I was watching the film when suddenly I heard what sounded like a version of Watermark, by Enya, wafting through my speakers. I looked up the composer, James Horner, after discovering that Enya did not write this particular composition, Three Generations (piano solo) by James Horner, in the film, In Country.
Further investigation took me to another site for which I learned that James Horner has been roundly criticized for incorporating others' musical talents by borrowing from them and reworking them just enough into his own leaving him mostly inauthentic and unoriginal.
Other tracks in the film score by James Horner for "In Country" sound familiar with other works elsewhere in the music world. Just enough to be a major distraction for film buffs and music lovers everywhere.
All-in-all the film is a rather excellent work but the distraction of the film score sounding so much like other films and musical artists works leaves me baffled as to why Hollywood let him get away with it.
Because of this I can at best only award this very fine film a so-so average of 5 on a scale of 1 to 10.
Further investigation took me to another site for which I learned that James Horner has been roundly criticized for incorporating others' musical talents by borrowing from them and reworking them just enough into his own leaving him mostly inauthentic and unoriginal.
Other tracks in the film score by James Horner for "In Country" sound familiar with other works elsewhere in the music world. Just enough to be a major distraction for film buffs and music lovers everywhere.
All-in-all the film is a rather excellent work but the distraction of the film score sounding so much like other films and musical artists works leaves me baffled as to why Hollywood let him get away with it.
Because of this I can at best only award this very fine film a so-so average of 5 on a scale of 1 to 10.