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Three Musketeers

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LeGrand created a very dynamic and enthralling piece for the Salkind production of Lester's "The Three Musketeers" in just a week. And what a creation it is. The score carefully matches and expresses the mood of the scenes played out before the audience, and not only underscore the scenes but do like all good pieces of music by actually highlighting and accentuating the moment and story.

There are very few scores that reach this level of excellence. And the fact that it was done on short notice only speaks to LeGrand's genius and work ethic. I can truly say that this is an excellent piece of music which actually helped salvage some of the realistic sword scenes, as there was more emphasis on brawling and fighting than actual fencing. The music says "hey, forget about the swords. The swords are there, but there's a bigger fight going on, and that's what's happening..."

There are other examples of LeGrand's music speaking in harmonious tones to the audience, but over all it's just great stuff. If you've seen the films, then do yourself a favor and buy this CD or DL the MP3s.

Enjoy!

This soundtrack is one of the hardest ones to find, but well worth the having. I wish that they would re-release it, because the music is so lovely. This is not to be confussed with the Disney "Three Musketeers", which I really did not like that much. This is the one with the steller case of Michael York, Faye Dunaway, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Christopher Lee, Charlton Heston,etc., which came out as a two part-er, in the 70's. The composer, Michel Legrand, is a first class music crafter. He has a real talent for making his music move a film. Another really good soundtrack by him... if you can find it... is "Wuthering Heights". This it the film starring Timothy Dalton, as Heathcliff. If you can find either of these two soundtracks at a second-hand music store, buy them, because they are really great!