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Movie Music UK reviews LAST OF THE DOGMEN by David Arnold - Throwback Thirty!
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Re: Movie Music UK reviews LAST OF THE DOGMEN by David Arnold - Throwback Thirty! |
Thursday, August 7, 2025 (12:54 p.m.) |
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"Go in a Good Way" liberally steals from his own Independence Day 
But man... it feels great to discover an old-school David Arnold score that had passed me by.
It is undeniably Arnold. So effective, so mature. Just superb stuff.
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Re: Movie Music UK reviews LAST OF THE DOGMEN by David Arnold - Throwback Thirty! |
Thursday, August 7, 2025 (1:27 p.m.) |
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> 'Go in a Good Way' liberally steals from his own Independence Day
Vice versa, I think you'll find!
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Re: Movie Music UK reviews LAST OF THE DOGMEN by David Arnold - Throwback Thirty! |
Thursday, August 7, 2025 (2:08 p.m.) |
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> Vice versa, I think you'll find!
Right! D'oh!
Or what if David Arnold has a time machine and...
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Re: Movie Music UK reviews LAST OF THE DOGMEN by David Arnold - Throwback Thirty! |
Thursday, August 7, 2025 (12:53 p.m.) |
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Among my Arnold top 10, this is probably the one I listen to the least. I have no good justification for this.
I did burst out loud laughing when Arnold reprised a theme from this during the Sherlock series finale.
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Re: An absolute essential |
Thursday, August 7, 2025 (8:41 p.m.) |
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There is no amount of praise that can be too much for this score, and it’s one that has virtually no weaknesses. The fact that it’s so overlooked - even in film music circles- is criminal. 
The score is the perfect merging of three key aspects of David Arnold: his love for John Barry scores, his relentless pursuit of singable, memorable themes, and a harmonic density of sound that makes even quiet moments of dialogue underscore interesting.
In the pantheon of great, lyrical western scores, this one is head and shoulders above the rest - for me it even beats out Legends of the Fall.
If you haven’t heard this score yet, consider this your final warning.
-Brendan
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