{"id":9123,"date":"2014-06-23T13:33:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9123"},"modified":"2014-06-23T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T17:33:35","slug":"cd-castlevania-lords-of-shadow-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9123","title":{"rendered":"CD: Castlevania – Lords of Shadow (2010)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Castlevania_LordsOfShadow2010\"<\/a>Score<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

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

Released:<\/strong> \u00a0October 29, 2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong> \u00a022 tracks \/ (70:21)<\/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

\u00d3scar Araujo\u2019s gorgeous score for Konami’s 2010 reboot of their video game franchise – in which knights battle against supernatural forces – is definitely epic. The orchestral scope and cues with mixed chorus chanting Latin liturgies are stunning \u2013 but the score is surprisingly bereft of generic musical clich\u00e9s. Araujo\u2019s focus is on the Medieval period, with cues that unravel with grace, action material that rises instead of pumps and thunders, and thematic cues that often force the listener to contemplate (“Love Lost” is a stunner).<\/p>\n

The album features a balanced mix of action, tension, and bonding \u2013 a web-only ltd. ed. in will feature 20+ mins. of score \u2013 with edits & sequencing providing a genuinely engrossing journey.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t an album for background playing: like any great work, you\u2019re compelled to stop, sit, and appreciate the beauty of Araujo\u2019s writing.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2014 Mark R. Hasan (This review originally appeared in the Oct. 2013 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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\u00d3scar Araujo\u2019s gorgeous score for Konami 2010 reboot of the video game franchise – in which knights battle against supernatural forces – is definitely epic. The orchestral scope and cues with mixed chorus chanting Latin liturgies are stunning \u2013 but the score is surprisingly bereft of generic musical clich\u00e9s. Araujo\u2019s focus is on the Medieval period, with cues that unravel with grace, action material that rises…<\/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":[2860,2850],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-2n9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123"}],"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=9123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9137,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123\/revisions\/9137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}