Magnolia (Score to 1999 Film)
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Composer: Jon BrionConductor: Thomas Pasatieri
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2000-03-14
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- A Little Library Music/Going To A Show
- Showtime
- Jimmy's Breakdown
- WDKK Theme
- I've Got A Surprise For You Today
- Stanley/Frank/Linda's Breakdown
- Chance Of Rain
- So Now Then
- Magnolia
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Free Music Review: Well done for the film.
Hit: 4 Stars
John Brion creates a well done score in Magnolia. The opening title sets the main theme for the film with abuilding nature. "Showtime" continues the theme and throws in the orchestra. "Jimmy's Breakdown" is well done and more gripping. The remaining music is similar to the start of the CD. Overall, it is nothing amazing, but it works well with the film. Still worth a purchase.
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You're forgiven if, after all the hype for Aimee Mann's original compositions featured on the soundtrack to Magnolia, you overlooked Jon Brion's instrumental score. While he helped Mann produce several of the songs that brought the film into tight dramatic focus, he also put together the orchestral score that played underneath the scenes, which subtly adds tension without calling attention to itself. One track was used as the coda to the Mann-Supertramp soundtrack cut. Brion's work here includes eight additional tracks and a reprisal of the "Magnolia" theme. Enlisting an actual 80-piece orchestra brings out a dimension not evident on Brion's other soundtrack Hard Eight, which features all synths. While "WDKK Theme" is a playful 45-second instrumental jingle, most of the tracks are somnambular, as if the entire trip were a near-hallucinatory, foreboding walk down mansion passageways dark with wood. (Not surprisingly, this is most evident during the 11-minute epic "Stanley/Frank/Linda's Breakdown.") While the jury may still be out on whether the movie was an artistic success, the music has certainly made an impression.--Rob O'ConnorWe've been waiting for producer-musician Jon Brion's debut album for years now--after all, he's lent a hand to great albums by Elliot Smith, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, and Aimee Mann--but who knew that it would come in the form of the orchestral score for the critically acclaimed movie Magnolia? Indeed, you won't find a trace of Aimee Mann's song-filled soundtrack on this disc, nor even a hint of the Beatles (one of Brion's obvious influences). You will hear Philip Glass-inspired moments of counterpoint and repeating instrumental motifs that follow this score from start to finish. It's a brilliant disc, but aside from the manic "WDKK Theme," this is dark stuff. The string section of the 80-piece orchestra is bent on melancholy on "I've Got a Surprise for You Today" and "Stanley/Frank/Linda's Breakdown." That said, this is a gorgeous work that rewards repeated listenings. --Jason Verlinde
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