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Loading ...Soundtrack Review: Loft (2008)
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This is a review of the motion picture score for Loft by Wolfram De Marco.
“Loft is a score suitably lofty in all its aspirations, and not content to situate itself on the upper floor it proceeds to bust right through the roof”
A conspiratorial shroud of strings ensnared around the heavy-hearted toll of drums weighed down in secrets, is a memorable and auspicious introduction to Wolfram De Marco. The composer has unveiled what is possibly the thriller score of the year and in the process set himself up as the next in line to wield a baton for many a future Hollywood blockbuster.
According to IMDB, this Belgian film, still awaiting a UK/US release is the story of five close friends, all of them married, sharing a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder. This description offers a myriad of musical emotional possibilities and De Marco’s chosen direction is to score this independent film with the sweep, grander and exaggerated emotional tones of big-budget action film; the throb of John Powell’s work on both the Jason Bourne series and Face/Off, the knife-edge temperament of Mark Mancina’s Speed. The music posits these expectations early on, then completely surpasses and out grows the relative shortcomings of these now endlessly regurgitated stylings, proving itself dexterous enough to be able to get under your skin as well as make your pulse pound. On many occasions De Marco takes tried and tested formulas, spinning, twisting and slyly defying exception enough to revitalise them anew, whilst still retaining something pleasingly identifiable.
Afrika Draws First Blood at Hollywood Music Awards
Afrika by Wataru Hokoyama just won Best Original Score in a Video Game. Congratulations!
The other winners:
Best Original Song - Video Game
Azam Ali - “Logan’s Shadow” (Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow).
Outstanding Music Supervision - Video Game
Steve Schnur - Madden NFL 2008 (Electronic Arts).
I will keep you posted on the movie music awards as they happen.
Source: Music 4 Games
Score Of The Day 0039: Dances With Wolves (1990)
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Film Music 2007
Silva Screen Records just released a compilation of film music highlights from last year.
It includes music from Transformers, Sweeney Todd, Eastern Promises, Michael Clayton, American Gangster, Zodiac, Ocean’s 13, There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, 300, Rocky and The Simpsons.
Classic FM Magazine comments on Silva Screen’s work with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra: “You have to hand it to the folks at Silva Screen - their pursuit of authenticity is tireless… The result is a tour de force of inspired musicianship and technical ingenuity. Bravo!”
It’s all performed by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Screen Orchestra, London Music Works and The Red Army Choir.
Apart from 300 and Rocky technically being 2006 movies, it looks like some nice highlights from 2007. You can buy it from Silva Screen Records by clicking here.
(3 votes, average: 9.33 out of 10) Loading ...Soundtrack Review: Hook (1991)
This is a review of the motion picture score for Hook by John Williams.
“You’ve come across a true classic when you write a lot and feel you’ve missed too much…the best score Williams has ever written”
When multiple engaging themes are produced in one score, I stand up and cheer…and get strange looks from the people around me (kidding! Sort of…). Normally we get about three or four from a good score. Eleven themes, all fleshed out through the score’s entirety, seems unfathomable. That’s where Hook comes in and shatters that silly glass ceiling, brilliantly weaving what could have been a scattered, unfocused collection of ideas into a memorable, magical experience like none other. With classics like Star Wars, Superman, E.T., and Schindler’s List already high on my list of favorites, to call Hook the best score Williams has ever written is a compliment of the highest order.
