{"id":12742,"date":"2015-12-07T22:38:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T03:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2015-12-07T22:38:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T03:38:46","slug":"mp3-deep-web-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=12742","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Deep Web (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"DeepWeb2015\"<\/a>Score<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

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

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>November 20, 2015<\/p>\n

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Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong> \u00a017 tracks \/ (39:34)<\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong> Pedro Bromfman<\/p>\n

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

Like the surreal and ultimately sad tale of brilliant programmer \/ convicted drug purveyor Ross Ulbricht, Pedro Bromfman\u2019s score unfolds like a series of short, odd tonal statements, offering up a series of details that gradually form into longer statements about a man with a strange mandate of making hard drugs available via an Amazon-like interface so the worst aspects of street dealing are replaced with more anonymous forms of illicit drug acquisition.<\/p>\n

Ulbricht\u2019s peculiar life is depicted in themes propelled by cyclical rhythms, covering both his insistence on refining an anarchistic distribution system and the long-reaching arms of the law which tracked, stalked, and ultimately ensnared Ulbricht. Bromfman\u2019s tones are warm and humane rather than icy and clinical, with strings adding extra emotional dimension in one of the score\u2019s longer cues, \u201cHe Did Do It.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woodiness of its instrumental timbres are replaced with an addictive chime in \u201cOperation Onymous\u201d; and a more driven rhythm with light percussion and flanging in \u201cSan Francisco Apartment,\u201d the score\u2019s central suspense theme which never resolves as Ulbricht himself remains part of a convoluted conviction. His current state in jail is neatly punctuated by \u201cThe Ulbricht Family,\u201d a gentle, somber piano version of the chiming theme, capturing the severe shock and confusion of the events of Ulbricht\u2019s conviction, and its toll on his parents.<\/p>\n

Although the album\u2019s final track doesn\u2019t offer full closure, Bromfman\u2019s decision to switch to a more organic and acoustic instrumental palette acts as a summation of the film\u2019s human elements that are central to a documentary which unfolds like a serpentine cyber-thriller.<\/p>\n

Lakeshore Records digital album is beautifully mastered, and the score resonates with neatly distilled statements on being lost in a world where legalities, trust, and resolution are loose and hazy.<\/p>\n

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

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Additional Links:<\/strong>
\nEditor’s Blog<\/a> — Film Review<\/a> —\u00a0Composer on IMDB<\/a> \u00a0— \u00a0Composer Filmography<\/a> —\u00a0 Soundtrack Album<\/a>
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