{"id":6642,"date":"2013-05-21T01:27:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T05:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2013-05-21T01:27:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T05:27:10","slug":"mp3-defiance-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6642","title":{"rendered":"MP3: Defiance (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label: Sparks and Shadows\u00a0\/ Released: April 2, 2013<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 24 tracks \/ (91:19)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Digital album only.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Bear McCreary<\/p>\n

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In a smart move to maintain consistency, Bear McCreary was engaged to score both the Trion MMO video game and SyFy\u2019s spin-off TV series, and the composer\u2019s gone even more retro in his electronic mash-up to create a work that grabs thick bass drones from the nineties, contemporary digital processing and distortion, wailing eighties guitar, and a light orchestral backing.<\/p>\n

McCreary recently augmented the electronic components in his BG: Blood and Chrome<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>], but his approach for the Defiance<\/strong> game is a steeper split between orchestral and digital sounds, of which most cues are propelled by steady pulses or a techno dance beat (\u201cThe Battle of San Francisco\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201cNinety-Niners\u201d is closer to the pounding percussion tracks from his BG days, but he adds an amusing contrast with mandolin, fuzz synths, and waves of screeching guitar, and in \u201cWandering Madera\u201d the cue’s design is almost exclusively feedback + grungy bass drones.<\/p>\n

The Defiance<\/strong> video game score has a steady pace with its all-action design, but about a third into the exceptionally long digital album, the cues tend to settle into a similar sound, and with few moments of theme expansion, the score itself becomes dramatically fuzzy. For action fans the reward is cues filled with swagger and attitude, but there are few radical variations near the end, especially in later tracks that are essentially elliptical action motifs stretched to 3-4 minutes (\u201cMadera Combat\u201d).<\/p>\n

Defiance<\/strong> is available on McCreary\u2019s own label<\/a>, and one suspects music from the TV series is not far down the pipeline, and the resulting album will likely offer a greater variety of thematic variations and more distinct dramatic shades.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2013 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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