Cobb [Original Soundtrack] (1995)

According to composer Elliot Goldenthal, his score for the 1994 baseball biopic Cobb pivots on the concept of "composition as collision" -- in other words, the music embraces myriad styles and sensibilities in an effort to communicate the contradictions that form the larger-than-life persona that is Ty Cobb, Hall of Fame baseball player and world-class S.O.B. What could have amounted to little more than a giant mess is in fact Goldenthal's most sophisticated and ambitious score to date, moving with authority from gospel ... Read More

According to composer Elliot Goldenthal, his score for the 1994 baseball biopic Cobb pivots on the concept of "composition as collision" -- in other words, the music embraces myriad styles and sensibilities in an effort to communicate the contradictions that form the larger-than-life persona that is Ty Cobb, Hall of Fame baseball player and world-class S.O.B. What could have amounted to little more than a giant mess is in fact Goldenthal's most sophisticated and ambitious score to date, moving with authority from gospel hymns to ragtime to stirring orchestral passages. Goldenthal achieves a near-perfect balance between the conventional (the beautiful "Cooperstown Aria") and the unconventional (the strident "Reno Ho"), creating a deeply personal and idiosyncratic score that nevertheless perfectly complements the onscreen narrative it accompanies. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi Read Less

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