{"id":4430,"date":"2012-03-13T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4430"},"modified":"2012-03-13T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T17:04:10","slug":"cd-sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4430","title":{"rendered":"CD: Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label: Water Tower Music\/ Released: December 13, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 18 tracks \/ (57:26)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Enhanced CD includes link to bonus music & video content [U.S. only].<\/p>\n

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Composer: Hans Zimmer<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Hans Zimmer & Co. return with a slightly grimmer sound for the sequel to 2009\u2019s Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>], featuring more gothic German gravitas and gypsy clanging, and while the CD lacks the addictiveness of the first score (better album editing, tighter thematic continuity), the new effort features some great bombast that fans of Zimmer expect when characters begin to run quick and fast.<\/p>\n

After a steeped Germanic intro (nicely riffing Wagner\u2019s deliciously beautifully dreary \u201cGotterdammerung\u201d), \u201cTick Tock\u201d blasts into full fugue mode, starting large and heavy before being stripped down to muted string figures and reverberating hurdy-gurdy. Near the end, Zimmer\u2019s Sherlock theme is given its full intro, with signature ticking effects and textured rhythmic patterns.<\/p>\n

Unlike the prior score, there\u2019s a greater array of instrument samples mixed with organic sounds, and it\u2019s sometimes fascinating to hear the two twirling around each other.. \u201cChess\u201d allows Zimmer to unfurl all the facets of his main theme \u2013 tragic, kinetic, and wry \u2013 but his approach during the lengthy cue is constant chord shift and varying dynamics before a heavy percussive finale.<\/p>\n

Worked into the score are sections from \u201cDon Giovanni\u201d and \u201cDie Fiorelle,\u201d plus the use of Ennio Morricone\u2019s theme from Two Mules for Sister Sara<\/strong> (1970). The operatic extracts are surrounded by score material in cues such as \u201cTo the Opera!\u201d whereas the Morricone cue is heard on its own, and Zimmer also evokes Morricone\u2019s style in \u201cThe Mycroft Suite,\u201d borrowing a bit from \u201cPeter and the Wolf\u201d as well.<\/p>\n

More than the prior score are multiple theme renditions by a gypsy orchestra, giving Zimmer\u2019s Sherlock some very witty renditions, be it a gypsy dance version with screechy violin and clarinet; a rapping percussion variation that spins towards a dizzying finale; a brass-only lament; or a jazzy gypsy version (the best of the lot) with pizzicato strings, mordant violin solo, and cascading notes on cimbalom.<\/p>\n

Water Tower\u2019s CD also features bonus CDPlus content\u2026 but none of the downloadable materials \u2013 music & videos – are available in Canada due to region locking, making the CD\u2019s value-added content rather worthless, if not a cheat to non-participatory territories.<\/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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