{"id":7250,"date":"2013-11-13T20:42:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T01:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2013-11-13T20:51:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T01:51:30","slug":"cd-charmed-1998-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7250","title":{"rendered":"CD: Charmed (1998-2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Label: \u00a0La-La Land Records<\/a> \/ Released: June 18, 2013<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 33 tracks \/ (71:19) + CD2: 35 tracks \/ (73:58)<\/p>\n

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

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Composer: J. Peter Robinson<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s perhaps surprising that it took 7 years for the music from the rather bland, yet long-running Charmed<\/strong> to be released on disc, but then little of composer J. Peter Robinson\u2019s music has been released on CD. Robinson\u2019s largely a veteran of TV movies and series, yet part of the problem may be he\u2019s just not that well-known in spite of having scored several high-profile films (notably Wayne\u2019s World<\/strong>, Wes Craven\u2019s New Nightmare<\/strong>, and the cult film Detroit<\/strong> Rock City<\/strong>). Alongside Jay Gruska (The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.<\/strong>, Lois & Clark<\/strong>), Tim Truman (Miami Vice<\/strong>, The Marshal<\/strong>) and Richard Wolf (Static Shock<\/strong>), Robinson was a Charmed<\/strong> regular, and La-La Land\u2019s 2-disc set features his ethereal, mystical and eerie music from the long-running series.<\/p>\n

Extremely deft with electronics, Robinson uses an assortment of acoustic and electronic emulations, plus a handful of orchestral-styled cues which break up the score\u2019s fairly contemporary sound. \u201cWater Demon\u201d Suite\u201d is a mix of synths and brass emulations with an initially classical orchestral design, but the cue soon shifts towards more restrained melodic material with a finale that\u2019s packed with exotic percussion, bass hits, descending chorals, and those bowed double bass notes which made his music for The Believers <\/strong>(1987) such a treat.<\/p>\n

\u201cBogey\u2019s Place\u201d harkens back to the slight jazz influence in his music for Craven\u2019s short-lived TV series Nightmare Caf\u00e9 <\/strong>(1992), and the opening bars also evoke (deliberately or not) Franz Waxman\u2019s Crime in the Streets<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (1956). Jazzy, pliable bass notes are also present in the excellent \u201cKylie,\u201d and a strutting orchestral jazz sound with chromatic lines also dominates the short \u201cWise Guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Daniel Licht\u2019s Dexter<\/strong> music (or for that matter, Sean Callery\u2019s\u201924<\/strong>, which shares very similar electronic string and woodwind emulations), Robinson gave the show a broad range of moods and theme variations, so fans of the show will be delighted the mix of brief and medium-length cues offer a good programme of quirky drama and occasional downslides into supernatural PG-rated horror.<\/p>\n

LLL\u2019s set is mastered from pristine sources, and Randall Larson\u2019s liner notes provide cue overviews, with interpolated quotes from the composer. Robinson\u2019s other credits include the Joe Dante-produced cult series Eerie, Indiana <\/strong>(1991-1992), Tales from the Crypt<\/strong> (1990-1996), and the short-lived series Kindred: The Embraced<\/strong> (1996)..<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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