{"id":6987,"date":"2013-09-04T02:41:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T06:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2013-09-04T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T15:13:53","slug":"cd-green-lantern-%e2%80%93-first-flight-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6987","title":{"rendered":"CD: Green Lantern \u2013 First Flight (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Label: La-La Land Records<\/a>\/ Released: October 6, 2009<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 20 tracks \/ (61:22)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 12-page colour booklet with liner notes \/ Limited to 1500 copies.<\/p>\n

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Composer: Robert J. Kral<\/p>\n

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For the latest animated DC-themed film, Robert J. Kral borrows a bit of inspiration from John Barry, the BBC Radio Workshop\u2019s vintage sounds, and techno rhythms to create an inventive main theme for The Green Lantern: First Flight<\/strong> (2009).<\/p>\n

Intermittent, trippy, pliable electronic tones recall the BBC\u2019s iconic sounds from the Dr. Who<\/strong> series, whereas the main theme is comprised of slowly-rendered notes punctuated by sharp brass fanfares. It\u2019s all about heroism, and Kral thickens the orchestral elements towards the theme\u2019s end, while a continuous pulsing beat crunches in the background.<\/p>\n

Clearly the filmmakers wanted a punchy sound that differed from the other single-character films \u2013 such as Batman, Wonder Woman \u2013 and Kral\u2019s use of rhythms propels every cue like a bullet, except when there\u2019s a moment of hesitation, or some deep thinking before dealing with a nemesis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ring Chooses Hal\u201d presents the Barryesque theme as pure techno, with drippy-wet pulses and soft keyboards playing the score\u2019s trademark 4-note ostinato. It\u2019s also one of several cues that listeners should give a slight volume boost, since bass really is the score\u2019s ruling colour. Vibrato dominates the low strings, as well as fuzzy electric tones, and the cue also contains a restrained string passage prior to a full orchestral surge, with minimalist figures spiraling at the stereo image peripherals.<\/p>\n

Other punchy tracks include the source cut \u201cLabella\u2019s Club,\u201d with a heavy primal beat accented by chimes and clipped audio fuzz effects, and the evocative \u201cThe Weaponers \/ Sinestro Transforms\u201d with its pseudo-echoplex effects reminiscent of Jerry Goldsmith\u2019s Alien <\/strong>(1979).<\/p>\n

The album presents over an hour of original score, and there\u2019s a good variation of material that\u2019s overtly theme-based, or classic movie serial style, with the Green Lantern\u2019s theme spurted out whenever he swings into action in a montage full of cutaways, such as \u201cTeleport Pursuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

By using organic strings, analogue-styled bass and percussion, and brass emulations, there\u2019s a slight futuristic veneer to the score, although the trumpets sometimes lack a ferociousness that would\u2019ve given some action cues an extra edge. Tracks like \u201cBrutal Attack \/ The Fate of Kanjar Ro\u201d however, feature a strong m\u00e9lange of formal orchestral brass and percussion, tightly wrapped up with some chilling dissonant tones and eerie amorphous vocals. More brooding tonalities are very dominant in the powerful \u201cThe New Power Arrives.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with previous DC scores, La-La Land\u2019s mastering is first-rate, and another solid score for a classic comic book hero makes its way to CD. Kral\u2019s other scores for DC characters include Superman: Doomsday<\/strong> (2007), Batman: Gotham Knight<\/a><\/strong> (2008), and Green Lantern: First Flight<\/strong> (2009). Also available: music from Green Lantern: <\/a><\/strong>The Animated Series<\/strong><\/a> [M<\/a>] (2011-2012).<\/p>\n

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

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