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Buy it... |
if you desire the best ten minutes of music that Christopher Young provided for this
franchise, a better enunciation of ideas that were far more challenging in the first score.
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Avoid it... |
if hearing originality is your primary goal, because other than a few Japanese instrumental
accents, this sequel score is still extremely common to Young's standard methodology.
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| 2/2/12
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The Grudge (Christopher Young)
- All New Review |
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Buy it... |
only if you can accept Christopher Young's most understated and difficult atmospheric
techniques for over forty minutes of aimless sound design and challenging, minimal melodic
structures.
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Avoid it... |
if you rely upon Young's characteristic habit of gracing his horror scores with at least a few
minutes of gothic beauty, a lack of which here truly sinks this dispiriting music on album.
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| 2/1/12
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Back to Gaya (Michael Kamen/Various)
- All New Review |
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Buy it... |
if you seek a rousing tribute to Michael Kamen's career, a collaborative effort by his
longtime associates to complete this animated fantasy score after his death with extensive
adaptation of the composer's trademark mannerisms.
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Avoid it... |
if you desire more than what plays in many regards like a compilation of concert recordings
meant to honor the composer's memory, because despite the score's impressive saturation with
nostalgic Kamen tones, its narrative flow suffers at times.
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Buy it... |
for the ten minutes of the pretty, woodwind-performed theme of romance sprinkled throughout
this otherwise challenging listening experience.
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Avoid it... |
if Ennio Morricone's distinctly retro approach to handling the suspense of this story, with
awkward 1970's techniques and instrumentation throughout, sounds strangely dysfunctional to
you in this Digital Age context.
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Buy it... |
if you have always been impressed with Brian Tyler's ability to overachieve with immense
ruckus in the horror genre, in which case Darkness Falls is a well respected and dynamic
launching point.
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Avoid it... |
if you quickly lose interest in Tyler's dramatic, lyrical themes of a brooding variety when
they are surrounded by orchestral brutality of the most immense order.
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| 1/29/12
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Four Newly Expanded Reviews Debut |
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Recently revised versions of the following reviews are now available:
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• The Ring/The Ring Two (Hans Zimmer/Various)
• Thunderbirds (Hans Zimmer/Ramin
Djawadi)
• Spanglish (Hans Zimmer)
• Madagascar (Hans Zimmer/Various)
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| 1/27/12
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Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman)
- Updated Review, With Additional Album |
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Buy it... |
if you have always appreciated the hyperactive action romps and funny regional references that
Randy Newman provided for the first two films in this franchise, a combined technique that
dominates the third entry as well.
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Avoid it... |
if, conversely, you've been bothered by Newman's total inability to assign the concept some
memorable thematic attribution in his scores, because Toy Story 3 is, despite its predictable
affability, another disappointingly anonymous work.
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Buy it... |
if inoffensive, conservative holiday drama and a dash of occasional prancing comedy soothe
your spirit without risking boredom.
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Avoid it... |
if you figure you're going to hear vivacious enthusiasm from Michael Giacchino for this topic,
a personality mostly absent from the composition and drained completely by a muted, lifeless
recording.
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