Blackwood - Lorne Balfe |
5/24/15 |
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What You Will Hear: Organ, strings, and various spooky uses of organic instrumentation. Old school use of dissonances – very effective.
Standout Tracks: Harry’s Story, Exploring The Woods, First Night In Blackwood, Olivia Warner, An Explanation, Cadenza Will You Be Humming Along? Most likely not. Most melodic development is cut short by - LOOK OUT WHAT IS THAT BEHIND YOU!?!?! The score this makes me want to dust off: The Road to Perdition – Thomas Newman Will I come back to it? I am shocked. I usually hate horror scores. But, with this one the answer is: Yes. Blackwood is eerily beautiful from start to finish. It really is the prettiest horror film music I’ve ever heard. There is a complete lack of synthetic effects here and it is quite refreshing. The writing for strings is rich and comforting… but be careful. This score will sound like a warm hug one moment and then immediately turn dark and frightening without any notice. Nothing like a hug from a ghost. |
Blackwood is provided courtesy of Krakower Poling PR and Lakeshore Records. Thank you!