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Filmtracks Editorial Review:
The most enjoyable parts of I Know What You Did Last Summer are those with performances or manipulations of "Julie's Theme." The opening track, as well as the cues "Homecoming" and "Missy's Story" all support easily listenable woodwind, piano, or soft string versions of this theme. It is a creepy and melancholy theme, although it is also romantic and determined as well, making it a theme that rivals the best of Christopher Young's creations for the genre. Two further grand uses of this theme appear in tracks eighteen and twenty, as Julie finally confronts her attacker. The score in between these tracks is strong suspense and horror music, and although some of it sounds as though it could be stock-grade material, it can succeed in giving you the creeps if you listen to it late at night. With its straight-forward musical presentation, you can easily follow along with the action as every harsh brass crash represents a slash of the hook or other uncomfortable visual. These sections are unsettling on album, naturally, and could be difficult for many thematically inclined score fans to tolerate. As a whole, Debney's score is not as rambunctious as The Relic, nor is it as brooding in lengthy portions. The main theme is enjoyable, albeit brief. Perhaps taking these three or four tracks and dubbing them in with a few of the more consistent action cues would be the best bet here, although the result would still amount to only eight to ten minutes of really solid, distinct, stand-alone music. I Know What You Did Last Summer, though, is extremely successful in its purpose as a horror score. It is not readily available on album... don't confuse it with the song album release that accompanied the film's release. John Debney released it as the seventh album in his continuing series of promotional CDs that would please fans for several of Debney's early years. For most casual film music listeners, the price of the promotional album will likely not be worth its cost, which was enormous at the album's initial limited release and has remained steady ever since due to the film franchise's success (John Frizzell would score the sequel). ***
The insert includes the following note:
Last summer four friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has apparently learned the truth of their heinous act and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there stalking them in a deadly game. Will he stop at terror - or is he out for revenge? So sets the stage for Columbia Pictures/Mandalay Entertainment's horror/thriller I Know What You Did Last Summer with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson whose last project was for the mega-hit Scream. Handling the scoring duties is Emmy winning composer John Debney. Coming off the recent success of Universal's blockbuster comedy Liar, Liar starring Jim Carrey and two Emmy nominations for the television pilot The Cape, John Debney is quickly becoming one of the most sought after composers in Hollywood. Still in his 30s, Debney has utilized both his classical training with a strong knowledge of contemporary sounds to create a wide range of musical styles depending on the project. Recent film credits include back-to-back projects with Peter Hyams; the contemporary action/adventure Sudden Death starring Jean Claude Van Damme in which Debney used a driving, techno-style score and Paramount's Science Fiction thriller, The Relic. For Renny Harlin's pirate adventure CutThroat Island starring Geena Davis and Matthew Modine, Debney created a large scale score recorded by the 120 piece London Symphony Orchestra along with a 60 voice choir. Debney's recent success follows on the heels of several projects for Steven Spielberg and Amblin Productions, which began with the ambitious two-hour drama Class of '61, directed by Gregory Hoblit and continued with the heroic theme and orchestral scores for Seaquest DSV (for which Debney won an Emmy for Best Main Title). These led to his first major feature, Amblin's Little Giants, a kid's football comedy. Debney's whimsical score for the lighthearted Bette Midler vehicle Hocus Pocus led to a unique three-picture deal at Disney. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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