{"id":5555,"date":"2012-10-02T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5555"},"modified":"2012-10-02T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:05:34","slug":"cd-mothers-day-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5555","title":{"rendered":"CD: Mother’s Day (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label: Lakeshore Records\/ Released: May, 2012<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: \u00a018 tracks \/ (41:52)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: \u00a0Also available as a digital album.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Bobby Johnston<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

Designed to support the film with deliberate discretion, Bobby Johnston\u2019s acoustic score for Mother\u2019s Day <\/strong>is locked onto an unresolved set of triadic motifs and pulsing rhythms, propelling scenes and maintaining a persistent urgency as character machinations keep grinding along towards grimmer situations in Darren Lynn Bousman\u2019s thriller.<\/p>\n

Johnston sticks to a sparse selection of chamber strings, piano, string bass, and percussion, although the final cue (\u201cSimpson Remix\u201d) features a wry backbeat, processed percussion and slight electronic effects.<\/p>\n

Most of the acoustic variations recur with regularity, minimizing thematic variation on the album, but the score\u2019s persistent rhythms and smooth instrumental additions \u2013 piano notes gliding in & out, eerie strings used purely to convey a subliminal discordance (\u201cMother Plotting\u201d) \u2013 are elegantly executed. Johnston\u2019s writing style isn\u2019t minimalism, but he prefers to keep his music in the background, and one senses the brevity and economy of cue lengths reflect an instinct to make a musical statement only when absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n

Lakeshore\u2019s album features a crisp recording and tight cue sequencing, and Johnston\u2019s emphasis on subtleties in place of stark musical statements is quite refreshing.<\/p>\n

An interview<\/a> with the composer is also available.<\/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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