Don't Look Now Soundtrack CD
Don’t Look Now.
1973, Paramount.
Pino Donaggio.
TER, CD, 1989, CDTER 1007.
Rating: 
This well crafted psychic chiller, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie, about a couple whose grief for their dead daughter is derailed by a psychic’s disturbing premonitions, is an atmospheric tour de force of visual tricks and twists. Pino Donaggio’s beautifully understated score largely hangs on the simplicity and versatility of its main theme (‘John’s Theme’) which features first as a childlike motif at the beginning of the film (‘John’s Theme: Children Play’) before maturing into a fully fledged love theme (‘John’s Theme: Love Scene’). Donaggio’s trademark staccato strings, here combined with woodwind, percussive and some electronic effects, as the horror elements kick-in, (‘Christine Is dead’) are given a less glossy, pre-Brian De Palma edginess (Donaggio composed scores for many of the director’s slick thrillers, including ‘Body Double’, ‘Carrie’ and ‘Dressed To Kill’) that plays well alongside the film’s decaying Venetian settings. Though most of the score is written to convey the thoughts and feelings of Sutherland’s character, who takes a more integral role in the story, cues written from Laura’s (Christie) perspective are beautifully judged, with soft strings and Spanish guitar. An atmospheric and extremely European sounding score with plenty of panache.
Don’t Look Now Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. John’s Theme (Children Play)
2. Christine Is Dead
3. Candles for Christine
4. John’s Theme (Love Scene)
5. Strange Happenings
6. John’s Theme (Laura Leaves Venice)
7. John’s Vision (Laura’s Theme)
8. Searching for Laura (Laura’s Theme)
9. Through the Streets of Venice
10. Laura Comes Back
11. Dead End
12. Laura’s Theme (The Last Farewell)
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