Music from the Films of Ridley Scott (Compilation) - Review

Not So Great Scott

Review by William Bard

Composer compilation albums are always fun, but it is director-compilation-albums such as MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF RIDLEY SCOTT, from BSX Records, that really stand out to me. (It also helps when the director in question works with more than one composer throughout his career.)  In general, these type of compilations offer styles of music so varied that the only common factor is the director’s vision of storytelling. From gorgeous solo oboe lines in “Main Title” (1 – THE DUELLISTS) to sexy, ethereal jazz saxophone in “Love Theme” (3 – Blade Runner), this new, Ridley Scott album is about as varied as one could find.

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Audioboo: "Listening to Ridley" - Favorite Score from a Ridley Scott Film

listen to ‘Fave Score from a Ridley Scott Film’ on Audioboo

In this short audio recording, I reflect on watching a handful of Ridley Scott films in recent weeks and try to decide which might be my favorite score from among his films. Have a listen and tell us which you would choose!

Ridley Scott: The Prometheus score, Jerry Goldsmith and Marc Streitenfeld

The following question was posed to Sir Ridley Scott at a recent Livestream event for the upcoming film, PROMETHEUS.

Will you make any reference to Jerry Goldmsith's score?

"Jerry Goldsmith's score was one of the major scores of the last 30, 40 years.  Jerry was who he was.  I did two films with Jerry.  I think the score is always incredibly important for me, because I tend shoot with score in mind.  I have never shot a film without a score in mind, but I'm sure I will one day.  This score is an evolution.  It's a script in itself, so I pay a lot of attention to that.  Marc Streitenfeld has done a very nice score for us.  This is the fifth score that he has done for me.  It's very important to me.  I'd say that a score is sometimes is as important as the visual." - Ridley Scott

Obviously, Sir Ridley Scott has been one of those directors who "get's it"  and it's sounding (and looking) like PROMETHEUS is going to something really special.  You can check out the full Q&A Session and the new PROMETHEUS trailer over at BleedingCool.com.  (Thanks to @stingray_travel for the heads up on this!)

So what does this get you a bit more excited for the film and score?