Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews of Nima Fakhrara’s The Signal and Marco Beltrami’s Snowpiercer (both from Varese Sarabande) + Ceiri Torjussen’s Test (MovieScore Media) and Jeff Grace’s Hellbenders (Screamworks).
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CD: Hellbenders (2012)
J.T. Petty’s first crack as a writer-director was scored by versatile Jeff Grace (The Roost, The Innkeepers), and the story’s balance of antiquated evil in contemporary times is reflected in a score that similarly juggles old and new world sounds…
CD: Signal, The (2014)
Newcomer Nima Fakhrara delivers a striking futuristic score using a blend of electronics and ancient organic sounds for The Signal, somewhat evoking the glassy tones of Cliff Martinez (Solaris). After a loosely constructed main theme, The Signal quickly…
CD: Snowpiercer (2013)
In a weird quirk of fate, Snowpiercer is another epic post-apocalyptic tale scored by Marco Beltrami in which a major creative force on the producing end felt the film needed some ‘fixing,’ but unlike WWZ (2013), Joon-ho Bong’s film…
CD: Test (2013)
After working on several high profile scores for Marco Beltrami, orchestrator-composer Ceiri Torjussen branches out with this often amusing dramatic score set in 1985, featuring ridiculously accurate renderings of Tangerine Dream…
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