{"id":1604,"date":"2010-11-19T13:12:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T18:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:49:21","slug":"mp3-legend-of-the-guardians-the-owls-of-gahoole-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label<\/strong>:\u00a0Water Tower Music<\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Released:\u00a0October 26, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a017 Tracks \/ (51:25)<\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong> Winifred Phillips<\/p>\n

Special Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Downloadable album available from\u00a0iTunes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Winifred Phillips\u2019 latest score is for the XBOX 360 game\u00a0Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole<\/strong>, based on the series of books by Kathryn Lasky, and tied to Zack Snyder\u2019s animated film version released this fall.<\/p>\n

Unlike Phillips\u2019 prior scores for\u00a0Spore Hero<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0SimAnimals<\/strong>,\u00a0Guardians<\/strong>\u00a0is a much more cohesive work that follows a steady narrative in which a world is established, characters are introduced, and conflicts are rooted for the final battle between two rival owl clans.<\/p>\n

The orchestral palette is much broader, but Phillips also makes use of a few exotic instruments, such as a rapping Celtic drum and wooden clacking for more overt action cues (such as \u201cInto the Darkness\u201d and \u201cAttack at Dawn\u201d). A particularly punchy cue is \u201cDeadly Plan,\u201d with the rapping on heavy drums ping-ponging across the stereo image, and harp and strings providing a bit of mysticism during the cue\u2019s solid pacing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWild Fire\u201d is primarily percussion and agitated strings, and various flutes capture the frenzy of winged creatures avoiding the deadly trappings of heat and smoke.<\/p>\n

Chorals are integral to the grim mood of \u201cNightmare,\u201d and the orchestrations emphasize tight twists and rapidly falling harmonies. The album\u2019s middle cue, \u201cThe Shape of the Wind,\u201d provides a short respite between action sets with its gentle pacing and slowly unfolding harmonies. The eerie \u201cLegends\u201d has some interesting colours from marimba, and a thematic line that rises and descends like one of Ennio Morricone\u2019s moody harmonic clouds.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevil\u2019s Triangle\u201d continues with the eeriness from \u201cLegends,\u201d drenched in haunting voices, and warped string tones recalling vintage Hammer horror films. Female voices beckon the listener before Phillips switches to a lighter instrumentation that emphasizes hasty flight, but with an urgency to reach an endpoint, although before we reach the album\u2019s choral finale (\u201cThe Guardians\u201d) there\u2019s a few battle cues, and a lament.<\/p>\n

Phillips\u2019 integration of acoustic and electronic instruments and samples is flawless, and the album\u2019s beautifully engineered with a deep range for bass. Sharp orchestrations ensure every nuance is clearly heard.<\/p>\n

Phillips other notable work includes Assassins Creed III: Liberation<\/strong><\/a> (2012),\u00a0\u00a0Sim Animals<\/a><\/strong> (2008), Spore Hero<\/a><\/strong> (2009), and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga\u2019Hoole <\/strong>(2010).<\/p>\n

An interview <\/a>with Winifred Phillips is also available.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2010 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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