City Hall (1996) - Soundtrack

Although I do remember the theatrical release of this 1996 melodrama, I have not seen it. Film's like City Hall were just not in my interest wheelhouse at that particular time. Just one of countless examples of films that slipped through the cracks and were fast buried underneath the sands of time. So it goes.

When Varèse Sarabande released this deluxe edition of Jerry Goldsmith's score, I picked it up. Yes, Goldsmith might have grumbled (good-naturedly or otherwise) about my desire to collect every note of his score like bottle caps, but I like what I like and I want what I want. So it goes.

Tim Greiving's liner notes reveal that Goldsmith drew his inspiration from Leonard Bernstein's only film score, for On the Waterfront (1954). Greiving describes that score a featuring a "lonely, bluesy French horn and a percussive rumble." Elements that Goldsmith put to very good use for his brief 34 minute score for City Hall.