The Fountain
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Free Music Review: a hauntingly beautiful score
Hit: 5 Stars
I fear I can offer no better review than the ones already written, but I'm so infatuated with this soundtrack right now that I have to write something.
The Fountain is a pensive and arresting film, especially visually, that may not be everyone's cup of tea but is well worth the time. Knowing that Aronofsky had once again commissioned Clint Mansell and Kronos, I expected nothing less than a stunning soundtrack, and my expectations were well met. As in their previous collaborations, Clint provides a haunting score that perfectly suits the individual character of the film. To me, the true sign of a successful score is that it enhances a film without calling too much attention to itself (detracting from what's on screen), but remains engaging and listenable when taken as independent of the film. The Fountain easily succeeds on both counts, in my opinion.
This score is unique and recycles nothing from previous scores, but bears the most resemblance to Requiem for a Dream, so fans of that score should enjoy this. The Fountain is a much more retrained film than Requiem, and this, of course, is reflected in the score. It revolves around a simple, even minimalistic arrangement for string quartet, with occasional backing from piano and chorus. Kronos is joined in more visceral moments by art-noise act Mogwai, who can always be counted on to pack real punch. Their contributions are restrained until the climax of the film and score, the standout track "Death is the Road to Awe". The track begins with a fuller arrangement of the score's plaintive (and gorgeous) theme, which gradually builds in traditional Mogwai fashion to an explosion of... well, awe.
All I know is that I left the theater haunted (there's that word again) by the theme. First thing after getting home, I looked up the score on Amazon and waited patiently until it became available. Now that I have it, I can't stop listening to it. Buy it and love it, but be sure to see the film while you can, on a big screen. The soundtrack may stand easily on its own two feet, but there is no substitute for experiencing it with the film.
Free Music Review: A brooding,powerful follow-up to"Requiem.."
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw this film last Sunday and thought the visuals and story were great,but the nucleus holding the film together was in fact the music.Clint Mansell ,the Kronos Quartet(whom I'll be seeing in concert this sunday),and Mogwai have accomplished what VERY few film composers of this day and age have been able to:create a nearly flawless masterpiece which makes the film more than a visual experience,but can stand on it's own as a treasured album.You probably won't appreciate the music as much unless you see the film first,though.
I would describe the music as some-what Philip Glass-esque,because it works its way into scenes in waves most of the time which ebb and flow,and then grow in intensity.Some tracks reach enormous heights of intensity,while others ride on the thin line between ambient music and a full,orchestral tone.At the soundtracks highest peak,probably in one of the last tracks,you will find the only really loud music for only a matter of maybe 30 seconds or so,and you should see the film to get a full grasp of how powerful that half-minute truly is!
I cannot believe some of the reviews this film is getting.The Czecks hated it I read,and most of the people who I've talked to that have seen it said they left after about 20 minutes;most left because the montage was too difficult to follow,and one guy even said he left with his girlfreind because "that stupid yoga part with the backdrop of stars was just too artsy."My film teacher is right.Film might be a dead art if all Americans want to see these days is 100% fast-cuts,neo-pop heavy metal infused action sequences,cutie-pie cartoons,and the same 10 love stories re-done every year with different actors and actresses,but the same old premise.
I simply can't comprehend how anyone could become bored watching such a powerfully interesting film such as "The Fountain".Show Hollywood what you'd like to see them produce by seeing this film and buying this soundtrack.I'll support it because I want change.
Free Music Review: An amazing soundtrack
Hit: 5 Stars
An amazing soundtrack for an amazing movie. Although the main melody of the theme is not as powerful as that of "Requiem for a dream", I find the soundtrack to be more complete as a whole, pleasurable to listen to from the first track to the last. Solid and aetheric, sad and vibrant, the music, beautifully played, torrents the listener with diverse feelings, while maintaining it's integrity.
The soundtrack begins with soft and gentle strings sounds, building up to more complex melodic lines. The central point of the theme is listened to in many tracks, yet not in the same manner. After more than houf an hour of building up and conveying the message to the listener, the peak of it all is reached in the end of the eleventh track (named "Death is The Road to Awe"), and especially in the 30 seconds of ecstatic, tirumphant and celestial explosion of sound, melody and feelings, accompanying the beautiful scene of the exploding supernova. (The specific scene was one of the most powerful scenes I have ever encountered in a film, trully a road to awe).
This beutifully crafted piece of art then comes to an end with the last track (number 10, "Together We Will Live Forever"), with a soft melody as an echo of the true love, romance and unity that the couple of tormented souls (in the film) have achieved after "reaching the awe" through their own death and rebirth.
I would like it to be longer than 46 minutes, since I've been listening to this very CD continously for days. When it reaches the end of the disk, it's always a pleasure - and a new journey - to begin from the very beggining again, complementing the central theme of the movie, which is that death (end) leads to creation (the beggining of something new).
Even if someone hasn't seen the movie, the soundtrack is a must have.
Free Music Review: Haunting, beautiful, and brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
Darren Aronofsky's visionary masterpiece The Fountain is a sight to behold for sure, and one of the most memorable things about the film is the haunting score. Clint Mansell, who also scored Aronofsky's previous films Pi and Requiem for a Dream, provides the beautiful and haunting score for The Fountain, which may very well be one of the absolute best film scores you will ever hear. With assists from the Kronos Quartet and Scottish rockers Mogwai, Mansell provides a shockingly emotional, deliberately paced score that undermines the feelings of loss and love that Aronofsky exploited in his film. The end result is some of the most emotionally heartbreaking film score music ever crafted, and if you don't believe me there, give a listen to the closing "Together We Will Live Forever", played during the closing credits of the film. "Tree of Life", "Stay With Me", and "First Snow" also illustrate the haunting beauty of the film, and "Death is the Road to Awe" is nothing short of epic and heartbreaking. All in all, Clint Mansell's score to Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain is a haunting and brilliant piece of music that is both sad and beautiful at the same time, and needless to say that if you enjoyed the music in the film, the score is an essential pick up.Free Music Review: Beauty, Glory and Awe
Hit: 5 Stars
The haunting, stunning score to Aronofsky's "The Fountain" is the best film score of 2006, no matter who they gave the Oscar too. I am still heartsick that this, the best score I've heard since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" -- and the one of only two that I've purchased since then -- was completely ignored by the Academy.
If you haven't seen the movie, listening to the score might not move you in the same way. But I can assure you that if you have, hearing this music on its own is the perfect way to recapture the intense joy and sorrow evoked by the film's sublime imagery without subjecting yourself to the sorrow that seeing Hugh Jackman weep for his wife can induce. The only complaint I have to make about this product is its packaging. It's in a slim cardboard cover instead of the usual plastic casing that a CD comes in, which means that if you line up your CDs as I do, instead of just sticking them into a wallet, it kind of disappears into the rest of the CDs. But that's certainly not enough for me to remove any stars from this perfect, gorgeous work of art.