[Thor Joachim Haga]

I just saw this for the first time since the early 90s.

Horner’s score is not impressive, a lot of atonal cling clang stuff. He is not good with themes here. The track by Clannad is the best here, I think a full score by them would have worked.

I’ve always liked PATRIOT GAMES. Seen it probably 2-3 times. Love the look of it (Phillip Noyce is an unheralded director, with DEAD CALM remaining my favourite), but also Ford’s knack for “agitated face” – just small variations that tell so much. That doesn’t get the credit it deserves either. And the score — well, I had the CD for years, but eventually sold it. Then I revisited it many years later, and found myself liking it. Yes, Clannad’s “Harry’s Game” remains the best cue, but something about those chilly, rhythmical Horner textures that appealed to me all of a sudden.

I just saw YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES tonight for the first time. Pleasantly quaint movie.

God, another one I haven’t watched since I was a wee lad. I remember the fuss with the early CGI for the window, and a relatively easy-going romp of a narrative, but have forgotten most everything else. Well, except the great Broughton score, of course.