The Killer soundtrack - it is as much a holy grail for collectors as that perfect caseless rifle or Excalibur. One or two of the ballads that pretty Killer co-star Sally Yeh sang are available on her albums (I have a collection of songs Yeh sang for many of the movies she was in or hired to provide music for but it does not contain those songs). Some of the instrumental cues in The Killer derived from James Horner's soundtrack for Red Heat.
I do have the Hard Boiled soundtrack and a track or two from A Better Tomorrow. Of Woo's three American bigscreen features, I only purchased the soundtrack to Broken Arrow because the music reminded me the most of what he had his HongKong movies scored with.
Q - I was fortunate enough to see The Killer and Hard Boiled on the bigscreen. Would have caught Bullet in the Head but fate intervened.
As for Tsui Hark, I have a nodding acquaintance with that guy's work! He is maybe one of the most talented, diverse film makers (either his own or those that he produces)in the world. I heartily recommend Tsui's Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (1980) to readers of this forum. It is about ordinary schoolkids who get sucked into a whirlpool of violence after they do something stupid. Brutal brutal film. Tsui's uncompromising period movie, The Blade (1995), wasn't that much less intense.
Though it had some uneven plotting and dodgy special effects, Green Snake was a beautiful fantasy to view and listen to. Someone duped me the charming, soulful soundtrack off a CD. But the best parts of Green Snake were actressess Joey Wong and Maggie (Police Story 1 - 3, Heroic Trio, Irma Vep, Chinese Box) Cheung.
Tsui backed The Big Heat, The Killer, A Better Tomorrow 1, 2 and directed the Vietnam set part 3 (it was a prequel). He also lent creative energy to the lovely Chinese Ghost Story trilogy (Joey Wong as a spirit in animate white or red robes is as jaw dropping as that blaster you have been slavering over!!!!!!!).
But then Tsui came to America and was given two POS to direct. Go figure.
Jeff
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