Score Reviews for

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

A big assist comes from Gary Lionelli’s full-bodied score, with jazzy retro funk riffs that add excitement to the early scenes and more bluesy, somber sounds in the later action. – Hollywood Reporter

…Gary Lionelli’s confident score, whose shape and rhythms recalls “Shaft!” – Roger Ebert

Often accompanied by a groovy, ’70s-style score of the Lalo Schifrin jazz-funk variety, the 60-something Bronx man Harry is certainly trying his darndest to maintain some semblance of that past. – Variety

The score by Gary Lionelli complements the film’s tonal balance beautifully, blending jazzy, retro textures with more somber, reflective passages as Harry’s options narrow. Music becomes another layer of memory, echoing the city’s past while underscoring the fragility of its present. –The Cinema Group

To make this all come together, director Noah Segan gets an incredible score from Gary Lionelli. – FandomWire

The action is lifted perfectly by Gary Lionelli’s phenomenal score. – MacGuffin or Meaning

Set to Gary Lionelli’s somber score of jazzy horns and percussion, the film is an expertly efficient 88-minute character study-cum-mood piece – The Daily Beast

Gary Lionelli’s score, with its notes of jazz and funk, only enhances the melancholy mood. – Screendaily

The jazzy score gives it personality – Reviews on Reels

With its cozy bass-and-brass score by Gary Lionelli and grounded, no-frills cinematography, the film calls to mind the city-set crime masterpieces of the ’70s and ’80s. – Next Best Picture

Composer Gary Lionelli honors the jazz-esque tempo with which Harry operates by delivering a bouncy, fleet-of-foot score. – IGN