{"id":5326,"date":"2012-07-30T13:25:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5326"},"modified":"2012-07-30T13:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T17:25:03","slug":"cd-men-in-black-3-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5326","title":{"rendered":"CD: Men in Black 3 (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Sony Classical\/ Released: May 29, 2012<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 22 tracks \/ (53:44)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 12-page colour booklet..<\/p>\n

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Composer: Danny Elfman<\/p>\n

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When a composer returns to a franchise and is supposed to write a score that\u2019s fresh yet cohesive for its core characters, it\u2019s a tough balancing act that may work fine in the finished film, but for the soundtrack album, the fear among fans is a merely serviceable & functional score \u2013 basically a regurgitation of familiar themes that build on nothing.<\/p>\n

MIB3 seemed to disappear from cinemas because of audience indifference to a project that never should\u2019ve been made in the first place (particularly since MIB 2 was an overtly blah sequel), yet for Danny Elfman, he seemed to decide the best way to tackle the familiar is to have a bit more fun and indulge in more raucous action cues with just slight adjustments to the MIB sound.<\/p>\n

Fairly new is a screeching electric guitar and lots of harmonically warped string glissandi, but Elfman channels his inner Bernard Herrmann to great effect \u2013 not emoting or mimicking Herrmann\u2019s chords and subtle electronics, but deepening the existing orchestral rock sound into something more epic. Action cues are more robust, cool scenes have jazzy woodwinds, and the electric bass is very thick. Another plus is a fairly engaging narrative that moves from intro theme statements to variations that are tender, absurd, and frenetic, so there\u2019s enough diversity to keep the album\u2019s running time pretty solid; any extra cues would\u2019ve made things a bit more repetitive, so Sony\u2019s CD offers a clean presentation of a score that\u2019s nostalgic for Elfman\u2019s own genre sounds as well as his own signature use of churning rhythms, \u2018Oooing\u2019 chorals, and rapid-fire brass.<\/p>\n

Elfman doesn\u2019t add anything radical to the MIB domain, but his third outing is pleasantly surprisingly, and fun.<\/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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