{"id":2798,"date":"2011-04-29T14:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2011-04-29T14:58:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T18:58:41","slug":"cd-source-code-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2798","title":{"rendered":"CD: Source Code (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Lakeshore Records \/ Released: March 29, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 16 tracks \/ (48:22)<\/p>\n

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Composer: Chris Bacon<\/p>\n

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Although Chris Bacon has conducted, orchestrated and scored additional music for a slew of high profile genre efforts by James Newton Howard, Source Code<\/strong> is Bacon\u2019s eye-catching calling card as a solo composer for drama, suspense, and action \u2013 aspects readily apparent in Lakeshore\u2019s 48 min. album which gathers strong collection of cues.<\/p>\n

Bacon\u2019s score is strangely airy, and one suspects that while the deep brass and electronic percussion textures in brooding tracks such as \u201cPiecing it Together\u201d are meant to infer looming danger, chords often glide between each other, tension stems from a flurry of staccato notes, and the harmonics invoke a slightly tongue in cheek sensibility. It\u2019s as though Bacon intentionally reminds the listener that Source Code<\/strong> is just a popcorn movie, but there are moments of quiet introspection. \u201cOne Death is Enough\u201d offers a humane statement on the character\u2019s turmoil in relieving the same trauma repeatedly, whereas \u201cI\u2019m Gonna Save Her\u201d is a more classical evocation of seething romance and heroism, with the cue\u2019s love theme given an expressive string-heavy rendition in \u201cFrozen Moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything\u2019s Gonna Be Okay\u201d closes the album with a snarly dramatic assault, but it also feels a bit abrupt, ending on a cliffhanger, and likely a signal the composer stepped aside to leave the end credits saturated with the usual song collage in place of an original end suite.<\/p>\n

Bacon\u2019s score may be a bit too mercurial for fans wanting grand, slow-burning action cues, but it\u2019s a strong debut for a composer whose prior solo efforts mainly revolved within the family genre.<\/p>\n

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

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External References:<\/p>\n

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

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