{"id":5493,"date":"2012-09-10T01:40:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T05:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2013-03-23T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T15:57:11","slug":"cd-hatfields-mccoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5493","title":{"rendered":"CD: Hatfields & McCoys"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label: Silva Screen\/ Released: May 22, 2012<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 39 tracks \/ (67:00)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Digital Album.<\/p>\n

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Composers: John Debney, Tony Morales<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Available as a digital album, John Debney and Tony Morales\u2019 score for the 3-part TV mini-series is heavily acoustic, featuring a variety of guitars and fiddles, banjos, and organic percussion blended with slightly contemporary scoring sounds (of which the most obvious are the odd thunderous percussion and occasional string accompaniment).<\/p>\n

Designed to evoke the misty, insular world of the Appalachian mountains, the rustic rhythms capture the deep dimensions of the lengthy feud and clash divisions between the two extended families.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s simple guitar strumming or a group of acoustic guitarists performing a kinetic texture of rhythms, the music flows naturally from cue to cue, with periodic vocal accompaniment from Lisbeth Scott accentuating the impossible romance between younger family members on opposite sides, or functioning as a lament for the unending series of tragedies which spark even deadlier acts of retribution. (Scott also performs the score\u2019s closing song, \u201cI Know These Hills,\u201d with Kevin Costner, who released a separate music-from-and-inspired-by song album featuring original sings by Costner and his Modern West band.)<\/p>\n

Debney and Morales never allow their central theme and variations to become melodramatic, and within the mini-series the music is very strategic in the way it quietly emerges from within the sound mix before it discretely fades away. Most of the cues tend to run under 2 minutes, and any theme recap tends to accentuate the depth of tragedy as both music and film narratives reach their fairly depressing conclusion.<\/p>\n

This is a deceptively simple score, and those affected by the film\u2019s story will vividly relive the drama through Debney and Morales\u2019 excellent music, beautifully recorded and engineered to accentuate the musicians\u2019 intimate performance style.<\/p>\n

Also available: a 2012 interview with co-composer Tony Morales<\/a>, and a 2013 interview with co-composer John Debney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB: John Debney<\/a> \/ Tony Morales<\/a><\/em> — Blu-ray Review<\/a> — \u00a0Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmographies: \u00a0John Debney<\/a> \/ Tony Morales<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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