Re: Death Wish

[Constance <vanbeekmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a good question...

Having seen all three movies during a TNT "Death Wish" fest not long 
ago, I wondered the same thing.  Some of Page's music in DW3 seems quite 
similar, if not the same, to DW2.  Maybe Pagey negotiated a deal to 
allow for some of his score to be used in the third movie?  Maybe he 
even wrote a little more incidental music, but certainly, it seems like 
his involvement was not as much as on DW2.

And you're right:  DW3 is an absolute hoot.  Hell, I'd even buy it!  :)

The Giggler indeed!  LOL

Constance

John C wrote:

> So yeah, we all have the soundtrack to Death Wish 2.  But just as I 
> was about to retire last night, a quick channel flip reveals Death 
> Wish 3 about to start on HBO 3.  While fetching the cat, I see on the 
> screen "MUSIC BY JIMMY PAGE".  I was unaware Jimmy was involved, so 
> against better judgement I flopped down on the couch to check it out.
>
> DW2 was scored entirely by Jimmy, but this couldn't possibly be the 
> case in 3, is it?  There are parts with screechy guitars, wild 80s 
> synths, definitely some bowing during the harrowing scenes.  But much 
> more of it was flat-out awful, generic movie background music.  Does 
> anyone have more info on Jimmy's involvement?  If I had to guess I'd 
> say it was minimal, there was someone else responsible for most of the 
> music, and wouldn't be surprised if they just recycled Jimmy's 
> outtakes from 2 and used them in 3.
>
> By the way, this is one of the greatest unintentionally hilarious 
> movies ever.  It's well worth the price of a rental just for the 
> moronic dialogue of the cliched multicultural, leather-and-chain clad 
> fruitcake gang.  "They killed the Giggler!"  "That was uncalled for".  
> Check out the listings, HBO tends to run the same movies several times 
> each month.