Little Man Tate Soundtrack CD
Little Man Tate.
1991, Orion.
Mark Isham.
Verese Sarabande, CD, 1991, VSD-5343
Rating: 
Jodie Foster starred in and directed this off-beat tale of a super-brainy kid, Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd), whose enrolment in a school for the gifted brings his working class young mother (Foster) into conflict with his middleclass, psychologist tutor (Dianne Weist). Mark Isham has written a catchy, jazz influenced score full of strong melodies that reflects Fred’s (and his mother’s) quirky, sometimes disorganised behaviour, headlined by the infectious ‘Little Man Swing‘. While there are plenty of uplifting moments here, including the playful ‘Fred And Dede’, the summery, ‘A Walk On The Cool Side’ and the energetic, ‘The Combustion Bounce’, these are off-set by more melancholic cues that reflect the lonelier side of being a child prodigy in a world of adult academics; ‘Shadowplay’ and ‘White Iris’, covey this well, while the standout, ‘Clipper Ships’, effectively combines the isolation of Fred’s predicament with the heightened, almost manic thirst for knowledge that accompanies it. A breezy, highly accessible summer score.
Little Man Tate Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Little Man Swing.
2. Little Man Lost.
3. With And Without Science.
4. A Walk On The Cool Side.
5. Fred And Dede.
6. Shadowplay.
7. Missing You Too.
8. Clipper Ships.
9. White Iris.
10. Kids And Grownups.
11. The Combustion Bounce.
12. Books, Dreams And Shadows.
13. Home And Not Alone.
14. The Little Man Swing (Reprise).
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