{"id":12735,"date":"2015-12-07T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T03:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12735"},"modified":"2015-12-07T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T03:40:40","slug":"mp3-goosebumps-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12735","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Goosebumps (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Goosebumps_2015\"<\/a>Score<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label<\/strong>:\u00a0Sony Classical<\/a><\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>October 9, 2015<\/p>\n

Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong> \u00a029 tracks \/ (64:36)<\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong> Danny Elfman<\/p>\n

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

Danny Elfman returns to his inner Beetlejuice<\/b> groove with a heavy theme-based score that\u2019s rich in frenetic energy from constantly churning strings and grounded in a youthful vantage via a recurring children\u2019s choir. Most of the score\u2019s instrumentation is quite grand, but there are specifics that make Goosebumps<\/b> a very deliberate attempt to capture the fear and mistrust of kids who know when they\u2019re being hoodwinked and snookered.<\/p>\n

Throughout the score\u2019s manic cues, the brass slice through busy strings, whereas sudden pauses allow Elfman to almost reset a cue\u2019s focus my pulling back the force of his orchestra, sometimes switching to glockenspiele and woodwinds for a thematic statement that\u2019s more inquisitive than hectic.<\/p>\n

The iconic woo-wooing of the Ondes Martinot recurs in the jaunty \u201cSlappy\u2019s Revenge,\u201d and Elfman also makes more than a few nods to Bernard Herrmann with muted brass and a short cluster of heraldic notes in the same cue. \u201cLawn Gnomes\u201d echoes Herrmann\u2019s skeleton battle in Jason and the Argonauts<\/b> with a similar rhythmic structure in the first bars, and brass and strings engaged in a tug-of-war between fast chunks of triplets and lethargic versions which dissipate for a finale where Elfman works in a subtle Theremin, discrete rumbling percussion, and woody bass clarinets.<\/p>\n

The already chunky album comes with bonus tracks which more often than not repeat statements that are already represented in the album\u2019s main 17 tracks, but it\u2019s a beautifully engineered score rich with dynamic sounds, and Elfman delivering a work that draws from his own inimitable energetic style while acknowledging his love of all things Herrmann (with maybe a bit of classic Spielbergian John Williams to give the score a slightly lush, eighties veneer).<\/p>\n

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It takes a few listens, but Goosebumps<\/b> soon formulates into a near-perfect portrait of a child\u2019s immersion into whatever dark fantasies lurk under the bed, in cluttered closets, and creepy basements corners never visited without a bright flashlight.<\/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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