{"id":3642,"date":"2011-10-03T13:29:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T17:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3642"},"modified":"2011-10-03T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T17:29:48","slug":"cd-drive-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=3642","title":{"rendered":"CD: Drive (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Lakeshore Records\/ Released: September 27, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 19 tracks \/ (70:19)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: (none).<\/p>\n

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Composer: Cliff Martinez<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Lakeshore\u2019s soundtrack CD for Drive<\/strong> shows solid musical continuity between songs and score, likely due to director Nicolas Winding Refn wanting Cliff Martinez\u2019s score to be stylistically in sync with the pre-selected songs that deliberately evoke eighties electronica.<\/p>\n

Unlike Martinez\u2019s score for Traffic<\/strong> (2000) \u2013 perhaps Drive<\/strong>\u2019s closest musical cousin \u2013 his latest effort straddles the border between semi-thematic material and ambient sound design, aiming for a character\u2019s emotional state and shifting levels of tension rather than onscreen action. For a film with a moving vehicle and brooding violence, the action cues have been heavily reduced to tense little sonic pulses, around which tones hover and morph into ephemeral chords. Sounds are constantly intersecting (\u201cHammer\u201d being a perfect example), and there\u2019s rarely a moment when the score allows one to settle into a solid, restive moment.<\/p>\n

Brief cues such as \u201cWrong Floor\u201d come close \u2013 compacting a moment of self-reflection into a mini-musical homily \u2013 but Drive<\/strong> is really an intense snapshot of a man\u2019s decision that goes sour, and the rapid consequences that intensify his stress level, pushing him to a point of no return.<\/p>\n

The lengthy \u201cOn the Beach\u201d is a great m\u00e9lange of frayed sonics, buzzing electric light fixtures, and thick swathes of synth chords, with each section bringing on a new wave of sound design until a riffing guitar and bass pulses bring everything to a rapid close. \u201cBride of Deluxe\u201d and \u201cOn the Beach\u201d also recall Tangerine Dream\u2019s use of thick, ethereal chords (particularly \u201cThe Black Soldiers\u201d in The Keep<\/strong>) which give the drama extra intensity.<\/p>\n

Of the 5 source cues that precede the score suite, only one breaks up the mood (an odd rendition of Riz Ortolani\u2019s \u201cOh My Love\u201d), but Drive<\/strong> is a satisfying little work that will please fans of vintage synth sonics, and music that wavers between impressionism and abstraction.<\/p>\n

Read an interview <\/a>with composer Cliff Martinez regarding the scoring of Drive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Composer’s Website<\/a> — \u00a0Album Release<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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