{"id":4740,"date":"2012-04-23T07:57:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4740"},"modified":"2012-04-23T07:57:57","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T11:57:57","slug":"cd-hugo-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4740","title":{"rendered":"CD: Hugo (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label: HOWE Records\/ Released: November 22, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 21 tracks \/ (67:42)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 8-page colour booklet.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Howard Shore<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Howard Shore\u2019s Oscar-nominated fantasy score is filled with a rich balance of melody and buoyant atmosphere, and his central theme is one of his loveliest \u2013 a flowing melody with a slightly melancholic arch, and instrumentation often including a musette<\/a> for romance, a piano for tenderness, and fiddle for slight tongue-in-cheek humour.<\/p>\n

Set in 1930, Shore\u2019s score has plenty of time to introduce his theme, establish mood variations and create a sense of mystique and yearning. Many cues are propelled by steady pulses or circular motifs tied to the rhythm of the story\u2019s clocks.<\/p>\n

The pensive introduction to \u201cThe Plan\u201d (with its somewhat drunken percussion beats) also recalls a silent film montage, as does \u201cA Ghost in the Station\u201d which is a bit more action-oriented, yet within the score there are few big orchestral surges. Shore\u2019s approach is to remain light, adding slightly darker colours with subtle instrumental changes, or a gradual build which often skips between moods, sudden pauses. The few ominous sounds are always tied to a child\u2019s exaggerated perspective of what may lie in dark corners, and cause distorted moving shadows, and it’s his musical equivalent that makes Hugo<\/strong> such a bubbly work, written with exceptional detail and lightness.<\/p>\n

Available from Shore\u2019s own HOWE Records, the soundtrack album features more than an hour of music, and crisp engineering preserves the nuances of Shore\u2019s orchestra, and featured instrumental soloists, plus the vocal theme version performed by Zaz.<\/p>\n

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

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IMDB <\/a>— Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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