CD REVIEW - Bridge to Terabithia + New Release News from Screen Archives
Bridge to Terabithia
Music by Aaron Zigman & Various Artists
Hollywood Records D000011102 (US)
13 Tracks Approx. 15 mins of score
Hollywood Records have released an album to accompany the release of the new Walt Disney/ Walden Media collaboration on Bridge To Terabithia, another family fantasy feature, hoping to follow on from their previous success with The Chronicles of Narnia.
I have to confess that I am writing this review, based on a promo of composer Aaron Zigman's score for the film, rather than a copy of the official soundtrack release, which only contains four cues by Zigman, totalling around 15 minutes of music. The remainder of the album consists of vocals by artisits largely unknown to me, though I have heard of popular young singer/actresses Miley Cyrus (daughter of Billy Ray "Achy Breaky Heart" Cyrus) and Hayden Panettiere.
The four score cues commence with "Seeing Terabithia," an awe-filled varitaiton of the main theme, which is first presented in the film's "Main Title" as a nice, flowing guitar-driven piece, with choir and a slightly folksy edge to it. There follows "Into The Forest," which is by turns mysterious and magical, with some threat and suspense in the middle, before another variation on the main theme closes the track. "The Battle" is a very exciting action piece, whilst "Jesse's Bridge" is a lovely, sunny affair.
Unless you're buying the album for the songs, I am quite sure that these all to brief excerpts from the score will leave you begging for more, and there is certainly plenty more to enjoy on the promo, for which I am indebted to Costa Communications. The score is fully orchestral, with telling use of choir, and much of the music features variations on the excellent main theme, though the score does also include its fair share of mysterious and menacing material, with some comic sneakiness here and there. There are also some good energetic tracks like the high-spirited "To the Museum" and "Running Across the Paddocks." And the folksy edge to the main theme, previously mentioned, comes to the fore in the fiddle-lead "Building the Fort." But it's the main theme and all its variations that leave a lasting impression. It's nice to see Zigman getting a greater variety of assignments these days.
SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THESE TWO NEW RELEASES FROM BYU AND INTRADA:-
THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Max Steiner
AWALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH - Georges Delerue
For more detailed information, click on this URL
http://www.screenarchives.com/email.cfm?eid=8
Bridge to Terabithia
Music by Aaron Zigman & Various Artists
Hollywood Records D000011102 (US)
13 Tracks Approx. 15 mins of score
Hollywood Records have released an album to accompany the release of the new Walt Disney/ Walden Media collaboration on Bridge To Terabithia, another family fantasy feature, hoping to follow on from their previous success with The Chronicles of Narnia.
I have to confess that I am writing this review, based on a promo of composer Aaron Zigman's score for the film, rather than a copy of the official soundtrack release, which only contains four cues by Zigman, totalling around 15 minutes of music. The remainder of the album consists of vocals by artisits largely unknown to me, though I have heard of popular young singer/actresses Miley Cyrus (daughter of Billy Ray "Achy Breaky Heart" Cyrus) and Hayden Panettiere.
The four score cues commence with "Seeing Terabithia," an awe-filled varitaiton of the main theme, which is first presented in the film's "Main Title" as a nice, flowing guitar-driven piece, with choir and a slightly folksy edge to it. There follows "Into The Forest," which is by turns mysterious and magical, with some threat and suspense in the middle, before another variation on the main theme closes the track. "The Battle" is a very exciting action piece, whilst "Jesse's Bridge" is a lovely, sunny affair.
Unless you're buying the album for the songs, I am quite sure that these all to brief excerpts from the score will leave you begging for more, and there is certainly plenty more to enjoy on the promo, for which I am indebted to Costa Communications. The score is fully orchestral, with telling use of choir, and much of the music features variations on the excellent main theme, though the score does also include its fair share of mysterious and menacing material, with some comic sneakiness here and there. There are also some good energetic tracks like the high-spirited "To the Museum" and "Running Across the Paddocks." And the folksy edge to the main theme, previously mentioned, comes to the fore in the fiddle-lead "Building the Fort." But it's the main theme and all its variations that leave a lasting impression. It's nice to see Zigman getting a greater variety of assignments these days.
SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THESE TWO NEW RELEASES FROM BYU AND INTRADA:-
THE THREE MUSKETEERS - Max Steiner
AWALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH - Georges Delerue
For more detailed information, click on this URL
http://www.screenarchives.com/email.cfm?eid=8
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