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Title: Excellent and a half
Review: I wouldn't know a Jerry Goldsmith film score virgin to my ears like I would that of Quincy Jones or Henry Mancinoi. That is to Goldsmiths credit. He, unlike his many peers, didn't have a trademark style, but could write any music to fit any film.Patch Of Blue is a film from 1965, about an African American man (Sidney Potier) who befriends a young girl who is blind (Liz Heartman). Peoples treatment of race and disability are the themes: make Patch Of Blue today and you'd make a different film.Luckily this is a 1965 film, made when film scores worked as albums. Goldsmith choose tender, gossamer melody lines, based on spare uses of strings and piano, jazz flute, and pinches of vibraphone.What works so well about Goldsmiths score is the melodies he uses are simple but extremely distinct, cut like the best jewels, crystal clear.This score does not date a bit, its compositions and arrangements being so tasteful. Tender but never trite, poignant but never mushy. You gotta hear this
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