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