered by Joe Gastwirt. Album produced by Alan Silvestri.
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