KLUTE - ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

Deux b.o. pour des films d'Alan J. Pakula : "Klute" (1971) signé Michael Small (compositions très 70's pour 5 musiciens seulement sur la plupart des titres), et "All the President's Men" (1976) par David Shire. (CT)

"(...) The Klute soundtrack by Michael Small - his first Hollywood assignment - was groundbreaking in its use of an avant garde chamber orchestra (piano, percussion and voice - a creepy female "siren song") compared to symphonic or jazz approaches of the past. Such a style had never been used in a Hollywood thriller and it was an instant hit, leading to Small scoring other '70s classics like The Parallax View and Marathon Man. The score also includes a melancholy "pop" love theme for trumpet and eclectic source cues for the 1970s urban setting. (...)

In the mid-1970s, no composer was as renowned as David Shire for finding exquisitely subtle musical solutions for demanding and unique films like The Conversation, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Farewell, My Lovely and The Hindenburg. When Shire was first screened All the President's Men, he asked if the film needed any music at all, but director Pakula suggested that music could remind audiences of the "human heart" beating in the characters. Shire crafted a brief and understated score that never sacrificed melody or musicality, with a memorable theme speaking of the journalists' resolve to untangle the mystery. (...)" (www.moviegrooves.com)