----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Denis Hennelly wrote (some time ago)" "And I also found the soundtrack very distracting. Loud, dramatic swellings of music at every turn. Along with talking in films (which I would list as one of the most greivous faults of the cinematic world, expel these traitors forever from public theaters!) I have found soundtracks of late to be more and more self-aggrandizing without reason... anyone else notice this trend towards the grand and operatic throughout entire films?" It's not necessarily *that* new a trend (remember the "Tara" theme?) but I agree that it is annoying when the music is expected to signal the emotional weight of a scene. In IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU, an otherwise enjoyable and lowkey romantic comedy, the scene where Bridget Fonda agrees to share the lottery winnings with Nick Cage is highlighted by a circling camera and a *big* thumping score, both of which were totally unnecessary--it made me think more of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN than the kind of Capraesque tone that the film seemed to be trying to evoke. --Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN