I been walking since my heart attack in 2018. I average around 2 1/2 – 3 hrs of walking a week. During the walk I would listen to a variety of genres of music (mostly soundtracks) and find myself learning by analyzing the orchestration, arrangement and emotion of the music while I’m walking.
Today’s listening session is James Horner’s score “Mask Of Zorro”
Synopsis
A young thief name Alejandro is seeking revenge for his brother’s killer and gets trained by the once great aging Zorro (Don Diego), who is also seeking his own vengeance. Diego’s mortal enemy, Don Rafael Montero has raised his daughter as his own, wife killed and then imprisoned him; now two decades later Don Rafael returns and Diego makes a daring escape from prison and runs into the unrefined Alejandro and takes him under his wing to help him revenge his brother’s killer who works for Don Rafael with hopes for him to be the next Zorro. Now under his apprenticeship, Alejandro learns of Don Rafael sinister plans and he and Diego sets the stage for a final battle confrontation to stop him and as fate would have it both are taking their vengeance for their love ones.
Score
One of my favorites by James Horner; an adventurous swashbuckling and valiant score, he creates a spaniard ambiance in the music. The main theme (Zorro’s) is a melodic line that can be passionately romantic, suspenseful or majestically heroic; I also hear it use as a preparation process in Alejandro’s training and battling sword scenes. The Spanish flamenco guitar sets the tone of the film at the beginning, although not used much throughout the film, it does comes during moments like Alejandro and Elena’s battle sword scene; which goes the same for the sounds of flamenco tap dancing. I hear hints of the song “I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You” instrumentally, but subtle seaming effortlessly with the main theme throughout the movie.
