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Batman: Under The Red Hood |
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2010 |
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B003XF1SR8 |
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| 23 listener votes for this album. |
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| Not inspiring |
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| By: | LadyInque |
| Date: | 29 Nov 2010 |
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The website <i>World’s Finest</i> conducted an <a href="http://worldsfinestonline.com/WF/dcuam/redhood/backstage/drakewf.php" target="_blank">interview</a> with Christopher Drake, the composer on this and <a href="http://www.streamingsoundtracks.com/modules.php?name=Requests&postartistsearch=true&artist=Christopher+Drake" target="_blank">other DC Animated movies</a> such as <i>Gotham Knight</i> and <i>Wonder Woman</i>. In the interview, the words “dark,” “modern,” “minimalist,” and “electronic” are used to describe the direction of the score for this film, which gives you an idea of the music and which probably explains why I find the result to be an uninteresting listen, even though the score worked well enough in the movie. The director, according to the interview, had specific references in mind for the score, which clearly included the recent Batsounds by Hans Zimmer. I’m not a big fan of Zimmer’s work in the first place, but this is a pretty bloodless imitation of that style. It’s also my opinion that temp tracks used by a director seldom help the real composer create anything good.
I could point out specific tracks, like “Batwing,” for their driving action. But the entire album is either driving action or emotionally constipated melodrama, with a heaping serving of electronic processing. It gets dull. It’s not thematic, and it’s not particularly attractive. “A Death in the Family” is a good example. The first time I heard it, the disc was skipping in my player. I fixed the problem, but the track was not improved.
This score is probably my least favorite of the DC Animated scores, and I can’t recommend it. If all the NUTs have been cracked and you’d like to try it out, I suggest the “Main Titles” or “Flashback.”
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