{"id":7050,"date":"2013-09-19T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2013-09-19T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T17:41:16","slug":"cd-to-the-wonder-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7050","title":{"rendered":"CD: To the Wonder (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Return to<\/strong>:\u00a0Home <\/a>\/\u00a0Soundtrack \u00a0Reviews<\/a> \/ <\/em>T to U<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Label: Lakeshore Records<\/a> \/ Released: May 21, 2013<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 15 tracks \/ 65 mins.<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: (none)<\/p>\n

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Composer: Hanan Townshend<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/p>\n

The increasingly abstract nature of Terence Malick\u2019s directorial style demands a composer with patience and versatility, and newcomer Hanan Townshend has crafted a luscious orchestral score bookended by a lilting, elegant theme (\u201cMarina\u2019s Theme\u201d) based in classical composition, but it\u2019s the score\u2019s middle that really delivers the most interesting material.<\/p>\n

To the Wonder<\/strong> feels like a slow submersion into a watery cloud of soundscapes where conceptual designs flow back & forth, sometimes thinning out or thickening into material that never develop into anything melodic. The absence of any tangible melody, as well as thematic material (either from Townshend, or the three classical music extracts) is nevertheless soothing: chords come in a series beach waves (\u201cDeception\u201d) that emulate currents pushing water onto a think beach plateau; and he evokes the circular rusty metallic scraps of Michael Gordon\u2019s Decasia<\/strong> (2002) to create a sense of swirling unease in cues like \u201cPeril\u201d by allowing circular reverberations to drift into increasing disharmony. (A later cue, \u201cAwareness The Train,\u201d blends the blurry sounds with actual train effects.)<\/p>\n

The periodic shifting between harmony, brief melodic bits from classical music, and Townshend\u2019s own thematic material make for a fascinating musical journey, and may be a more satisfying experience for those flustered by Malick\u2019s film.<\/p>\n

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

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Return to:\u00a0Home \/\u00a0Soundtrack \u00a0Reviews \/ T to U . Rating: Excellent Label: Lakeshore Records \/ Released: May 21, 2013 Tracks & Album Length: 15 tracks \/ 65 mins. . Special Notes: (none) . Composer: Hanan Townshend . . Review: The increasingly abstract nature of Terence Malick\u2019s directorial style demands a composer with patience and versatility, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[2225,2226,2227],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1PI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7060,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions\/7060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}