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Open Water

Composed and Produced by:
Graeme Revell
Programmed by:
David Russo

Label:
TVT Soundtrax
Release Date:
August 24th, 2004

Audio Clips:

9. Main Title Overlay (0:30), 150K open_water9.ra

13. Sharks Close (0:30), 150K open_water13.ra

14. Finding the Dive Bag on the Boat (0:28), 146K open_water14.ra

15. Sharks Circle (0:27), 136K open_water15.ra

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  Regular U.S. release.


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Open Water

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Filmtracks Recommends:

Buy it... only if you are interested in the collection of hymns, chain gang songs, and blues music that serves as the source material for the film.

Avoid it... if you are expecting anything even remotely interesting from Graeme Revell's small underscore contribution to the film and album.



Filmtracks Editorial Review:

Revell
Open Water: (Graeme Revell) Chalk up yet another movie in the "who the hell would want to pay to see this?" category. With its gruesome plot line widely publicized, it's safe to say that Open Water is based on the true story of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef Tragedy. Vacationers Tom and Eileen Lonergan went on a diving expedition with 26 others on a charter vessel owned by Outer Edge Dive Company from Australia in January, 1998. While the Lonergans were still scuba diving, the other 24 divers had quickly completed their dives and re-boarded the vessel. The captain of the boat, Jack Nairn, neglected to do a head count and just assumed that everyone had boarded (there are reports that he was in a hurry to get back to a party at the port). With the Lonergans innocently stranded at sea and with no discovery of their absence made for two days, they were left to die in shark-infested waters. Nobody should be fooled about the outcome of events in this film, but the intentionally low-budget production of the picture --including the use of a home video digital camera to shoot the film-- managed to create a Blair Witch Project-kind of hype that built the film as an independent to watch in the late summer of 2004. Critical response to the film was somewhat positive, with the play upon phobias seeming to work on hardened critics. Response from audiences, however, has been much more varied, with complaints about the film's obvious and terrible outcome coming from viewers who felt in need of a nice walk in the park after seeing such a downer. Others have stated that the 87-minute film is an unqualified bore, and perhaps some of the blame for such criticism rests on the shoulders of composer Graeme Revell. With his most recent effort being The Chronicles of Riddick, it's easy to state that Open Water is about as different from Revell's previous work as it could possibly be.

How Revell ended up on this project is a mystery, but his music for Open Water is as minimalistically structured as any he has ever written. Composed and programmed for performance by just one artist at the synthesizer, Open Water has very little noteworthy material of which to speak. The most interesting aspect of the score is that Revell made no attempts to hide the outcome of the expedition. The music drones without character before dive just as much as it does as the primary characters die. There was definitely no George Fenton-like Deep Blue inspiration to be heard before everything goes wrong. Only three subtle deviations from the monotone droning can be discussed. First, Revell uses the chopping of a helicopter blade to represent the arrival of the sharks. As they close in for the kill in "Sharks Circle," Revell presents a slow banging of a drum to signify death. Otherwise, the only break from the constant droning is the short blast of drums heard as the discovery of the couple's absence is finally realized. Revell's score on album is less than 12 minutes, and his material is supplemented by one cue by Yoav Goren and Jeff Fayman (the totally non-descript "Dive Boat Leaves the Site"), as well as a collection of hymns, chain gang songs, and blues music that serves as source material for the region. Their use in the film accentuates the fact that these two city-dwellers stranded in the ocean can't be further from home. On album, the songs' varying tones of spirit, including a significant amount of archival sound, could not differ more from the drab score by Revell. The Indonesian girls choir in "Yendisare Aimando" is perhaps too celebratory compared to what follows, but its beauty is easily the highlight of the album. It is a rare case where the source songs are superior to the score on an album, but Revell's music is so bland that the source songs are the only reason to purchase the Open Water album. The lack of imagination in Revells work here far outweighs any effectiveness that he was hoping to achieve through the intentionally droning and singular approach. Skip the film and album and go straight to the nice walk in the park. *

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   Track Listings:
Total Time: 34:58

    • 1. Isa Lei - performed by The Pupils of the Adi Cokabau (2:33)
    • 2. Ni Sa Bula - performed by Rewasese Entertainment Group (3:01)
    • 3. Hill & Gully Ride; Mandeville Road - performed by Lord Composer (3:03)
    • 4. Lakonmèt Dance - performed by Rameau Poleon, Henry Sinais, Francis Ashdale, et al. (2:34)
    • 5. That Glad Reunion Day - performed by Joseph Spence (2:38)
    • 6. Jesus Promised Me A Home Over There - performed by Swain Family (3:04)
    • 7. I Ain't Got Long - performed by Sam Green (1:23)
    • 8. Yèndisaré Aimando - performed by Paduan Suara Mara (3:24)
    • 9. Main Title Overlay* (1:30)
    • 10. The Dive Begins* (1:13)
    • 11. The Nest (Dive Boat Leaves the Site)** (1:59)
    • 12. Cleaner Fish* (1:27)
    • 13. Sharks Close* (2:02)
    • 14. Finding the Dive Bag on the Boat* (0:48)
    • 15. Sharks Circle* (4:14)

    * score by Graeme Revell
    ** score by Yoav Goren and Jeff Fayman
   Notes and Quotes:

    Insert includes no extra information about the score or film.







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