{"id":4942,"date":"2012-05-24T00:15:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T04:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2012-05-24T00:15:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T04:15:16","slug":"cd-speed-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4942","title":{"rendered":"CD: Speed (1994)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label: LLLCD-1200\/ Released: February 28, 2012<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 32 tracks \/ (69:25)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 24-page colour booklet with notes by John Takis \/ Limited to 3,000 copies..<\/p>\n

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Composer: Mark Mancina<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Mark Mancina came to the forefront of action scoring with Speed<\/strong>, a film clearly modeled on the action (and melodramatic) scoring tropes of mentor Hans Zimmer, and while not a bad thing per se, it does date the score as vintage nineties bombast.<\/p>\n

Manica\u2019s score always seemed a bit truncated on the original Fox CD \u2013 a common problem with the composer\u2019s most popular scores \u2013 and La La Land\u2019s CD features features the complete score (plus the Billy Idol tune which closed the film).<\/p>\n

In its newer, longer, and expertly mastered incarnation, Speed still holds its own as a benchmark in orchestral\/synth action music, and Mancina\u2019s own touches \u2013 sampled digital effects like a blaster beam, struck metal cables, and anvil hits \u2013 add depth to ambient cues like \u201cElevator Stall\u201d and \u201cMove!\u201d whereas clipped bass chords are part of the rhythmic devices which keep the score\u2019s most kinetic cues moving at a breakneck pace.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s main theme \u2013 a really simple collection of urgent notes \u2013 works exceptionally well because they don\u2019t come to a full resolution during most of the film. The theme\u2019s a hook designed to energize scenes, and it mirrors the ongoing conflict between the mad bomber Howard Payne and the contingent of law enforcement personnel attempting to find Payne while trying to stop the doomed, out of control bus.<\/p>\n

Fox\u2019s original CD ran more like a tight suite of dramatic moments, whereas the expanded CD adds some industrial-styled synth cues (\u201cPop Quiz\u201d), theme reiterations with slightly differing levels of urgency (such as the rippling \u201cCity Streets\u201d), or the short finale to the subway finale (\u201cRunaway Train\u201d) before the orchestral \u201cEnd Title\u201d closes the film with a sleeker, warmer theme recap to signal all is finally good.<\/p>\n

John Takis\u2019 liner notes provide an overview of the film\u2019s production and breakdown of each cue, and fans ought to be pleased the predecessor to Mancina\u2019s Speed 2: Cruise Control<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (1997) is finally available in its complete version.<\/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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