{"id":4312,"date":"2012-02-16T16:29:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2012-05-27T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T18:58:09","slug":"mp3-journey-2-the-mysterious-island-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4312","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Journey 2 – The Mysterious Island (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label: Water Tower\/ Released: February 7, 2012<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 20 tracks \/ (65:45)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Downloadable album from Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Andrew Lockington<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

For the sequel to Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D<\/a><\/strong> (2008), it seemed rather mandatory to bring back composer Andrew Lockington, since his score fed off the visual scope of the first film\u2019s location cinematography, and the old fashioned escapism of the story in which characters travel to a forbidden land, and encounter all kinds of weird and wonderful creatures and misadventures.<\/p>\n

Taking place in a tropical \u2018lost\u2019 island, the sequel allowed Lockington to revisit his rich Journey<\/strong> theme, but it\u2019s quoted partly for continuity, since the new location and new characters (only the son from the first film returns) mandated new themes and a whole new big orchestral sound \u2013 delivered this time with Polynesian and Melanesian percussion.<\/p>\n

Sometimes the ethnic percussion is used for dramatic hits \u2013 such as announcing the foreboding \u201cIsland Reveal\u201d before a sweeping melodic theme recap, with full chorus and brass \u2013 whereas in more tense cues the percussion is seamlessly integrated into the score\u2019s orchestral fabric.<\/p>\n

There are many standout cues in Journey 2<\/strong>, but the real star is Lockington\u2019s writing which just booms with old fashioned energy without being bombastic, and swerves into character-heavy themes deliberately evoking the heavy string writing of classic eighties adventure scores. Like Journey<\/strong> and City of Ember<\/strong> (2009), the depth of the orchestra\u2019s instrumental DNA is huge, yet every element is used with precision, and some of the orchestrated nuances are remarkable, be it multiple flittering images of brass, or the gentle application of harp and flutes over an otherwise standard theme swelling on strings.<\/p>\n

Cues such as \u201cThe Treehouse\u201d bubble with a gentle verve and light humour, and more moody cues such as \u201cThe Swamp\u201d still have a slight lightness due to the return of harp and strings, and flighty (and very Goldsmithian) woodwinds at cue\u2019s very end. The action material is a great mix of modern and traditional rhythms, as in the pounding \u201cFinding the Nautilus\u201d which keeps building towards a heavy percussion finale, enhanced by brass and some light electrified bass. \u201cThe Nautilus Escapes\u201d has more synthetic rhythm mobiles and steep dynamics between low pulses and heavy brass, but some of the most kinetic material is at the beginning of the album (as well as the \u201cMain Titles,\u201d repositioned at the CD\u2019s end) which begs any listener to crank the volume of this exceptionally engineered album.<\/p>\n

Also included as a bonus: the Rock\u2019s film version of \u201cWhat a Wonderful World,\u201d with new lyrics and some lighthearted attitude; and a single version of the original song at the album\u2019s end that\u2019s a total throwback to seventies lounge orchestrations with an eighties big band finale.<\/p>\n

Note: an interview <\/a>with composer Andrew Lockington is also available.<\/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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