{"id":11941,"date":"2015-08-06T13:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11941"},"modified":"2015-08-06T13:35:18","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:35:18","slug":"mp3-mr-holmes-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=11941","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Mr. Holmes (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"MrHolmes\"<\/a>Score<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label<\/strong>:\u00a0Lakeshore Records<\/a><\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0 July<\/span>\u00a024, 2015<\/p>\n

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Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong> \u00a016 tracks \/ (38:40)<\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong> Carter Burwell<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carter Burwell\u2019s never stopped working since making his debut with the Coen brothers\u2019 Blood Simple<\/strong> (1984), and although he remains the writing-directing duo\u2019s main music man, Burwell\u2019s also handled a variety of genres in film and TV, but where he\u2019s arguably at his best is crafting simple themes with minimal instrumentation for characters involved in delicate, absurd, or surreal circumstances.<\/p>\n

Burwell\u2019s Twilight<\/strong> scores didn\u2019t break any new ground, which is perhaps one reason he may have leapt at the chance to revisit the small instrumental ensemble style of his early work, notably Barton Fink<\/strong> (1991). In choosing primarily chamber string instruments, woodwinds, piano, and harp for Mr. Holmes<\/strong>, the score address the unique story of an aged Sherlock Holmes reflecting on an epic career of mysteries and unresolved cases, with an especially bittersweet tone.<\/p>\n

Burwell\u2019s themes, especially his use of chords, tend to have a slightly Celtic tenor, and when performed by strings, there\u2019s a warmness that permeates the performances, transforming even strange scenes into something more accessible. His use of a waltz tempo in the eponymous main theme sets up the score\u2019s slow dance structure, weaving through pirouettes and brief periods of reflection, or as in \u201cAnn\u2019s Plans,\u201d a wistful mysterious dance that moves from a gorgeous violin solo to a cascading harp motif that\u2019s expanded from its original 6-note arching structure.<\/p>\n

Mr. Holmes<\/strong>\u2019 main theme does recur more often as the score winds down, but it\u2019s the arrangements and meticulous performances by strong musicians that really make this small-scale score so special. Burwell\u2019s always been adept in blending assorted percussion textures in action scores with orchestra or electronics, but this breathy work really captures the mindset of a somewhat weary super-sleuth who still has his wits to solve a case, but is now mentally conditioned for a more sedate life. The music is very much about Holmes\u2019 psychological state than onscreen action, mystery or violence, and Lakeshore\u2019s CD features a beautifully mastered recording that warrants multiple plays to savor its intimacy.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2015 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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Additional Links:<\/strong>
\nEditor’s Blog<\/a> — Composer on IMDB<\/a> \u00a0— \u00a0Composer Filmography<\/a> —\u00a0 Soundtrack Album<\/a>
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Carter Burwell\u2019s never stopped working since making his debut with the Coen brothers\u2019 Blood Simple (1984), and although he remains the writing-directing duo\u2019s main music man, Burwell\u2019s also handled a variety of genres in film and TV, but where he\u2019s arguably at his best is crafting simple themes with minimal instrumentation for characters in delicate, absurd, or surreal circumstances…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1347,3846,1141],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-36B","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11952,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11941\/revisions\/11952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}