It is the overarcing theme for the entire film, and the Addams themselves. Light, yet heavy mystical yet overt passionate and genuine, yet over the top - all in true Addams form. While somewhat different, this is your classic Hollywood-style romance accompanied by a classic Hollywood-style score, and it is spot-on. After the familiar, catchy Addams Family theme by Vic Mizzy, we wither into the rolling theme that compliments the onscreen romance between Morticia and Gomez Addams (played to perfection by Angelica Huston and the late Raul Julia). Let the boobing begin.įrom the first track we can tell that this is a film that really doesn't take itself too seriously. Of course, the film would not have been nearly as enjoyable had Marc Shaiman not graced it with his wonderfully lush and wacky score to accompany the likes of Morticia, Gomez, Fester, Wednesday, Pugsley, Thing, and Lurch. His was a classic sense of the odd, which Sonnenfeld captured perfectly. The 1991 film, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld of Men in Black fame, is a morbidly bizarre, but wonderfully funny, nod to the grim humor of one Charles Addams, a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications. I, myself, am a big fan of dark humor, and there is no more perfect platform for it to shine than that of The Addams Family. To say that I merely enjoy this score is to say that The Passion of the Christ has done fairly well at the box office – extremely understated. This review is a difficult one – not because I don't know what I want to say about this fantastic score, but because I don't want to come off as a twitterpated boob.
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