{"id":4307,"date":"2012-02-16T13:31:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4307"},"modified":"2012-02-16T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:31:31","slug":"cd-adventures-of-tintin-the-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4307","title":{"rendered":"CD: Adventures of Tintin, The (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Sony Classical<\/a>\/ Released: December 13, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 18 tracks \/ (65:39)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 8-page colour booklet with liner notes by director Steven Spielberg.<\/p>\n

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Composer: John Williams<\/p>\n

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John Williams\u2019 second 2011 score for Steven Spielberg, after the superlative War Horse<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>], finds the composer back in the zippy, fluid orchestral writing designed to grab audiences and take them on the same buoyant journey as the film\u2019s titular character.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s much in common here with Williams\u2019 Indiana Jones <\/strong>and Harry Potter <\/strong>scores (and maybe a little bit of Home Alone <\/strong>and Jurassic Park<\/strong>) \u2013 it\u2019s ripe with big sweeping movements and fabulous interplay between brass and huge waves of strings \u2013 and typical with any action \/ adventure animated film, the music must keep in time with screen movement, making much of the album an energetic orchestral trip. Moods range from mystical to death-defying danger (all stitched together in \u201cRed Rackham\u2019s Curse and the Treasure\u201d), and Williams expertly saves the use of the full orchestra for specific hits of danger or lucky evasiveness.<\/p>\n

Most cues have an element of constant propulsion, be it a slight, revolving bass pulse, or the composer\u2019s patented style of having groups of brass and strings gliding through their own respective parts to create a continuous flow of motion, with busy figures and swirling figures briefly interrupted by short, pensive tonal pauses.<\/p>\n

Buffering the kinetic cues are plenty of tongue-in-cheek moments, such as the lumbering (but lightly orchestrated) \u201cCaptain Haddock Takes the Oars\u201d which eventually crests with trilling strings and a cymbal shimmer; or the swaggering brass in \u201cThe Flight to Bagghar,\u201d with gentle piano and concertina which Williams quickly transforms into a slight jazzy dialogue between instruments, making boastful statements before a fadeout.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a slight dose of exotica in \u201cCapturing Mr. Silk,\u201d with its brief slide into quasi-Arabic harmonics, and \u201cPresenting Bianca Castafiore\u201d starts off with a lovely Parisian atmosphere with concertina and a flowing melody before a brief operatic interlude (and concluding broken glass sound effects). That cue marks the score\u2019s midpoint, and pretty much what follows through to the end is sustained action, such as the syncopated rhythms in the flighty \u201cThe Pursuit of the Falcon.\u201d Only \u201cThe Captain\u2019s Counsel,\u201d with its combination of mystical sounds and brief allusions to \u201cCaptain Haddock\u2019s Oars\u201d offers a respite.<\/p>\n

While Tintin<\/strong> doesn\u2019t offer a memorable, lasting theme (at least not until the finale, \u201cThe Adventure Continues\u201d), Williams seems to have preferred an emphasis on motion rather than melody, giving Tintin<\/strong> a whirlwind drive that never lets up after the album\u2019s first cue – itself a brief main theme statement that peers through a kind of quiet, teasing mist. One could characterize the score as an amalgam of Williams\u2019 major action motifs, but it\u2019s distinguished by an unwavering giddiness \u2013 probably an overt indication the 79 year old composer had a blast scoring his umpteenth Spielberg film, since The Sugarland Express<\/strong> (1974).<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 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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