Bruce Langhorne's gifted musicianship enhanced many recordings of the sixties and he was Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man. His greatest creative endeavour may be his soundtrack for Peter Fonda's film The Hired Hand, where his spare music is a brilliant complement to the cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. The droning strings and percussion seem to have set the pattern for later soundtrack work, as in Deadwood and Hell On Wheels. There is only about 24 minutes of this meditative music, but it is superb. If you haven't seen the film, perhaps Langhorne's contribution will spur you.
5つ星のうち5.0At long last - and worth the 30-year wait!
2007年1月3日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
Amazonで購入
Bruce Langhorne, I would only recently learn, is not only a composer and musician of legendary proportion (he bears the title role in Bob Dylan's classic "Mr. Tamborine Man"), he also plays several dozen different instruments, all with virtuoso skill, and every single instrument that is heard in this remarkable, long-unavailable score. Although a soundtrack album was not available at the time, I so adored the score of this film that I recorded it while watching the movie using a cassette deck sat in front of a TV, way back in mid-70's, and listened to it for years thereafter (along with the inevitable adjacent snippits of dialogue). I was elated to hear the film had been re-discovered in 2001 and further delighted to see that the original Bruce Langhorne soundtrack had finially been released on CD for the occasion as well. This music package is a major stand-alone treat (11 superb tracks which comprise the full and complete original score) and made even better when enjoyed as companion to the The Hired Hand Collector's Edition DVD, which includes extensive interviews and insights on the 1971 not only with Langhorne but many other collaborators on the film as well. To enjoy the haunting and evocative score's closing track of "Ending" is a treasure well worth the CD's selling price all by itself. Grab it while you can.
5つ星のうち5.0Terrific music and really cool alternative western movie.
2013年11月4日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
Amazonで購入
Excellent work from Langhorne. The companion disc has Fonda commenting on the movie as it runs and every time music cuts back into the story Fonda exclaims "There's that wonderful Langhorne music again" or words to that effect. Clearly he adores the work Langhorne did for him.
Fascinating instrumental with unusual effects which really give a Western atmosphere. Very relaxing at end of an evening. Any agegroup (recommended to me by my son).
This is a rather short but excellent soundtrack of The Hired Hand and I highly recommend it, however, you must watch the movie to appreciate the soundtrack. The most remarkable aspect of "The Hired Hand" is that it is haunting and the music which is a critical part of this absolutely perfect production.