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Filmtracks Editorial Review:
Many film music critics have commented that the album for 6 Degrees of Separation is the worst example of a soundtrack album in the history of such commercialization. The packaging is so badly mislabeled that it can make a person weep when trying to figure out who wrote what. The tracks are poorly sequenced, with roughly 15 minutes of Jerry Goldsmith score mixed with 20 minutes of quotes and unrelated musical material. Since every Goldsmith track is separated (undoubtedly in six degrees!) by a quote, often presented at a difficult volume, it's very tough to listen to for the score alone. Goldsmith, as he would do in Fierce Creatures and other scores that depended on short bursts of style rather than significant substance, recorded a suite of the material from 6 Degrees of Separation for the end of the album. The recording quality is decent, though the ensemble Goldsmith employs is recorded at an ultra-close range, giving the sound of a quartet performance in a tight room. Never are the soloists allowed to unleash any of Goldsmith's talented jazz styles. Rather, for the characters in the film, it's stuffy, uppity, and arrogant music. That may work with the plethora of quotes on the album, if not for their own mismanagement. Of all the quotes the album producers chose to include on the CD (and the film had its share of decent pokes), they didn't include the only really enjoyable ones, such as the scene in which Paul, played by Will Smith, describes how to pronounce words properly to impress the wealthy... as in "bottel" instead of "bottle." The packaging is poorly labeled and completely forgets to mention track #24 --an unknown Goldsmith cue, presumably-- in its listings. An extra jazz piece by Paul Grabowsky, as well as short snippets of Cole Porter and Claude Debussy extend the suffering caused by this album. Whether you can tolerate the ten minutes of Goldsmith music in the film is one thing, but you can't deny that this is one of the worst albums of all time.
Score as heard on CD: FRISBEE Overall: *
Tracks in white are quotes from the film, written by John Guare * Music composed by Jerry Goldsmith *# Mystery Goldsmith track missing from track listings ** Music/words composed by Cole Porter *** Music composed by Paul Grabowsky # Music composed by Claude Debussy
Insert includes no extra information about the score or film. Packaging is very confusing, and it is difficult to tell which tracks are score tracks and which are dialogue tracks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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