I remember being wildly impressed by Silent Running‘s special effects when I saw it–probably on a black-and-white TV, come to think of it–sometime in the ’70s. It was the coolest thing ever between 2001 and Star Wars, man.
But only today did I discover that the soundtrack was by PDQ Bach–er, I mean, Peter Shickele.
Does the movie hold up? I have no idea–I haven’t seen it since, so it’s still got that “I’m 13 and this is kewl!” glow in my memory.
James Lileks, who is very close to my age, and thanks to whom I had the above soundtrack epiphany, certainly doesn’t think so.
