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TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE  (2012)
Production Company: Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions
Distributors: Warner Bros.
Release date (USA): 21 September 2012

Director: Robert Lorenz
Screenplay: Randy Brown

Music Composed by Marco Beltrami
Orchestra Conducted by Pete Anthony
Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Orchestrated by Pete Anthony, Dennis Smith, Jim Honeyman & Rossano Galante
Recorded and Mixed by John Kurlander
Recorded at The Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studios
Assistant Engineers Robert Fernandez, Tom Hardisty, Vincent Cirilli & Tyson Lozensky
Music Editor Chris McGeary & Daniel J. Johnson
Orchestra Contracted by Peter Rotter
Music Preparation Victor Pesavento

Music Produced by Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders

Synopsis: Gus is a baseball scout. The team he works for thinks he should retire. He asks them to let him do one more scouting job to prove himself. His friend, Pete, asks Gus's estranged daughter, Mickey, if she could go with him to make sure he's OK as his eyes are failing. The doctor tells Gus he should get his eyes treated but he insists on doing his scouting assignment, which takes him to North Carolina. Mickey decides to put her work on hold to go with him and she wants him to explain why he pushed her away. Whilst there he runs into Johnny, a scout from another team who was a promising player Gus once scouted. Johnny and Mickey take an interest in each other.

A NOTE FROM THE COMPOSER

We didn’t want to intrude on the dialogue or the dynamic of the film. Even thematically it’s quite simple. We let the film just play and just supplement emotionally what is going on. There’s a father-daughter story and that needed some musical theme. Gus, played by Clint Eastwood, is losing his sight and his career is going, yet he has this innate love of the game, which carries him through. That purity was another element. Actually, that was the first thing I thought of when working on the theme. That sort of becomes a thematic element throughout the film. There’s no electronics. There’s one drone for a flashback but that was created with Buck [Sanders]. Other than that, compared to many other scores, it’s really simple. It’s a very small, solo-istic ensemble. There is an orchestra, too, especially in the latter part of the film, but it’s really more of an intimate type of score.

TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE premiere

    

V A R E S E   S A R A B A N D E  (VSD-7169)

01. Good Mornin’ Gus (1:48)
02. Flanagan (0:55)
03. Late Night Call (0:53)
04. Beautiful North Carolina (1:45)
05. Bo’s Homer (2:35)
06. Mickey’s Home Run (1:47)
07. Another Hit (2:50)
08. Post Clogging (0:56)
09. Walking and Talking (1:16)
10. Ballgame (0:48)
11. Wilson at Bat (3:11)
12. Off the Case (1:19)
13. He’ll Wait (3:58)
14. They Choose Bo (1:32)
15. Horse with No Name (2:50)
16. Get on the Bus, Gus (1:19)
17. The Real Deal (3:12)
18. Trouble with the Curve (4:29)
19. Not All I’ve Got (2:04)
20. On My Way (The Neighbors & Greg Camp) (3:09)

Release date: 16 October 2012
Total Time: 42:36
Length of the Score: 59 minutes

 

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