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ONLY YOU (1994) - Rachel Portman - Soundtrack Score Suite

Pure romantic fluff, the kind that graced plenty of films in the Golden and Silver Ages of Hollywood, was becoming scarce by the 1990's. The 1994 fantasy-bordering romance Only You was director Norman Jewison's attempt to resurrect the funny, illogical aspects from his 1987 hit Moonstruck and place them in lovable Italian settings. Jewison pulls several elements from the Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck classic Roman Holiday as well, including an imitation of the famous "Mouth of Truth" scene and an obvious late 80's version of Hepburn's dramatic features and short hair on actress Marisa Tomei. If you couldn't buy into the flighty and predictable plot, then the film's other major detractor, Robert Downey Jr. as a leading romantic man, would tarnish the starlit magic. Otherwise, the unashamed affection for hopeless romanticism is perfectly captured and perpetuated in the film by composer Rachel Portman, who had received this assignment due to the strength of the more dramatic early entries in her budding career. Having only begun to introduce her lush, orchestral romance style to the industry, it would be Only You that would propel Portman on to such projects as Addicted to Love, The Cider House Rules, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. Despite the film's failure to meet expectations and the brevity of the score's length due to a plethora of romantic, mostly Italian source songs in the production, Portman's simple work for Only You would cause an international stir. The lush portions of her work would be re-used for everything from mass wedding ceremonies to national beauty pageant competitions, creating a sound for the composer with which she would be forever identified. The score is the most eloquent example of Portman's mastery at using large (or potentially overdubbed) string sections of orchestras to portray faith, hope, romance, and, ultimately, happiness. Whether or not Portman's style is something you find listenable might depend on how much of a hopeless romantic you are at heart, but nevertheless, Only You epitomizes the style of Portman's music that earned her Academy Award recognition and sustained her immense popularity for about a six-year period. The soundscape in the score is very well balanced, further extending the appeal of the striking part of the score: the title love theme. Four full statements of this theme exist in Only You, including "Venice," "Positano," and the two finale cues, and these are the recordings that are pulled for usage for television spots and live events. The depth and sheer magnitude of the orchestra's performance of this theme, as simple as its construct may be, marks a milestone in the history of romantic film scores that will not be quickly forgotten. The brass section performs broad whole notes to accentuate the bass region in Barry fashion. Full-blown romance of this kind was a rarity in the 1990's, and this theme's performances would serve as a bridge in the 1990's between the mass of similarly conceived music by Georges Delerue in the previous decade and a score like Angel by Philippe Rombi in the 2000's. Sony's album for Only You features only a tad over twenty minutes of Portman's music, but every essential moment is provided. The collection of Italian romance standards is quite strong, though the more general sounds of Louis Armstrong and Michael Bolton bookending the album will likely be of greater appeal to mainstream listeners. The collection is considerably better than most song collections you hear on albums from the digital era. In the end, it was Only You that caused so many people to become fans of Rachel Portman's unique and delicate style. While her output in subsequent years gained her an Oscar and a major presence in Hollywood, even from her modest scoring abode in Great Britain, her majestic theme for Only You still stands as her crowning achievement. (http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/only...)