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INSTINCT – Danny Elfman

June 4, 1999 Leave a comment

Here’s a statement that’ll make your toes curl: Instinct is Danny Elfman’s best score in six years. Whoa! Hold on a minute! We didn’t see that one coming! What about his Oscar nominations, Good Will Hunting and Men In Black? What about Black Beauty and Dolores Claiborne? What about Mission Impossible, widely regarded as one of the best action thriller scores in years? What about A Civil Action and A Simple Plan, two of his recent complex dramas? Well, in the opinion of this reviewer, Instinct blows each and every one of those worthy scores out of the water with its combination of soaring strings, passionate brasses, African percussion and that heavenly, heavenly female choir which hasn’t been used to this extent since Edward Scissorhands almost a decade ago. Read more…