Sean L.Dyke
A Review from TNT's Roughcut
Take any ordinary large-scale adventure film, add the musical genius of
Oscar-winning Titanic composer James Horner, and you almost
assuredly end up with an Academy-Award nomination. Horner's track
record speaks for itself: Apollo 13, Braveheart, Legends of the Fall, and
Titanic, all of which earned him nominations. This month, Horner's latest
effort slashes its way into the spotlight on the blade of Tri Star's new
release, The Mask of Zorro. Horner's 12 piece original score is teeming
with Spanish and Mexican flavor, which reflects the movie's
"Spanish conquest of Mexico" setting. Spanish guitar strumming, castanets
clapping and Mexicali-style trumpeting, all blend to give the score a spicy
sound befitting of high-energy horse chases, dusty trails and
rolling tumbleweeds. Included on the soundtrack is one original song, "I
Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You," cowritten by Horner and lyricist
Will Jennings, who wrote the lyrics to "My Heart Will Go On" for Titanic. The song is a duet, sung by
Australian pop-sensation Tina Arena and tropical music star Marc Anthony. This soundtrack, unlike so
many others, captures and manifests the film's story in and of itself.
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