Dave Grusin - The Cure (1995)

Tracklist

1 First Visit 1:52
2 Battleship 1:20
3 Shopping Cart Ride 1:20
4 "Soon As They Find A Cure..." 1:52
5 Candy Montage 1:33
6 Gathering Leaves 2:12
7 Bedtime/Big Changes 2:54
8 Mississippi Montage 2:07
9 "Make Mine A T-Bone" 1:34
10 A Million Light Years 3:17
11 Found Money 2:13
12 Chase & Confrontation 2:46
13 Going Home 2:59
14 "We Call It A Miracle" 1:56
15 Rain/Realization 1:41
16 Requiem 3:25
17 Last Visit 2:17
18 Down The River/End Credits 5:30

Dave Grusin's score to the little-seen but poignant coming-of-age tale The Cure proves as subtly affecting as the film itself. The music's gentle strings and playful woodwinds sweetly capture the innocence of childhood without trafficking in schmaltz. Grusin's uncommon flair for evoking particular moments in place and time is put to good use here as he effortlessly captures the pastoral splendor of summertime in the Deep South. More important, he treats the film's subject matter -- a Huckleberry Finn-inspired odyssey in search of a cure for the HIV virus -- with admirable restraint, eschewing heart-tugging treacle in favor of light, organic melodies that celebrate life instead of mourning its loss.~Jason Ankeny