Tim Greiving Mark Knopfler’s score for “The Princess Bride,” to quote the film, was only mostly dead.On Saturday, the L.A. Philharmonic will perform it live to picture at the Hollywood Bowl — and they really do mean live.
The original 1987 score was recorded almost entirely using a Synclavier sampling machine, with the exception of some nylon guitar solos by Knopfler.
Under veteran conductor David Newman, the music will — like Cary Elwes’ Westley — finally come back from the dead.Rob Reiner’s swashbuckling, romantic, meta-comedic film has a legion of fans — including the many celebrities who reenacted it at home during the pandemic — but depending on who you ask, Knopfler’s artificial-sounding score is either its beautiful beating heart….
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