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Elizabeth- The Golden Years I disagree with those that thought this musical score was bland. It was far from bland, it was stupendous! A beautiful and moving score was made throughout and I applaud the two composers. I look forward to them working together in the future. Their music stirs the heart! well done.
Overegging the pudding just a little I enjoyed this second film in the Elizabeth trilogy, but felt that director Shekhar Kapur should have used the same composer, David Hirschfelder instead of the overblown Hollywood-type music used in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. Hirschfelder's music was superbly atmospheric and made excellent use of Elizabethan dance music in the court scenes. While I agree and accept that this film portrays an older and wiser queen and the religious turmoil in England, the music is far too intrusive at times and distracted... more info
Evoking a Golden Age The first thing one notices about the score to the second of Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth" films is that it is infintely different to Hirschfelder's from the original. And yet one must expect this for, in turn, the film is very different to the first. The conspiracies and keeping-to-the-shadows of the original, beautifully evoked by Hirschfelder's mysterious and haunting score, have been flung out for conspiracy on a larger scale and a score which, like the film, focuses on the trials and tribulations of a... more info
As bland and forgettable as the film Why David Hirschfelder wasn't brought back to score this follow-up to 'Elizabeth' is just one question that bedevils the whole project (maybe he read the script and demurred). Gone is the fabulously dark and evocative scoring of the original, and in its place we get Hollywood hack-work at its worst. At its best it's a second-rate rip off Zimmer & Gerrard's 'Gladiator', and at its worst it is as bland and forgettable as the lifeless film it accompanies.
