Elmer Bernstein scores "Far From Heaven"
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Lovely, haunting film and score. The final scene with Julianne Moore and Dennis Haysbert is very touching. Haysbert deserved Best Supporting Actor.
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I cry when I watch this movie ...always.. beautiful.. enchanting music
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@slightlygrouchy Wikipedia seems to have some stuff wrong or I have been misinformed, but hey, Wikipedia says I am British-born and am American-born, so go figure. It is possible Nora was a granddaughter, too. I don't think she was lying.
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@slobomotion She got him ALL his work via the family connections. I don't think hardly anyone knows this, and it's just quite by chance I met her at all. She was not vindictive in the slightest and seemed very glad to have helped him out. Obviously, neither he nor his new connections wanted anyone to know he'd essentially had patrons. In the right places. This is often the case with great artists. There's nothing wrong with it.
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@slobomotion - That's a really interesting fact. Thanks a lot for that! Bernstein is definitely one of the world's greatest composers of soundtracks.
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@slightlygrouchy I knew his exwife, Nora Simon. What a long and productive life he had. Nora was the daughter of Louis B. Mayer.
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@slobomotion - Sadly, Elmer Bernstein passed away in 2004.
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It was wise for the filmmakers to use Bernstein for the score. He wrote for films back then and knew how to evoke that time and place. It is up there with his score for To Kill A Mockingbird. A critic once said that Bernard Herrmann could make blank film compelling. Bernstein could make blank film heartbreaking.
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We just saw this on a big screen in Paris, France. We were astonished Bernstein is still alive, or was. I knew his ex-wife, Nora. Great movie, everyone must see.
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Why do you want to mix colors by force ???
This film is so sad, I remember at the end where this music comes on again I was like "WAAAAAAAA!!"
cornflakegirl86 2 years ago 16
Amazing.....far from heaven yet so close with this melody
silvicar1 2 years ago 12