Buy it... if you relax to atmospheric classical music led by piano and strings, harmonious by nature, but without clearly defined themes.
Avoid it... if you prefer scores with more sharply defined cue changes and thematic swells, or if you never plan on sampling any of Glass' work.
this is what i read at some website, as recommends for the soundtrack of the film The Hours. well, i do agree to the "avoid it" part, but the "Buy it" it part is very misleading. well, i don't think philip glass' music can be considered classical music, especially this one. it just doesn't have drum beats. but that's not important. the thing is, i can never relax to philip glass' music. his has too much tension for that purpose. even though he's a minimalist and all, piano and string only whatever and he has no distinctive melody most of the time... his music is superior at mood painting. think about the mood in The Hours. it's nothing but disturbing conflict, tension, agony and struggle. how could you. how could you relax to such music?
such websites... well. i don't really see the point of writing such recommends at all.
2 comments:
i...erh...strangely do relax to PG's music..the tension in the music aside, maybe it's because i don't have musically trained ears that reflexively listen for all the elements necessary to qualify for this category or that. all just music to me. :P
or maybe we already know what 'the hours' is about. THe opening theme does have a suffocating feel, like smudges of time being remembered n forgotten here n there and the flowing water.but i find Jady's background music (The Hours) blog strangely disturbing, dunno why.
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