Walter Samuel
Abridged analytical notes on the film music of Klaus Harmony.
Hamburg, 1997
Much has been written in terms of biographical background to Killer Tits (Gefährliche Brüste) and not without good reason. For Klaus Harmony to have agreed to score a movie depicting the death of his own fourth wife is the instinct of an uncompromising artist indeed. The tenderness of Shave & Shine is its most laudable virtue, with percussion subtly invoking images of his wife, Lola, grooming herself. A fretless bass obbligato lovingly depicts the elegance of the actress in her boudoir. Certainly, less tender moments appear in the score and it is in these, perhaps, where Harmony's integrity is most impressive. This piece continues to stand, however, among the more enduring passages of the soundtrack and it is, conceivably, because of the affection it engenders.