{"id":9117,"date":"2014-06-23T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9117"},"modified":"2014-06-23T13:38:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:38:25","slug":"cd-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-mirror-of-fate-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9117","title":{"rendered":"CD: Castlevania – Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Castlevania_MirrorOfFate\"<\/a>Score<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label<\/strong>: \u00a0Sumthing Else<\/a><\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong> \u00a0November 26, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong> \u00a018 tracks \/ (61:31)<\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong> Oscar Araujo<\/p>\n

Special Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0 Includes colour booklet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oscar Araujo\u2019s latest epic score for the Castlevania franchise is another remarkable opus that melds a huge orchestral sound with some overt electronic elements to capture a world of myth and mayhem.<\/p>\n

Where “Gabriel\u2019s Farewell” is a warm, resonating theme with broad chords performed by a huge array of strings, the action cues are filled with all kinds of instrumental nuances and gestures to ensure there\u2019s minimal monotony. “Night Watchman” is invigorated with thunderous ethnic percussion and a beautiful array of low brass, and Araujo also uses flittering wooden sounds that evoke an army of massing bowmen. Most of the kinetic material is built up from a circulating 3-note motif, and its constant use is tempered by softer, elongated thematic cues, such as the choral-heavy “Theatre.”<\/p>\n

Engineered to exploit even the most tepid sound system, the CD\u2019s superior production brings out the snarling majesty of Araujo\u2019s brilliant writing for this large-scale orchestral assault.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2014 Mark R. Hasan. (This review originally appeared in the Jan.\/Feb. 2014 issue of Rue Morgue magazine.)<\/p>\n

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Additional Links:<\/strong>
\nComposer on IMDB<\/a> \u00a0— \u00a0Composer Filmography<\/a> —\u00a0 Soundtrack Album<\/a>
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