{"id":3501,"date":"2011-08-30T23:33:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T03:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2011-08-30T23:33:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T03:33:37","slug":"cd-being-human-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3501","title":{"rendered":"CD: Being Human (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label:\u00a0 Silva Screen Records <\/a>\/ Released: March 7, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length:\u00a0 24 tracks \/ (45:50)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes:\u00a0 8-page colour booklet with brief liner notes.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Richard Wells<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Although the liner notes don\u2019t really detail the CD\u2019s full scope, it seems this collection gathers the main theme and music specifically from Season 2, episodes 7 and 8, which ensures the album has a solid dramatic and thematic flow instead of neatly arranged theme variations spanning 2 seasons.<\/p>\n

Richard Wells\u2019 main theme is woven throughout most of the cues, but they include complete renditions \u2013 namely the acoustic guitar version in the titular first track \u2013 and shredded-up versions, such as the electrified and distorted \u201cBox Tunnel Massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps the album\u2019s strongest qualities is the mix of quiet, kinetic, ambient, and profane cues, and the way Wells frequently returns to his theme on guitar, as though the acoustic rendition is both its purest, and its most affecting. A version using keyboards and gravely toned strings (\u201cResurrection\u201d) is also memorable, as are \u201cLeaving\u201d and \u201cMolly\u201d which delve into folk arrangements, using deep clarinet tones to carry the main theme.<\/p>\n

Most of the cues vary between under a minute to just under six, but the overall brevity of most cuts isn\u2019t too grave an issue, since the shortest tend to lead towards meatier theme statements and tense dramatic versions. \u201cBeautiful Chaos\u201d gradually moves from foreboding ambiance to grungy chase music, and \u201cAnnie\u2019s Door,\u201d the longest cut, wraps up all of Wells\u2019 abstract ideas into a tense cue that closes the album\u2019s main conflicts before a brief character and thematic cliffhanger statements.<\/p>\n

Silva\u2019s album features the usual solid mastering, showing off excellent bass and Wells\u2019 fine orchestration details, and hopefully this is the first of several albums culled from the series \u2013 either on CD, or perhaps as digital exclusives for series fans.<\/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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Return to:\u00a0Home \/\u00a0Soundtrack \u00a0Reviews \/ B . Rating: Very Good Label:\u00a0 Silva Screen Records \/ Released: March 7, 2011 Tracks & Album Length:\u00a0 24 tracks \/ (45:50) . Special Notes:\u00a0 8-page colour booklet with brief liner notes. . Composer: Richard Wells . . Review: Although the liner notes don\u2019t really detail the CD\u2019s full scope, […]<\/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":[20],"tags":[695,696],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-Ut","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501"}],"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=3501"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3530,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3501\/revisions\/3530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}