CD REVIEW - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Michael Clayton
Music by James Newton Howard
Varese Sarabande VSD 6850 (EU)
13 Tracks 38:42 mins
This new George Clooney thriller receives a modernistic score by James Newton Howard that is largely realised by sythns and percussion, though the final track finds strings taking up the main theme in what is largely a 'calm after the storm' cue, though it does turn more sinister at the end. Before that we have a score that is largely an exercise in rhythm and tension, with many of the cues moving rhythmically, either nervously, purposefully or more subdued. Around track 7 "U North," the score takes a decidedly more menacing turn, with some good climactic builds. A few times the score takes time out from the rhythm for a little poignancy, probably underlining the plight of the Tom Wilkinson character, from what few clips I have seen of the film.
A good, workmanlike score by Howard then, but one which is not likely to longer long in the memory.
Michael Clayton
Music by James Newton Howard
Varese Sarabande VSD 6850 (EU)
13 Tracks 38:42 mins
This new George Clooney thriller receives a modernistic score by James Newton Howard that is largely realised by sythns and percussion, though the final track finds strings taking up the main theme in what is largely a 'calm after the storm' cue, though it does turn more sinister at the end. Before that we have a score that is largely an exercise in rhythm and tension, with many of the cues moving rhythmically, either nervously, purposefully or more subdued. Around track 7 "U North," the score takes a decidedly more menacing turn, with some good climactic builds. A few times the score takes time out from the rhythm for a little poignancy, probably underlining the plight of the Tom Wilkinson character, from what few clips I have seen of the film.
A good, workmanlike score by Howard then, but one which is not likely to longer long in the memory.
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