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Ghost Ship

Composed and Co-Produced by:
John Frizzell
Conducted by:
Nick Ingman
Co-Produced by:
Tom Trafalski

Label:
Varèse Sarabande
Release Date:
November 5th, 2002

Also See:

Gods and Generals

Audio Clips:

3. The Arctic Warrior (0:30), 150K ghost_ship3.ra

23. My Little Box (0:31), 155K ghost_ship23.ra

27. The Ballroom Reverts (0:30), 150K ghost_ship27.ra

39. The Souls Ascend (0:29), 146K ghost_ship39.ra

Availability:

  Regular U.S. release.


Awards:

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Filmtracks Recommends:

Buy it... if you'd be able to enjoy hearing snippets of fantastic orchestral horror music mixed in between twenty cues of uninteresting underscore.

Avoid it... if you, like most viewers, seek the songs that were most prominent in the film, and have no interest in the underscore.



Filmtracks Editorial Review:

Frizzell
Ghost Ship: (John Frizzell) Following a series of sub-standard scores for regrettable films, John Frizzell showed signs of creative promise in the horror flick Thirteen Ghosts. By late 2002, the composer would produce a massive score for Ghost Ship in the same genre and then surprise audiences with a magnificent effort for Gods and Generals in early 2003. Collaborating once again with director Steve Beck, Frizzell would pull out all the stops for Ghost Ship. The film, featuring an average cast (with a few television medical drama actors), took the same old story of a ghost ship, lost at sea, with a treasure (perhaps the Antonia Graza name is a rip-off of the real-life, sunken Andrea Doria?), and twisted it into a story that attempted to inject more style and drama into its horror. Ultimately, the film would suffer from the same problems as the score (or vice versa), because too many different emotional avenues were tested in one film. The musical offering in the film would waver between the prominent use of songs and a large-scale orchestral score by Frizzell. While most audience members remembered the songs from the film, Frizzell's effort was enormous in quantity and scope. He would tap dance around some old genre cliches and dive head first into others, producing a score with drama, fright, and a slight hint of elegance at times as well. His score would utilize every conceivable choice of instrumentation, from the full symphony to a solo female voice and an array of synthesized elements. Unfortunately for Frizzell, all of these performers go unguided for the majority of the score, leaving the overall composition as a wandering, lost soul. Questions about ineffective orchestrations for the project remain unanswered.

With all the elements in place, Frizzell's only mistake was the absence of some measure or theme meant to add coherence to the film and score. His action music is highly exciting, especially in the first few cues of the film, and his dramatic cues reach a rich, prominent finale cue. The synthesized and vocal additions are often used to create an excellent ambience, but it is mixed into a slushy orchestral base that never establishes its own thread or personality. Frizzell even presents one cue seemingly backwards (although, if you reverse it like I did with editing software, it sounds just as bad). Such is the frustration with Ghost Ship... a score that perpetually exists on the verge of some whopping, fantastic music but always dies and redirects on the next cue. This trend is painfully obvious on album, with no less than 39 score cues provided, totaling 74 minutes. Having so much of the underscore present, the vibrant sequences of Frizzell's work are lost. Fans of the film will likely dismiss the orchestral score and migrate towards the discussion about the three song uses in the film. One of these is actually a Frizzell composition; "My Little Box" is performed by Gabriel Mann during the flashback scene and features a disruptive electric guitar motif that doesn't match the rest of the score. Missing from the album is the opening big-band song "Senza Fine", sung by Monica Mancini (no appearance in the film), which can be found on her "Cinema Paradiso" album. Additionally, the Mudvayne song "Not Falling" that is heard at the end of the film is also absent. Movie-goers who have purchased this album have expressed in great numbers their displeasure over the absence of those last two songs, and the interesting aspect of Ghost Ship is that score enthusiasts may be disappointed with the product as well. Believe it or not, you can indeed have a score album that is too long, and Ghost Ship suffers because of that phenomenon. **

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   Track Listings:
Total Time: 73:55

    • 1. The Discovery (1:51)
    • 2. Falling Apart (1:55)
    • 3. The Arctic Warrior (1:37)
    • 4. The Deal (3:16)
    • 5. The Antonia Graza (3:18)
    • 6. Welcome Aboard (1:53)
    • 7. How's it Going up There (0:56)
    • 8. Falling Through (0:55)
    • 9. Touring the Ship (2:14)
    • 10. The Marie Celeste (1:36)
    • 11. I Saw a Little Girl (1:45)
    • 12. No Unexpected Guests (2:12)
    • 13. Bullet Holes (1:08)
    • 14. Carina di Capitano (0:52)
    • 15. Katie Appears (1:47)
    • 16. Meeting the Captain (2:44)
    • 17. The Bodies (1:23)
    • 18. Francesca Appears (1:29)
    • 19. The Freezer (1:10)
    • 20. Finding Gold (1:10)
    		 • 21. Work to Do (1:53)
    • 22. Santos Dies (1:21)
    • 23. My Little Box* (4:09)
    • 24. Go to Hell (1:55)
    • 25. Bon Appetite (1:58)
    • 26. Katie's Dolls (1:22)
    • 27. The Ballroom Reverts (1:37)
    • 28. Francesca's Theme (1:00)
    • 29. Epps Meets Katie (1:44)
    • 30. Survivor (1:12)
    • 31. Katie Disappears (1:14)
    • 32. The Fight (2:33)
    • 33. Repairs (1:29)
    • 34. Underwater (1:59)
    • 35. Greer's Body (0:59)
    • 36. Murphy's Body (1:19)
    • 37. I Guess It's Over (5:33)
    • 38. The Graza Explodes (0:39)
    • 39. The Souls Ascend (3:24)

    * written by John Frizzell, Gabriel Rutman and Micha Liberman/Performed by Gabriel Mann
   Notes and Quotes:

    Insert includes minimal performance credits, but no extra information about the score or film.







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