{"id":3046,"date":"2011-06-11T14:37:03","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2011-06-11T14:37:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-11T18:37:03","slug":"soundtrack-reviews-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3046","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Another quartet of soundtrack reviews are up including Andrew Hewitt\u2019s Submarine <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] (MovieScore Media), a film just released in Canadian theatres; Martin Phipps\u2019 wonderful Brighton Rock <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] (Silva Screen Records), come soon to home video in England; Marco Beltrami\u2019s Scream 4<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (Varese Sarabande); and Darren Callahan\u2019s second score for a non-existent film, Alien Terrain <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] (Phantom Soundtracks).<\/p>\n

Hewitt\u2019s score is quite sparse (due in large part to the film\u2019s heavy song content), but MSM\u2019s decision to release the score digitally is a good move towards demonstrating brief soundtracks deserving some commercial release \u2013 with digital being the most widespread and cost-effective.<\/p>\n

Phipps\u2019 music for Brighton Rock <\/strong>is one of the most refreshing scores in years, and while the movie hasn\u2019t gotten effusive reviews, the score deserves a generous nod. Gorgeous chorals and an addictive, simple little vocal theme that doesn\u2019t leave the head for days. When the film makes its U.K. home video debut at the end of June, I\u2019ll have a review of the original 1947 film, which remains unavailable in Region 1 land due to utter neglect. It\u2019s a fine early work by a young (and non-balding) Richard Attenborough as Graham Greene\u2019s famous child-thug, and features one of the emotionally cruelest endings ever.<\/p>\n

Scream 4<\/strong> may not have been a necessary film (no one seemed to care during its theatrical run, but many franchise efforts are made for home video and ancillary markets, so it doesn\u2019t really matter in the long run), but the release of a score and song album certain rekindled an interest in the original Scream<\/strong> (1996) score. Yes, the first film, which brought Beltrami into the spotlight as a new talent to watch. Varese\u2019s CD Club has issued the score \u2013 complete \u2013 as a limited CD (2000 copies) \u2013 so the wait is over.<\/p>\n

One can presumably toss away the bootlegs that emerged when it was clear no one was willing top spend the cash to issue a score-only CD, but the 15 year wait is finally over. Seriously. FIFTEEN YEARS for the music from a contemporary horror film, acknowledged by most critics as a modern classic soon after its theatrical release, to get its proper CD release. \u2018Bout bloody time. Watch for my review in Rue Morgue Magazine.<\/p>\n

Alien Terrain<\/strong> as a film only exists in the head of composer Darren Callahan, but it\u2019s such a well-crafted score that one can easily imagine characters, situations, and conflicts (though the track titles help make things a bit more precise). Like Spikes <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] (2010), it\u2019s music inspired by a idea rather than an actual film, and it works beautifully, evoking vintage primordial synth gear.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soundtrack reviews of Andrew Hewitt’s Submarine (MovieScore Media), Martin Phipps’ Brighton Rock (Silva Screen), Marco Beltrami’s Scream 4 (Varese Sarabande), and Darren Callahan’s Alien Terrain (Phantom Soundtracks)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[1],"tags":[526,524,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-N8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}