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Filmtracks Recommends: Buy it... if you want a dull, but sufficient extension of the basic war genre sound you heard in The Hunt for Red October. Avoid it... if you want Red October quality from Poledouris in the genre. Filmtracks Editorial Review:
As with The Hunt for Red October, Poledouris would employ a moderately sized orchestra for Flight of the Intruder and then mix in his own array of modern sound effects to satisfy the military genre. The title theme, heard in full during the opening and closing of the film (as well as scenes of departure) is one of Poledouris' most transparent themes; it is obviously aimed at the same narrow audience as the film in its whole. The theme is robust with patriotic testosterone, and it suffers from the same kind of brutish attitude that left former pilots why so many of the flying scenes in the film were unrealistic. There is little suspense in the score, with the one preparation (for war) motif being a 1:1 copy --an exact replica-- of the one used in The Hunt for Red October. With that rhythm identical, Flight of the Intruder does seem like an extension or sequel score in parts. The electronics this time, however, are not as well handled, with some of the sound effects used in the music reverberating with a bit too much underwater echo. The tingling, steady base electronics that Poledouris used in his other sea-faring scores are largely absent in Flight of the Intruder as well, and they are missed. For the flying sequences themselves, Poledouris abandons the graceful kind of writing that he produced for Flyers and instead continues the testosterone-driven force in simple, Americanized fashion. Thus, the emotional level of the score is minimal, and only serves as a good listening experience if you want your stock military action and not much deep thought. Surprisingly, the score for Flight of the Intruder was never released commercially, despite Poledouris' considerable popularity at the time. A bootleg has existed since the mid-1990's, however, and although several different covers have accompanied the bootleg, they all offer the same 45 minutes of Poledouris music in very good sound. Overall, it's an average war score that you don't want to have to think about very much. **
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