Snow Falling on Cedars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Snow Falling on Cedars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Snow Falling on Cedars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Composer: James Newton Howard
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-12-07
Music Label: Decca U.S.
Soundtracks:
  1. Lost In The Fog
  2. Carl's Fishing Net
  3. Moran Finds The Boat
  4. Hatsue And Ishmael Kiss
  5. Kendo
  6. Driftwood Hideaway
  7. The Strawberry Field
  8. The Worst Kind Of News
  9. Seven Acres
  10. The German Soldier
  11. Snowstorm
  12. Coast Guard Report
  13. Typeset
  14. The Evacuation
  15. Courtroom Montage
  16. Susan Marie Remembers
  17. The Defense
  18. Snow Drive
  19. Typing
  20. Tarawa
  21. The Battery
  22. Carl And Kazuo Negotiate
  23. Humanity Goes On Trial
  24. New Evidence
  25. Snow Angels
  26. Can I Hold You Now?
  27. End Titles

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Free Music Review: One of Howard's best!
Hit: 5 Stars

I've been a big fan of James Newton Howard for years now. I believe that what makes him one of the best composers of the modern era is his great variety in styles. Although he is probably mostly known for his (very) dark, heavy, bombastic compositions (e.g. King Kong, A Perfect Murder, Devil's Advocate), he has also composed light, cheery scores (e.g. Peter Pan), energetic, captivating music (e.g. Waterworld), romantic (e.g. The Prince of Tides) as well as sensitive and emotional scores (e.g. The Village).

Unlike many other great composers, Howard not only uses large orchestras with the traditional instruments for his compositions. For example The Grand Canyon and Primal Fear have as main instruments synthesizers and/or electric guitars.

Snow falling on Cedars is one of those compositions that involves traditional as well as non traditonal instruments and at times choirs singing like it's the end of an opera. The atmosphere of the different tracks can change from frightening or theatrical to peaceful and relaxed to emotional and sensitive. All tracks have a slightly depressing undertone but in a beautiful way.

Although this soundtrack is probably best compared to The Village, in a sense it's almost a 'best of' cd because in the melodies you'll find many similarities to a great lot of his other soundtracks. But because it also has a very distinct flavour this soundtrack stands proudly on its own.

When listening to it, already during the first few seconds the music captivates you and you'll experience moodswings from the beginning to the end. After listening to it a couple of times, I discovered the music really grows on you.

Definitely one of my favourites from Howard!
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Snow Falling on Cedars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Poster

Thanks to the success of pioneering musician-scorers like Hans Zimmer, the symbiosis of traditional orchestral tones with synthesized electronic elements has become one of film-scoring's most popular working methods. The underlying reasons, however, haven't been always been particularly altruistic; a music software program doesn't have to work for scale. Composer James Newton Howard's score for director Scott Hick's telling of novelist David Guterson's interracial soap opera cum murder mystery is one of the best of the new genre, a seamless sonic wedding of the orchestral/choral/electronic, replete with appropriate ethnic instrumentation (is it real or is it Microsoft?). It's music that ranges dreamily from delicate flute passages and ethereal choral work to understated solo cello and percussive flourishes. This is what New Age music should sound like. --Jerry McCulley

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