{"id":2501,"date":"2011-03-12T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2011-06-10T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T17:06:30","slug":"mp3-cuckoo-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2501","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Cuckoo (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: MovieScore Media<\/a> (Sweden)\/ Released: December 14, 2010<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 17 tracks \/ (31:17)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Available as a MP3 downloadable album + CD.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Andrew Hewitt<\/p>\n

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Andrew Hewitt\u2019s feature film debut is this richly designed thriller score patterned along the harmonic architecture of Ennio Morricone eighties’ thrillers, emphasizing slow developing cues and a multitude of rhythmic patterns spun off from a simple 4-note theme.<\/p>\n

The opening cut is both a theme and mood statement, performed by chamber strings, which seems to reflect the internal demons of the film\u2019s lead character \u2013 a professor obsessed with a pretty student. In its most basic form, long chords lay out the narrow bass tones, which tie-in to the lead aggressor\u2019s hyper-focusing on his shapely subject, while small piercing tones evoke a kind of melody of mental discord.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a repeated pattern that mimics the professor’s destructive circuitous thoughts, from which Hewitt creates several suspenseful cues. “Blood Thicker Than Water,\u201d for example, begins with an ostinato around which variations seem to trail behind by a few beats, after which the order of thematic notes reverse and twist until a harp is brought into the all-string ensemble for an unresolved fadeout.<\/p>\n

In \u201cCrossing the Line\u201d Hewitt sticks to sustained notes, with subtle acoustic guitar plucking in the background. \u201cTangible Truth\u201d presents the theme in an overtly Morricone style, with driving rhythms and sustained chords on strings, and piercing tones performed on alto sax.<\/p>\n

Not unlike Wolfram de Marco\u2019s score for Loft<\/strong> (2008), much of the album consists of a singular theme kept in a tense, suspenseful state, and the overall mood is quite claustrophobic. At just over half an hour, Cuckoo<\/strong> is a compact portrait of an obsessive mind, and a fine showcase for Hewitt\u2019s skilled writing and orchestrations.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2011 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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Related links:<\/p>\n

MP3: Submarine <\/a>(2011)<\/p>\n

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CD: \u00a0Loft<\/a><\/strong> (2008)<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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