Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight - City Hall (1996)
Listen now
Description
Better late than never, we offer a detailed Soundtrack Spotlight on Varese Sarabande's definitive presentation of Jerry Goldsmith’s memorably noir-tinged score for Harold Becker's City Hall! First, your humble hosts David and Clark are joined by liner notes writer Tim Greiving for a discussion of the film's modest virtues, the score's central ideas, the real-life experiences that informed the film's screenplay, the musical influence of Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront, and other topics. Afterwards, David and Clark explore the significant and subtle differences between the various film versions, album versions, and alternates this thorough score presentation has to offer. We hope you'll join us for a stroll down the corridors of power(ful film music)! Here is your de-confusing City Hall Soundtrack Spotlight Track List! Please send your correspondence to [email protected].
More Episodes
Are you now, or have you ever been, a Jerry Goldsmith fan? If so, you won’t want to miss our third and final production report on Leigh Phillips’s marvelous Jerry Goldsmith at The General Electric Theater series. Your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark chat with Leigh about the three latest...
Published 03/09/24
Published 03/09/24
We know what you’re thinking: “Wait… didn’t you guys already do an Inchon Soundtrack Spotlight?” Indeed we did, back in 2020, when Intrada rereleased Jerry Goldsmith’s memorable score for the otherwise largely forgotten 1981 Korean War drama. Now, Intrada has released the score yet again, with...
Published 02/28/24