David Newman: Serenity (Motion Picture Score)
I'm a man who likes his soundtracks and motion picture scores. One of the greatest things in film, for me, is what choices were made for soundtrack music, for the score that is to accentuate the music on screen.
To not purchase the score to, what I consider, the movie event of the year, would just be silly. I picked this up on the 27th, coincidentally, the same day I got into an advance screening of the film of the same title.
The only downside I found to this score, even before listening to it, is that the track titles spoil points of the plot. That aggrivated me, but I'd already been spoiled about what was listed on there, so it was ok.
Listening to this album, before seeing the movie, created some amazing visuals. I was more excited that, for a few moments, my visual roughly matched what Joss had crafted on the screen.
The title track is a short piece, just 0:51, but its clear that this is the big opening sequence, where you see the film title and we start the credits. Its intense, its beautiful, and, as a stand alone piece of music, is rather fun (and sets up the major musical theme).
Much of the music has a very dark feel to it, so I was put into a frame of mind listening to this, without having seen the film, that made me weary. I didn't know if the film was going to go to dark, but it also excited me.
The music did an excellent job of capturing some of the feel of Greg Edmondson;s work from the TV show while also having Newman's own touch.
The blend of western (truly western, not country), oriental, and middle eastern themes, sounds, and instruments gives one a truly world feeling while telling you exactly what world this "'Verse" lives in.
The music for the big battle scenes conveys intense chaos, with moments of the film's major theme being played slightly off key, giving the listener a feeling that things are just insane.
Like any good movie, the closing theme recaptures the beauty and love of the opening theme, while giving a slightly different feel at the same time.
The one thing missing from the score was the final piece of music that rolled over the second half of the credits, a very simple, very stripped down version of the TV show's theme song -- instrumental style.
In the end: This is obviously a limited purchase. Not everyone likes scores, and the number of people who would like this album is limited further by the subject matter. Nonetheless, its a good piece of work by David Newman, and is a must for those who think they would like this.
To not purchase the score to, what I consider, the movie event of the year, would just be silly. I picked this up on the 27th, coincidentally, the same day I got into an advance screening of the film of the same title.
The only downside I found to this score, even before listening to it, is that the track titles spoil points of the plot. That aggrivated me, but I'd already been spoiled about what was listed on there, so it was ok.
Listening to this album, before seeing the movie, created some amazing visuals. I was more excited that, for a few moments, my visual roughly matched what Joss had crafted on the screen.
The title track is a short piece, just 0:51, but its clear that this is the big opening sequence, where you see the film title and we start the credits. Its intense, its beautiful, and, as a stand alone piece of music, is rather fun (and sets up the major musical theme).
Much of the music has a very dark feel to it, so I was put into a frame of mind listening to this, without having seen the film, that made me weary. I didn't know if the film was going to go to dark, but it also excited me.
The music did an excellent job of capturing some of the feel of Greg Edmondson;s work from the TV show while also having Newman's own touch.
The blend of western (truly western, not country), oriental, and middle eastern themes, sounds, and instruments gives one a truly world feeling while telling you exactly what world this "'Verse" lives in.
The music for the big battle scenes conveys intense chaos, with moments of the film's major theme being played slightly off key, giving the listener a feeling that things are just insane.
Like any good movie, the closing theme recaptures the beauty and love of the opening theme, while giving a slightly different feel at the same time.
The one thing missing from the score was the final piece of music that rolled over the second half of the credits, a very simple, very stripped down version of the TV show's theme song -- instrumental style.
In the end: This is obviously a limited purchase. Not everyone likes scores, and the number of people who would like this album is limited further by the subject matter. Nonetheless, its a good piece of work by David Newman, and is a must for those who think they would like this.
posted by askani97 at 1:43 PM
1 Comments:
(Found this via allconsuming.net) Nice summary.
I loved the opening 51 second score, and was hoping for more of that style.
Greg Edmondson's series soundtrack makes for better in-the-office listening as it doesn't have any of the jarring scores the movie soundtrack does.
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