The Bride. Maurice Jarre (1985)

After the creation of his Creature (Clancy Brown), Dr. Frankenstein (Sting) researches and creates the perfect woman, Eva (Jennifer Beals), to be the mate of the Creature. However, the anxiety of the Creature creates havoc in the laboratory, which is burnt down and explodes. Dr. Frankenstein believes the Creature died, but he has fled to the woods. Soon he meets and befriends the dwarf Rinaldo (David Rappaport), who gives him the name Viktor. Frankenstein becomes obsessed with Eva, while she and Viktor have a strange connection. The director Franc Roddam turned to Maurice Jarre for the music, one of the few composers around at the time who would have been able to really capture the spirit of Franz Waxman’s score for the very first Frankenstein adaptation in 1935. Jarre’s lush, romantic music is one of the real gems of his career. His big theme combines ondes martenot and full orchestra. Heard a few times through the score, it’s a memorable and highly-attractive piece. “Frankenstein“ is a surprising, comic piece that seems a little out of place, thought the film was made in such a way that for the most part the music was limited to short bridges between scenes.