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Buy it... if you are a collector of Randy Edelman's pleasant, soft themes and want a short, but touching piano theme to go with one outstanding action cue. Avoid it... if you've heard the second cue in one of many movie trailers and are hoping that the rest of the score is even remotely similar in style. Filmtracks Editorial Review:
For that more focused character style in Come See the Paradise, the score doesn't feature the broad combination of orchestra and synthesizer that you hear in his later popular scores. Instead, this one is completely synthetic, with perhaps a real piano (likely under Edelman's own touch) pushing the personality of the score. The title theme is not very fluid, meandering between octaves and never really bringing out the passion that could have been used in the film. Aside from one spectacular action cue, the score is short and confined to piano-dominated underscore, with occasional synthetic orchestra strings to offer substance in the background. That one action cue, however, is the key to the score. "Fire in a Brooklyn Theatre" is a rhythmically strong and powerfully building motif that is only a little over a minute long, but it has become a staple of trailer music in the dozen years to follow. It is strangely placed in its own score, driving with ambition and emotion, whereas the rest of the score is largely devoid of such depth behind its elements. Alex and Jake Parker provide a secondary theme (adapted and conducted by Edelman) for the Kawamura family, and this theme, while equally frustrating in its simplistic construction, at least brings out some more conflict of emotions in the music. Two adaptations would be made after the initially strong introduction of the theme. The film and album contain several period songs in English and Japanese, including the snappy "Nevertheless," but viewers of the film should be aware that Ronald Yamamoto's version of "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", which is featured heavily in the film, is not on the album. Edelman's contribution comes out to about 15 minutes in length, and when combined with the Parker sons' theme, the score is featured for only about 20 minutes. This leaves the often-used "Fire in a Brooklyn Theatre" cue (and its subtle, but enjoyable reprise in "Lily and Mini") as the only notable aspect of this score and album. A compilation would perhaps be the best way to obtain this fantastic score cue, although Edelman's title theme may also interest his collectors. ***
* Additional score by Jake and Alex Parker
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