Two great 70s thrillers, back to back – both scored by the amazing Michael Small! The first stretch
of the set features music from Marathon Man – the chilling mid 70s film directed by John Schlesinger, about a creepy Nazi war criminal living in
New York! Small's music is wonderfully tense – as taut and dark as his famous work for Klute, with perhaps less
of the warmth and sex
of that film – and more
of a focus on short, stark numbers that will set your hair on edge, even if you're not watching the movie. Film Score have done their usual amazing job here – and have come up with 37 tracks from the score – much more
of Small's music than we might have hoped for – with cuts that include "Chase", "Nightmare
Of The Past", "Scylla Stabbed", "Airport", "The Letter", "Szell Arrives", "Soccer Ball", "Tragedy At The Truck", and "Szell Escapes". The CD also features 11 more tracks from The Parallax View, also scored by Small – a dark thriller directed by Alan Pakula, with a really paranoid sort
of narrative that Small's music fits wonderfully. The tunes are often quite short – these airy flourishes
of sound made out
of brooding string bits and tense woodwinds – and titles include "Gunmen Search", "Morgue", "Sheriff's House", "Joe's Final Run", and "Parallax Test".