Sunday, December 10, 2006

Magnum Force (1973) /music by Lalo Schifrin



My fave Dirty Harry movie.

Yes, yes Dirty Harry (the first one) is a much better film all around (Don Siegel's master craftsmanship has it all over Ted Post's hack directing) but I still love the story / screenplay (by John Milus and Michael Cimino!!!) and the Harry Callahan character wouldnt wear out its welcome until Sudden Impact which, outside of the iconic "Make My Day" quote and maybe that .44 Auto Mag(num) that Callahan carries around in this one, its really an atrocious film (its a slog to get through & the action scenes are really limply staged). Pls lets not mention The Dead Pool where Eastwood looked old & disinterested and the plot has a car chase involving a remote control toy model car!!! Oy!

Magnum Force
also sports my fave Dirty Harry score. Yes, yes Dirty Harry (the first one) had a classic score but this Magnum Force score has a propulsive kick to it. Just listen to that Main Title theme!

Now here's a question: is the score to The Enforcer floating around out there? I dont think it had an official release but maybe someone has the score (more complete than the few tracks that were tasted on the Dirty Harry Anthology cd that was out a while back...)

This one is in two parts cuz the complete cd was just too big for one upload.

http://rapidshare.com/files/6969643/lalo_mag1.zip.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/6969878/lalo_mag2.zip.html

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

THE ENFORCER is scheduled for a release in early 2007... not any more specific than that. The producer said on the FSM board that they're waiting for Malpaso (Clint) to sign off on artwork.

The producer did post a track listing... so, patience.

1. Prologue / Main Title 3.21
2. Harry's World 1.03
3. Warehouse Heist 5.20
4. Code Blue 1.14
5. Rooftop Chase 6.02
6. Raid on Mustapha's 1.17
7. Kidnap Zap 3.45
8. Tiffany's #11 3.18
9. The Shooting Nun 1.15
10. Alcatraz Encounter 4.28
11. Death on the Rock 3.04
12. Finale (Elegy for Inspector Moore) 2.50
13. Finale (Alternate) 2.56

Anonymous said...

Another great post, you just seem to keep coming up with the goods :)

Nice one

Anonymous said...

Awesome post! This is my fav score of the Dirty Harry movies.

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot!! Another great item to complete my Schifrin collection! Love you!

Anonymous said...

Harry the good

Anonymous said...

can u please re-upload this

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