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The Dark Tower - Tom Holkenborg​

7/29/17​

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What You Will Hear:  A mix of light strings with choir and aggressive percussion with (sounds like?) synth brass.  Effects, effects, effects.

Standout Tracks:  The Dark Tower, The Map, Manny Village, Collateral Damage, Roland of Eld (Main Title)

Will You Be Humming Along?  There is a hint of main melody at the opening, but it rarely materializes fully besides the the final track.
The album this makes me want to dust off:  The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard

Will I come back to it?  No.  Things get off to a promising start with the first track, but then it becomes a tale of two scores.  You’ll hear some enjoyable softer moments (see: The Map and Manny Village), but the action is rarely entertaining or well-orchestrated.  It is brought down by the Zimmer effect: making real instruments sound synthetic (see: Thinny).  Additionally, there just is not enough high brass to balance the low.  Add in the fact that the unifying theme is used so rarely (see: The Creed and Roland of Eld), and you've got a score dominated by heavy handed mindlessness.  Some of cues that lead up to the finale are fun, but beyond that, there isn't much to enjoy.
The Dark Tower was provided courtesy of The Krakower Group and Sony Classical.  Thank you!


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