James Newton Howard's The Man in the Moon is a touching and tender evocation of postwar Americana. Howard's folksy melodies and aw-shucks arrangements vividly capture the sound and spirit of small-town life in the Eisenhower era. With its woodwind solos, mandolin accents, and simple strings, the music is beautifully pastoral and plaintively emotional, communicating both exhilarating highs and devastating lows with clarity. Still, what's most surprising and refreshing about The Man in the Moon is its restraint, with an ...
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James Newton Howard's The Man in the Moon is a touching and tender evocation of postwar Americana. Howard's folksy melodies and aw-shucks arrangements vividly capture the sound and spirit of small-town life in the Eisenhower era. With its woodwind solos, mandolin accents, and simple strings, the music is beautifully pastoral and plaintively emotional, communicating both exhilarating highs and devastating lows with clarity. Still, what's most surprising and refreshing about The Man in the Moon is its restraint, with an economy of scale missing from Howard's bigger mainstream hits. If not necessarily his best feature score, it's without a doubt his most heartfelt. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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