{"id":7180,"date":"2013-10-24T11:51:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2013-10-24T11:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T15:51:03","slug":"cd-patriot-games-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7180","title":{"rendered":"CD: Patriot Games (1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Label: La-La Land Records<\/a>\/ Released: July 2, 2013<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: \u00a0CD1: 13 tracks \/ (46:31) + CD2: 12 tracks \/ (43:21)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 24-page colour booklet with liner notes by Jim Lochner \/ Limited to 3000 copies.<\/p>\n

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Composer: James Horner<\/p>\n

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The lasting attraction to James Horner\u2019s 1992 score \u2013 here beefed up in an expanded edition \u2013 lies in the subtlety with which he approached the film\u2019s subterfuge and explosive conflicts, rarely launching into a full-blown orchestral assault. Much of the score contains misty and eerie contrasts between low frequencies, tones, rumblings, and thuds peppered with flutes, whistles, Clannad\u2019s solo female voice (\u201cSean Obsessing in Jail \/ Deadly Lover \/ Sean\u2019s Trial\u201d), plus gentle strings that reiterate Gayane\u2019s Ballet Suite (Adagio), as Horner had done quite effectively in Aliens<\/strong> (1986).<\/p>\n

Horner\u2019s score eventually swerves to cyclical motifs in place of standard bombast, with South American flutes, resonant drum hits. In \u201cThe Hit,\u201d arguably the score\u2019s highlight, Horner establishes a machine-like rhythm using woodwinds, rapping, and synth voices. The effect is an eddying motion for the lengthy sequence of a highway assassination attempt, and rather that accent the drama with shrill brass or pounding percussion, the cue\u2019s all waves of soft sonics and modulated hits coming from somewhat muted booms and industrial metallic hits. The tempo quickly hastens near the end, but both volume and the instrumental densities aren\u2019t overwhelming, and the only shrill element comes from breathy flutes. The film\u2019s final action sequence (\u201cAssault on Ryan\u2019s House\u201d) also benefits from a variation of this mechanical motor design, augmented with a higher degree of metallic strikes \u2013 an effective substitution for oft-used deep percussion instruments like kettle drums and timpani.<\/p>\n

Horner\u2019s discrete approach is similarly powerful in \u201cElectronic Battlefield\u201d in which a tactical assault is seen from the clinical vantage of computer monitors, and using a more tragic, retarded version of the Gayane theme, Horner captures the chilling nature in which death is administered like a videogame. When the score winds down, he brings back the female voice which flows into a preamble before Clannad\u2019s vocal theme version plays over the End Credits.<\/p>\n

La-La Land\u2019s CD spreads the expanded cues and unreleased cues of the 67 min. score over two CDs, with most of CD2 devoted to source cues \u2013 Clannad\u2019s \u201cHarry\u2019s Game\u201d song, a march, traditional jigs, and classic pieces – plus the odd alternate (\u201cHospital Vigil\u201d and \u201cElectronic Battlefield\u201d minus electronic stems). Unlike some expanded scores, there are very few redundancies here, and this full-length presentation is a very satisfying programme of an underrated Horner work.<\/p>\n

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

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