{"id":4424,"date":"2012-03-13T13:17:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2012-03-13T13:17:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:17:24","slug":"cd-sherlock-season-1-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4424","title":{"rendered":"CD: Sherlock – Season 1 (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Silva Screen\/ Released: January 30 , 2012<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 19 tracks \/ (57:38)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Also available as a downloadable album.<\/p>\n

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Composer: David Arnold, Michael Price<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Perhaps taking a nod from Hans Zimmer\u2019s Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] film scores (and maybe a slight homage to Ron Grainer), composers David Arnold and Michael Price make extensive use of the cimbalom and heavy, bass-friendly rhythm for the BBC\u2019s revamped series, where Holmes and Watson are present day sleuths, but the overall tone of Silva\u2019s album is much more reserved.<\/p>\n

Selections from Season 1\u2019s first six episodes is decidedly low-key, with action and bombast replaced with more straightforward theme variations and somber suspense tracks. Action bits (the Zimmerlisch \u201cPink\u201d) tend to occur in short spurts (such as the brassy \u201cPursuit,\u201d with horns mimicking a seething traffic jam), and the series\u2019 theme is more recurrent in its complete form rather than striking deconstructions. The album regularly snakes between grim and introspective material (\u201cPink\u201d) as well, which does give the album some variation in moods, but at almost an hour, things do get a little repetitive, particularly since most cues feel like transitional and montage material, lacking room to fully develop, and recapping motifs almost verbatim.<\/p>\n

Some standout cues include \u201cWhich Bottle?\u201d with its driving pulse and shrill string ostinato, the soft vocal in the lovely \u201cElegy,\u201d the clacking Asian percussion in Targets,\u201d the electronic-fused \u201cLibrary Books,\u201d and \u201cNumber Systems\u201d with its radical shift from period to electric guitar styles.<\/p>\n

Arnold and Price\u2019s music does face a slight challenge under the shadows of Zimmer\u2019s potent film scores (neither film nor TV series are directly related), but the nuances do shine after repeated listening.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB: Arnold<\/a> \/ Price <\/a>— Soundtrack Album <\/a>— Composer Filmographies: Arnold <\/a>\/\u00a0Price<\/a><\/p>\n

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