Salvador. Georges Delerue

This is the fictionalized account of journalist Richard Boyle (James Woods) in El Salvador during very turbulent times in 1980-81. Down and out in San Francisco, Boyle and a colleague Doctor Rock (Jim Belushi) head to El Salvador in his beat up car. There he manages to reunite with former girlfriend Maria (Elpidia Carrillo) and her younger brother. Boyle is naturally suspicious of government officials who see the communist guerrillas as a major threat. As Boyle continues to push local and U.S. Embassy officials for answers he soon becomes a target and must find a way to flee - with Maria - before he too becomes one of the disappeared.

Taking into account the film’s setting, Delerue augmented his standard symphonic sound – in this case, The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – with guitars and an enlarged percussion section. Thematically, the music takes two points of view. The first idea is an action motif, a stark, punchy piece for stabbing string ideas and incessant overlapping drums, intercut by darkly heroic brass fanfares. The stunning, chorally-enhanced “Love Theme-Finale” adopt a wholly gorgeous tone that long-time devotees of Delerue’s music will adore. No-one could write a tear-jerking melody like Delerue, beautiful and melancholy at the same time, and no-one else ever will.

[GaryChu-qf]

Yes, you're right that no one could write such heartbreaking and graceful music than Mozart of Cinema. Highly hope you'll continue to exhibit the talents of this rare French in the coming months. Again, thank YOU.