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Super Tracks
Music Group
Music Composed by Mark Mothersbaugh
Orchestrated by Bruce Fowler, Suzette Moriarty, Ladd
McIntosh, Carlos Rodriquez, Walter Fowler, and Elizabeth Finch
Produced by John J. Alcantar III, Mark Mothersbaugh,
and Ford A. Thaxton
Release Date: 2001
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It's very rare to find a comedy score that
consists of more than music that works solely to advance the jokes in the
film. Take Mancini's Pink Panther scores for instance. They have more
to offer than just the wild "micky mousing" that has pretty much
been a staple of comedy scoring since the old Looney
Tunes days. Sometimes these types of scores can be enjoyable if you're
in the right mood and they are done right to begin with, otherwise they just
come across as highly annoying. While Mothersbaugh generally follows the
tried-and-true pattern for his score to The Adventures of Rocky and
Bullwinkle, the end result is one of the better scores of this type out
there.
From the very beginning, Motherbaugh
demonstrates that he is going to be true to the original musical material
from the cartoon. He includes liberal uses of the "Rocky: The Flying
Squirrel" theme and while he never really does anything interesting
with it, other than including it at varying speeds throughout, it does help
to give this rather wobbly score something of a backbone. There are a few
other themes located throughout as well, and this is mainly what sets it
apart. While the score still consists of wildly varying track styles, it is
a little more cohesive than other efforts in this genre.
Another interesting twists to this score is the
inclusion of what sounds like a sitar. While I have no idea why it's in
there, it does
sound pretty cool, and it is used quite well without ever sounding gimmicky.
The action sequences come across quite well, and Mothersbaugh's scoring
technique for those sequences sparked an interest in me to sample some of
his more serious
works. The song at the end is ok, nothing really special, but at
least it's based off of one of the themes from the score (or vice-versa), so
that gives it an extra charm.
Of course, this is not going to be a
soundtrack that everyone while want to rush out and add to their collection.
Still, if you're a fan of the movie or you liked what you heard while
watching it, or if you're just looking for some good Carl Stalling-type
cartoon scores, you should probably take a look at this one. If you're in
the right mood for it, it can be a fun listen. ***
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Track Listing
1 - Logo & Opening Titles
(0:50)
2 - Hard Times in Frostbite Falls (0:51)
3 - Rocky: The Flying Squirrel (0:34)
4 - From Pottsylvania to Hollywood (1:38)
5 - The Green Light (2:26)
6 - Frenetical Action / Green Light Shines (1:00)
7 - On the Highway / The Test Machine (1:00)
8 - Zombie Drone / Secret Agent Man (1:15)
9 - Fearless Leader / Boris Badenov (1:31)
10 - Boris and Natasha (0:52)
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11 - The Bitter End (1:17)
12 - Zombified People / Big Action (2:20)
13 - Implausibly Coincidental (0:50)
14 - Chase on the Runway / Hang On! (3:17)
15 - Hail, Hail Pottsylvania (0:44)
16 - Put Your Hands Up / Vegomatic (5:16)
17 - Rocky and Bullwinkle Save the Day (4:40)
18 - American the Beautiful (1:10)
19 - A Really Happy Ending (1:56)
20 - Through the Eyes of a Child (4:31)
Total Running Time: 37:38
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