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Mad Max: Fury Road - Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL)

5/16/15

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He should have stopped for directions at that gas station back there.
  • What You Will Hear:  Heavy low end synth and pounding percussion.  Not a lot of melodic development, but interesting instrumentation and synth is all over the place.
  • Standout Tracks:  Storm Is Coming, Brothers In Arms, Many Mothers
  • Will you be humming along?  Probably not, but there is a spine tingling motif that shows up quite often.  (A repeated descending chromatic line.)
  • The score this makes me want to dust off:  The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
  • Will I come back to it?  Yes (for the most part).  This entire score is consistently intense.  Aggressive or romantic, it does not let up.  Some of the action sequences are a little overbearing during a stand alone listening experience.  But, the music sounds like it will serve as a uniquely perfect companion for the insane images on screen.  Some of the synth strings sound a little too “Smallville-ish” for a major release, but that is just a personal pet peeve.  Pay special attention to “Many Mothers.”  Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, makes a statement there.  This is beautiful composing.  I don’t think it is a coincidence that he is credited using his real name on this album.  With each new release,  Holkenborg is further cementing his place as a major player in the film score world.  In a few years, film and Holkenborg fans alike will be asking, “Junkie… who?”

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