http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/ Comments and Thoughts About The Wonderful World Of Film Music Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:14:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/#comment-458 sdtom Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:13:53 +0000 http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/#comment-458 The instrumentation is a synthesizer without percussion. Kate is backed by a wordless female choir in selected sections. There is one small crescendo which she nicely does but the overall mood of the song while one of hope is quite subdued. I suspect that the chorus could just be sampling from recordings. I likely would have enjoyed the piece much better if she had been backed with a symphony orchestra which would have evoked emotions far beyond what was offered. When I listen to a lyric I don't want the words to seem rushed to get it into the allotted necessary time which was the case on a couple of occasions. But the vast majority of you will be pleased! I grew up with Sinatra in my household and his arrangers were some of the best of the time. The instrumentation is a synthesizer without percussion. Kate is backed by a wordless female choir in selected sections. There is one small crescendo which she nicely does but the overall mood of the song while one of hope is quite subdued. I suspect that the chorus could just be sampling from recordings. I likely would have enjoyed the piece much better if she had been backed with a symphony orchestra which would have evoked emotions far beyond what was offered. When I listen to a lyric I don’t want the words to seem rushed to get it into the allotted necessary time which was the case on a couple of occasions. But the vast majority of you will be pleased! I grew up with Sinatra in my household and his arrangers were some of the best of the time.

]]> http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/#comment-457 Equipoise Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:54:09 +0000 http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/#comment-457 Based on your review, you didn't think much of Kate Bush's song. That's ok, she's not for everybody. However, Kate Bush fans all over the world are chomping at the bit to hear this song, her first new song in over 2 years, and the first time she's written a song for a film since 1988's "This Woman's Work" for She's Having A Baby. Every fan is going to see the movie multiple times, and buy the soundtrack, but that's then. Now is now and we're dying here, so please, please PLEASE tell us more about the song. What is the instrumentation like? Is is slow, is it fast, does it start slow and build, what are the lyrics like? Anything. Please throw us poor souls some more crumbs. Thanks! Based on your review, you didn’t think much of Kate Bush’s song. That’s ok, she’s not for everybody. However, Kate Bush fans all over the world are chomping at the bit to hear this song, her first new song in over 2 years, and the first time she’s written a song for a film since 1988’s “This Woman’s Work” for She’s Having A Baby. Every fan is going to see the movie multiple times, and buy the soundtrack, but that’s then. Now is now and we’re dying here, so please, please PLEASE tell us more about the song. What is the instrumentation like? Is is slow, is it fast, does it start slow and build, what are the lyrics like? Anything. Please throw us poor souls some more crumbs. Thanks!

]]> http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/#comment-455 The Golden Compass | Review: Alexandre Desplat’s Soundtrack | His Dark Materials | BridgeToTheStars.Net Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:11:06 +0000 http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/the-golden-compassdesplat/#comment-455 [...] Posted by Will on November 20, 2007 at 2:10 am The “Film Music: The Neglected Art” blog have a review up of Alexandre Desplat’s score for The Golden Compass. The reviewer hails the soundtrack as “wonderful” and “one of the very best to be released in 2007″, deserving of an Oscar nomination. The main theme is described as possessing “mystery and intrigue setting the mood for the fantasy adventure” with similar praise for all tracks on the album. Kate Bush’s song, Lyra, is called a little cliche, but it will “certainly be a hit in the appropriate markets.” Read more. [...] [...] Posted by Will on November 20, 2007 at 2:10 am The “Film Music: The Neglected Art” blog have a review up of Alexandre Desplat’s score for The Golden Compass. The reviewer hails the soundtrack as “wonderful” and “one of the very best to be released in 2007″, deserving of an Oscar nomination. The main theme is described as possessing “mystery and intrigue setting the mood for the fantasy adventure” with similar praise for all tracks on the album. Kate Bush’s song, Lyra, is called a little cliche, but it will “certainly be a hit in the appropriate markets.” Read more. [...]

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