Thomas Newman - Road To Perdition (Score) / O.S.T.
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Album Details: Road To Perdition (Score) / O.S.T.
- Release Date:
- 06/25/2002
- Label:
- Decca U.S.
- UPC:
- 044001716720
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Traveling The Road To Perdition
, April 4, 2006Reviewer: Atlas - See all Atlas's reviews
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Thomas Newman has a talent for composing disquieting little motifs played on unusual instruments (think of his theme music for the television series Six Feet Under), and he puts it to use in his score for the Depression-era gangster film Road to Perdition. Director Sam Mendes, who called Newman in to work on American Beauty, which earned him an Academy Award nomination, brings him back for a similar role here. Even discounting the inclusion of period (Fletcher Henderson's "Queer Notions," the Chicago Rhythm Kings' "There'll Be Some Changes Made") and period-sounding ("Someday Sweetheart" by the Charleston Chasers) source music, this is a long soundtrack, but it is one consisting of small and subtle effects. Newman likes dissonance, but he places it unobtrusively within quiet passages, so that it creates odd and comic tones. He is also capable of writing more conventional cues, such as "Dirty Money," with its martial percussion and contrasting sections carried by strings and brass, but it is the dark, slow-paced pieces that dominate this score. - William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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A second-generation member of Hollywood's preeminent musical dynasty, composer Thomas Newman carried on his family's legacy through a series of Academy Award-nominated film scores. Born in Los Angeles on October 20, 1955, he was the son of Alfred New...Full Thomas Newman Biography
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Pros: Outstanding hooks, motif's, and orchestration.
Cons: Atonal writing style.
Newmans writing style for Road to Perdition was a perfect match for the tone of the movie. Instead of opting for a grand and flourishing score, he chose to write the score in the 30's style with an atonal twist. Choosing just a few basic themes he sets out to write the score and instead of developing the themes, he keeps them simple and chooses to develop the storyline via Atonal writing; which, develops the energy in the movie, but not the characters. The problem with this is when the score is transfered over to soundtrack all of the development is done by atonal writing, which is undesirable to most soundtrack listeners. Unfortunatley, for those who are not familiar with atonal writing, there are not any really good example of it on any of the clips. I would suggest listening to the clips of tracks 4.(Mr. Rance) and 17. (Nothing to trade). The track that has the most Atonal writing in it is track 6. (murder in four parts), but the clip they have available is not a good representaion of the full track. Tracks 9 and 18 are actual songs from the 1930's; which, I really don't care for, but don't necessarily detract from the cd.
There are some truly beautiful pieces of music, but for those who don't like atonal music I would not suggest you buy the album, you'll be disappointed in a big way. Those who do like atonal music, I would suggest that if you buy it, don't listen to it in random order. Because of the scarcity of the themes and development, the cd has been layed out in such a way that themes are not played to closely together, so if you play it in random order you'll often find yourself thinking that you're listening to the same song over and over.
On the whole; I think the soundtrack is Phenomenal, despite the drawbacks. ...