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This John Travolta-starring military-themed thriller hardly distinguished itself with critics, who almost universally lambasted its overwrought ambience and painfully obvious plot points a whodunit that begged the question "whyd ya make it"? But even the most turgid Hollywood fare can have its delightful musical surprises, and thats where The Generals Daughter redeems itself. Veteran Carter Burwell turns in a brooding orchestral score that finely underplays the histrionics with subtlety and emotional weight. But its Greg Hale Joness ingenious digital reworking of half-century-old Library of Congress remote recordings (made in cotton fields and prisons) of African American folk music and spirituals thats the real revelation here. The opening "Sea Lion Woman" is both haunting and unforgettable, a gratifying reminder that studio alchemy can enhance the humanity of music as well as sublimate it. Minus points for trotting out the cinematically tired Carmina Burana once again its enough to make one want to Orff themselves. --Jerry McCulley
Rate Points :4.5
Binding :Audio CD
Label :Milan Records
Manufacturer :Milan Records
MPN :35885
ProductGroup :Music
Studio :Milan Records
Publisher :Milan Records
UPC :731383588525
EAN :0731383588525
Price :$13.98USD
Lowest Price :$9.01USD
Customer ReviewsAwessome sound track
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :1
Never have I spent so much time on a movie soundtrack. The intro song "She began to Lie" is haunting, and lead to many hours of research on the internet. Check it out. If your into this sort of thing, then I think youll be interested in its origins.
Similarly, "Mighty Good Road" follows the same theme, and both pieces set the flavor for the location and theme of the movie so nicely.
I also finally found the name of a piece of music Ive heard a dozen times in various productions and never knew what it was. O Fortuna. It also has an interesting history.
The entire soundtrack is wonderful and well worth adding to your collection.
Haunting Score
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :1
This score is very haunting and just like the movie grips from the very begining and wont let go.
good music
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
While nothing in the film works very well except perhaps the chemistry between Travolta and Stowe, the sublime soundtrack is another story. Descriptions such as "haunting" and "soul moving" are right on the money, one might also add ineffable to the list.
Foolish movie. Great soundtrack. Typical Burwell.
Rating Point :4 Helpful Point :8
This movie was quite the pile of dung. But the soundtrack, that MUSIC is so solid that its certainly one of the most ingenious scores in the last decade. Much hype has been ascribed toward the Library of Congress remixes, songs featuring new background beats coupled with pleasant nego-songs (see also Mobys remixes from his Play album for a close comparison). Those songs are the highlight, no question, but Burwells songs are not to be overlooked.
Echoes of Fargo, Hamlet, Barton Fink, and The Man Who Wasnt There are present here, but Burwell isnt a leech when it comes to his music, and he takes a splendind, darker direction with this score than, yes, even Fargo and Hamlet - as dark as those were.
Burwell aficionados wont be disappointed here, neither will fans of darker film scores along the lines of David Julyans Memento, Thomas Newmans Flesh and Bone, and especially Philip Glass Fog of War.
tHE GENERAL DAUGHTER
Rating Point :5 Helpful Point :2
Excellent music when I heard the CD I could easily remember the scenes in the film. The music is very moving. It fits the army theme without all the gungho drums and bugles. some how it made me think how unfeeling and sinister the army can be. I feel this music cannot fail to move anyone who has seen the film. Excellent.
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