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King Kong [Soundtrack]

~ John Barry (Composer), John Barry (Conductor)
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Product details

  • Conductor: John Barry
  • Composer: John Barry
  • Audio CD (3 Oct 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Fsm
  • ASIN: B000B5XSOE
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 142,055 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Opening
2. Maybe My Luck Has Changed
3. Arrival on the Island
4. Sacrifice- Hail to the King
5. Arthusa
6. Full Moon Domain- Beauty Is a Beast
7. Breakout to Captivity
8. Incomprehensible Captivity
9. Kong Hits the Big Apple
10. Blackout in New York/How About Buying Me a Drink
11. Climb to Skull Island
12. End Is at Hand
13. End

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4.0 out of 5 stars Transitional Seventies Barry, 20 Jan 2006
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With another version of King Kong recently released (2005), the less than satisfactory film that went with this John Barry score will probably be settling into the silt next to Raise the Titanic. Thankfully, such is not the case with this music which is clearly better than the film it accompanies.

In the mid-1970s, John Barry's work was undergoing an interesting transition from the highly unusual innovations of his Sixties scores to the larger string-driven sound which most people now recognise as quintessentially Barry. For this reason, King Kong is definitely worth a listen.

The composer has said he always aims to capture the emotional centre of the action rather than just describe it, and this he does very well for King Kong. Undeterred by second-rate special effects, Barry's music conveys real unease about journeying into the unknown, real menace at the size and ferocity of the creature, real mystery about Kong's strange island environment, and real feeling in its scenes with Dwan (Jessica Lange). My only complaint as such is that this remastered disk still omits one or two pieces of haunting Barryola which might have been included.

It’s a curious piece of work, not up there with other stronger Barry scores of the Seventies (Diamonds Are Forever, Robin and Marian), but still too good to ignore. And it certainly remains head and shoulders above so much else that passes for modern film music.

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