{"id":21,"date":"2010-08-27T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T16:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=931"},"modified":"2010-08-27T12:34:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T16:34:41","slug":"piranhas-piranhas-everywhere-%e2%80%93-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"Piranhas, Piranhas, Everywhere \u2013 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Piranha3D_teaser_poster_s.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-933\" title=\"Piranha3D_teaser_poster_s\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Piranha3D_teaser_poster_s-202x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Although the review for Alexandre Aja\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/p2r\/3689_Piranha3D.htm\">Piranha  3D<\/a><\/strong> (Alliance)  was uploaded way back on Saturday, it\u2019s been a busy week, hence it\u2019s \u2018official\u2019  announcement in this blog, alongside an interview with the film\u2019s composer,  Michael Wandmacher.<\/p>\n<p>I interviewed Wandmacker back in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/exclusives\/Exclusives_Wandmacher_2008_1.htm\">2008 \/  2009<\/a> regarding his first 3D film, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/m\/3451_MyBloodyValentine2009.htm\">My  Bloody Valentine 3D<\/a><\/strong> (2009), and in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/exclusives\/Exclusives_Wandmacher_2010_1.htm\">new conversation<\/a> we discuss scoring for 3D, in addition to the score\u2019s orchestral-electronic  design, and Alexandre Aja, maker of some of the bleakest statements on  humanity. (Go see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/f\/2985_Furia.htm\">Furia<\/a><\/strong>. Not  happy film. Nope.)<\/p>\n<p>My review of the Lakeshore soundtrack album (score only)  will appear in an upcoming issue of Rue Morgue. Though not as overtly  theme-based as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/c\/CD_0143_CryWolf2005.htm\">Cry_Wolf<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>My Bloody Valentine<\/strong>, it is a fun  score, with a clear emphasis on Angry Fish Wanting Meat.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Rue Morgue Magazine, those wanting further  details on the 2010 as well as Joe Dante\u2019s 1978 version of <strong>Piranha<\/strong> should check out the current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rue-morgue.com\/magazine.php\" >August issue<\/a>, which is loaded  with details, and another beautiful cover.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s actually not fair to use the term \u201cversion\u201d because the  2010 film isn\u2019t a sequel nor remake of anything; it\u2019s just another killer fish  tale, with its director and writers drawing the bets ideas from classic 70s  drive-in fare, which also includes the last entry, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/p2r\/3149_Piranha2.htm\">Piranha  2: The Spawning<\/a><\/strong>, where the fish <em>fly<\/em>.  (Part Duh was directed by then-newcomer James Cameron, and featured a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/cd_lp_reviews\/p2r\/CD_0023_Piranha2.htm\">score<\/a> by  veteran genre composer Stelvio Cipriani.)<\/p>\n<p>Next week in Part 2 of this peek at the <strong>Piranha<\/strong> franchise, I\u2019ll have reviews of Dante\u2019s 1978 film, as well  as Pino Donaggio\u2019s score, as well as Roger Corman\u2019s 1995 cash-in remake for  cable TV.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>,  Editor<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">KQEK.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film review of Alexandre Aja&#8217;s Piranha 3D (2010), plus an interview with composer Michael Wandmacher on creating music for killer fish within the 3D realm&#8230;<\/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":[4,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"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=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}