{"id":9370,"date":"2014-08-04T23:31:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T03:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2014-08-05T01:35:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T05:35:30","slug":"cd-snowpiercer-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9370","title":{"rendered":"CD: Snowpiercer (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Snowpiercer\"<\/a>Score<\/strong>: Very Good<\/p>\n

Label<\/strong>: Varese Sarabande<\/a><\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>June 27, 2014<\/p>\n

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Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a020 tracks \/ (55:51)<\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong> Marco Beltrami<\/p>\n

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

In a weird quirk of fate, Snowpiercer<\/b> is another epic post-apocalyptic tale scored by Marco Beltrami in which a major creative force on the producing end felt the film needed some \u2018fixing,\u2019 but unlike World War Z<\/a><\/b> (2013), Joon-ho Bong\u2019s film managed to be released unscathed, albeit late to North American audiences, and on a limited scale.<\/p>\n

Beltrami\u2019s sound for dystopian worlds tends to be large-scale with a few cues goosed with chorals \u2013 a demand perhaps imposed by filmmakers \/ studios wanting their money to bleed offscreen \u2013 but Snowpiercer<\/b> infers its scope with a few moments of big orchestral sounds; most of what materializes are moments of intimacy which, even when tense and horrific, never smother audiences with aural chaos.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a score that plants just fragments of a main theme, easing portions into the film mix through discrete tracks consisting of rhythms; brass that quietly snarl their attitude rather than make overt and prolonged statements; and the occasional allusions to the characters trapped on a constantly moving train (as with the clacking, hissing sonics in \u201cSteam Car\u201d).<\/p>\n

Beltrami also channels his inner Jerry Goldsmith, frequently going for polyphonic rhythms with thematic material hanging above like a swaying, jostling mobiles. Electronic elements are often restricted to fattened or piercing reverberating tones (\u201cAxe Gang\u201d), and modern synth pulses dominate \u201cSeoul Train,\u201d with clacking metallics and synthetic chugging sounds.<\/p>\n

There are rare moments of harmony in the score, but they tend to be coloured with melancholy, be it through an introspective piano, or chamber strings used for the score\u2019s closing cue, \u201cYona\u2019s Theme\u201d (which is actually two tracks: around 3:09, a short source vocal cue plays).<\/p>\n

Snowpiercer<\/b> is a nice change of pace for the composer and the genre itself, and proves not all post-apocalyptic tales require the de rigueur grand sonic approach that\u2019s become the clich\u00e9 of studio-funded epics.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2014 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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\nComposer on IMDB<\/a> \u00a0— \u00a0Composer Filmography<\/a> —\u00a0 Soundtrack Album<\/a>
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