{"id":6286,"date":"2013-03-21T15:13:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6286"},"modified":"2013-03-23T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-23T16:14:09","slug":"cd-dream-house-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6286","title":{"rendered":"CD: Dream House (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label: Varese Sarabande\/ Released: October 11, 2011<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 15 tracks \/ (56:18)<\/p>\n

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Composer: John Debney<\/p>\n

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In spite of the production problems that reportedly plagued Dream House<\/strong> (2011) \u2013studio Morgan Creek (er, producer James G. Robinson) had the film recut, much to the ire of the film\u2019s stars and director Jim Sheridan \u2013 John Debney\u2019s music may be the most cohesive element to come out of that troubled picture.<\/p>\n

Debney\u2019s score is based around a lush orchestral theme that\u2019s ripe with warmth, tragedy, and longing, but after two gorgeous introductory cues, the score begins to drift into angry terrain with dissonance, snarling aural metaphors, and a constant undercurrent of melancholy almost as pure as Christopher Young\u2019s own gems (such as Jennifer 8<\/strong> [M] and Hider in the House<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Most of the album\u2019s cues run between 3-4 minutes, allowing for atmospheric builds and eerie theme variations, and the lengths ensure a strong narrative where sadness flows into misery, then pensive recollections, na\u00efve hope, and grim suspicions. Debney\u2019s mounting shock cues \u2013 such as \u201cPeter Ward\u2019s Room\u201d \u2013 are filled with colourful contrasts, and the frequent interpolation of warm theme fragments (as in \u201cGhostly Playthings\u201d) ensures Dream House<\/strong> has a strong sense of character, especially the fears shared by the traumatized parents.<\/p>\n

Varese\u2019s CD features a beautifully engineered recording, and allows a truly fine work to transcend an otherwise forgotten thriller.<\/p>\n

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