{"id":7020,"date":"2013-09-13T01:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T05:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2013-09-13T01:39:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T05:39:44","slug":"mp3-no-place-on-earth-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7020","title":{"rendered":"MP3: No Place on Earth (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label: Varese Sarabande<\/a> \/ Released: June 11, 2013<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 24 tracks \/ (50:45)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: Available as a digital album only.<\/p>\n

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Composer: John Piscitello<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

John Piscitello\u2019s first soundtrack release is an auspicious showcase of his skills in writing themes and dramatic variations for the sensitive docu-drama No Place on Earth<\/strong>, which chronicles the incredible story of Jewish Ukrainians forced to hide in damp caves until the Soviet Army pushed the Nazis out of their country.<\/p>\n

The titular theme is both lovely and tinged with sadness, buoyed by a folk melody, and performed by piano with strings and French horn accompaniment. Piano is in fact the main melodic propellant in the score, providing warmness or moments of intimate horror; or slowly drawn material for a lengthy suspense sequences where the Nazis interrogate the families before marching them out of the cave system, only to lose a large group in pools of darkness and twisting cave channels.<\/p>\n

The score was crafted with an appropriate level of sensitivity, avoiding the pitfalls of melodrama and overstating the dire emotions of the film\u2019s subjects, and there are a handful of cues where Piscitello allows for a little lightness, notably in \u201cHorse,\u201d where a folk melody on clarinet is carried on by piano, with a breezy jazz rhythm on string bass \u2013 a choice that\u2019s actually not jarring, since the story unfolds from contemporary interviews which spin-off into dramatic recreations.<\/p>\n

Varese Sarabande\u2019s nicely mastered album features the score\u2019s full narrative, but the non-chronological sequencing has the album end rather abruptly; perhaps the main theme, placed early in the album, should’ve been repeated with an alternate take at the end for a more satisfying finale.<\/p>\n

A podcast interview<\/a> with composer John Piscitello is also available.<\/p>\n

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

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IMDB <\/a>— DVD Review<\/a> — Composer Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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