{"id":9805,"date":"2014-10-06T22:47:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T02:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9805"},"modified":"2014-10-06T22:47:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T02:47:27","slug":"cd-field-of-lost-shoes-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9805","title":{"rendered":"CD: Field of Lost Shoes (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Label<\/strong>: \u00a0La-LaLand Records<\/a><\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>September 9, 2014<\/p>\n

Tracks \/ Album Length:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>26 tracks \/ (72:38)<\/span><\/p>\n

Composer:<\/strong>\u00a0Frederik Wiedmann<\/p>\n

Special Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0 n\/a<\/span><\/p>\n

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

With an orchestra and choir at his hands, Frederik Wiedmann\u2019s written an epic score for the Civil War drama Field of Lost Shoes<\/strong>, based on the 1864 battle in which teen recruits defended the Shenandoah Valley.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting about Wiedmann\u2019s approach is that although the score contains its share of heroic themes and variations, musical evocations of naivete, and the glory \/ horror of battle, right from the \u201cMain Title\u201d there\u2019s always an undercurrent of motion running throughout the score, either from overt percussion material, a rhythmic pattern churned out by the strings, or little tonal swells and distant, airy sounds. The various implementations of discrete momentum infer youths that are soon to meet danger, and each cue seems tailored to keep hinting at aspects of traumatic destinies.<\/p>\n

The first third of the album has a few lighthearted cues \u2013 \u201cYoung John Wise\u201d is a wily and rustic theme version with fiddles and other organic period instruments, while \u201cSunstruck Rat\u201d is energized with pizzicato strings \u2013 and genteel romance dominates the lovely \u201cLibby,\u201d with the main theme slowly shifting to a darker arrangement with some percussion and grim chords.<\/p>\n

When the youths are immersed into the trials and shocks of battle, Wiedmann avoids jingoistic material and maintains a focus on the characters by integrating thematic fragments on fiddle with large-scale orchestral material that emphasizes character reflections rather than overt acts of heroism and bravery. Field of Lost Shoes<\/strong> ultimately builds into an elegy for the fallen and battle survivors, and not unlike James Horner\u2019s best writings for war films, the integration of boys choir and long sweeping passages (\u201cThoughts on War\u201d) are quite moving.<\/p>\n

The score\u2019s genuine action cues often pause or trail off for short periods instead of blossoming to full percussion-dominated cues (the exceptions include the kinetic, clattering sounds in \u201cSend the Boys In,\u201d and the lengthy \u201cStorming the Hill,\u201d with furious strings and thunderous drumming). In the album\u2019s final cues, Wiedmann shows the same respectful restraint in holding back the power of the orchestra and treating his theme arrangements as gentle waves, especially his heavier integration of a large boys choir that wraps up the score.<\/p>\n

La-La Land\u2019s engineering is pristine, and brings out every nuance of the instruments and Wiedmann\u2019s very slight electronic enhancements. It\u2019s a solid war score that keeps a respectful distance from bombast, ensuring listeners won\u2019t feel manipulated and are treated to a more restrained, humanistic approach to warfare.<\/p>\n

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

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Additional Links:<\/strong>
\nEditor’s Blog<\/a> — Composer on IMDB<\/a> \u00a0— \u00a0Composer Filmography<\/a> —\u00a0 Soundtrack Album<\/a>
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