Jerry Goldsmith
's most provocative feature film score,
Basic Instinct
brilliantly evokes the sex and suspense that together galvanize the onscreen narrative. Ominous piano, stiletto-sharp bursts of strings, and bubbling
electronics
combine to capture lust in all its myriad forms, from carnal desire to murderous rage, as well as delineate the subtle differences between each iteration.
Goldsmith
scores the film's notoriously graphic sex scenes with particular aplomb, achieving what can only be described as an
orchestral
orgasm as the music builds to its climax. For all its sophistication and invention,
is above all the work of a dirty old man, and it's fascinating. ~ Jason Ankeny