‘Metropolis’ Music
In Kevin Thomas’ commentary, “Dynamic New Score for ‘Metropolis’ ” (April 20), he throws off Georgio Moroder’s 1984 score for this classic film as “disastrously inappropriate.”
What?
As a longtime student of classical piano with no particular love or understanding of modern rock music, I was thrilled when I saw Moroder’s version of “Metropolis” in 1984. Fritz Lang’s film, with its age-old themes of good vs. evil, slaves vs. masters, the heart mediating between mind and hand, etc., virtually jumps from a modern screen with Moroder’s dynamic blast of modern music. What better way is there to bring Lang’s ideas to modern people?
I recently bought a copy of Moroder’s version of “Metropolis” to show some very hip high-school-age students of mine. I felt they could more easily assimilate Lang’s thought-provoking concepts with a good dose of rock and roll. My hunch proved right.
Moroder’s score for “Metropolis” is not “disastrously inappropriate” at all--it is clever, and it is refreshingly, non-traditionally new.
HILLARY HAUSER
Summerland
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