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A Fun Secret Gem

By:	Jadedtitan
Date:	23 Jan 2010
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The Informant score for me was a wonderful discovery during one of the updates, from a composer I'd never heard of and a film I had not yet seen. The score though I think is a wonderful, fun, upbeat and humorous bit of music that can be enjoyed thoroughly without getting boring or mundane. The film, from what I've read, is a sort of comedy on the insider, corporate spy genre so the score does a great job of reflecting the time and the feeling.

The Informant starts the score with the main theme, the piano is the main instrument playing out the melody, going into the trumpet accompanying and harmonica. The feel of the piano reminds me of those players at Macys, lounge music that creates a mellow feel good mood. Meet Mark then is in a different mood with an upbeat flute and organ playing out the main tune of the track, with a jazz trumpet coming in to help with melody throughout. The organ being like those you'd find in the 60s at a roller skating rink. It is a fun upbeat track, coinciding with the character it portrays. Car Meeting is the first 'secret agent' track of the score. I cannot help but give it this title because that is what I think of. Old school spy films comes to mind, with the guitar playing out the sneaky feel, ala James Bond, and the trumpets coming in to add to the robust sound of the track.

The Raid track makes me giggle every time I hear it. It uses a kazoo as a little background instrument and I find this track to be far more fun than it probably is to others. It is another fun upbeat track with that 60s feel to the music, with the wind instruments being the main carriers of the melody and the brass bringing up the rear. This track is similar to the main Austin Powers track, Soul Bossa Nova, minus the vocals. Multi-Tasking has the roller skating organ back, with the trumpets, playing out the main theme in a round a bout way, the 60s lounge feel is very prominent in this track and ending with the spy styled music. Polygraph is also a crazy track with a fiddle and country styled theme for the track, unlike the rest of the score. A banjo is also featured in this silly track along with the harmonica again.

Boxes goes back to the mellow slow feel of the first track, almost an exact imitation of it. After Car is similar to the Mark track, the same theme is played out with additional harmony adding to the mix to still make it a little different. Trust Me is a solo piano track, as listed, playing out the main theme. Styled with that lounge feel, its a fun piano pick that has a harmonica come in for a little backup mid track. Sellout is in the same style, 60s lounge feel, but brings out a different melody for this track. The keyboard plays out the main theme, with the guitar adding that 'secret agent' feel to the track as well. Triplets goes back to the piano main theme of the informant, short variation on that theme. Golf is another upbeat, 'secret agent' styled track. With the brass the main instruments creating that hurried important feel to the music The Informant is the first track of the song, obviously, played out on a solo piano. It gives a jazzy upbeat feel to the track, wonderful fun on its own. Trust Me is the singing song off of the score, the lyrics are fun and it again is in that jazzy 60s feel musically.

Overall I love this score and I think it is a wonderful score to listen to when needing some fun upbeat music to brighten your day a bit. I love the unique feel of the score and find myself constantly coming back to request from it, never gets old!

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