In fact, listening to it carefully, the texture almost suggests the Randy Newman of Awakenings, with high harmonics playing above the more usual instrumental registers. Newman's dominant orchestral voice here is strings not thick 'Hollywood' strings, but almost ethereal beauty that sounds like at any minute the sound could be shattered. Being something of a romance, the score was always going to be a little more traditional than some of his percussion and weird instrument efforts, but is no less skillfully written. Fortunately, Meet Joe Black falls into the latter category. Thomas Newman does frustrate me at times, but at other times, his music is some of the most classy and beautifully composed you'll find in Hollywood today.
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