In Dreams

The score to the psychological thriller In Dreams by Elliot Goldenthal is an avante-garde work filled with his trademark techniques and dissonance. Composed in 1999 and working again with frequent collaborator Neil Jordan, it also features songs by Roy Orbison and The Andrews Sisters. Stylistically similar to his score for Heat with the use of dark, at times deliberately off-key, electric guitars layered upon one another (a technique he has referred to as a "guitar orchestra") over string and brass arrangements typical of his style, using Deaf Elk for this purpose and employing the use of a string quartet; also with this score, as in Titus, his use of saxophone (played by Bruce Williamson) is very off-beat, earthy and avant-garde. The...