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Rating: A generational cult from 1979, at a superficial glance it may seem like a typical action movie, but with several thorough views, you can see it is one of the most revolutionary films of all time! Young New Yorkers, white, black, yellow, latinos, fat, skinny, rich kids, starving kids, all united to fight a single enemy that is too big, "the helmets", protectors of the powerful and the false society... Beautiful, isn't it?
A film with such a multi-ethnic cast requires a rather eclectic soundtrack. Ten pieces featuring rock, blues, funk, soul, and psychedelia. The main protagonist of this soundtrack is Barry De Vorzon, a composer specializing in soundtracks. Don't worry, he's not Ennio Morricone, but he knows what he's doing despite growing up with Doo-Wop (eheheh). For this film he managed to create a main theme almost worthy of the best Pink Floyd ("The Warriors"), psychedelia that provides plenty of adrenaline. By modifying it, he made the fight version ("The Fight") and subsequently the version for fleeing the neighborhood of baseball psychopaths ("Baseball Furies Chase").
Another character worth mentioning is Joe Walsh, who, in addition to his presence in the Eagles, can boast numerous collaborations with Ringo Starr. On this occasion, he collaborates with De Vorzon for "In The City", the title track, a simply rock piece, classic yet in these instances never banal, with a happy ending. And the funk? Mandrill takes care of that (a group of four "horn-playing" brothers born in Panama but raised in the Big Apple, they released eleven records just in the '70s), who honor the Boppers from Harlem with "Echoes in my Mind". And the blues? The legendary Johnny Vastano handles that with "You're Movin' Too Slow" and also collaborates with Genya Ravan for "Love is a Fire". The record closes with a track dedicated directly to the rough warriors of the night who are the protagonists of this film, "Lost of an Ancient Breed" written by Desmond Child, a pop-rockish track, with a glam twist.
DeBaser Moralists Users, if you did not enjoy this film because of the too brawly atmosphere, think about it, for a brawl you need a predisposition for it, tenacity, grit, ability to improvise, group compactness (and if things go wrong, everyone makes their own way), just like music, right? I don't want to incite violence, but since it's election period and there are always the usual clowns, what can save us if not a coup d'état?
"Can you dig it? ...Can you dig it?"
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