WOW. Much of score is lush & lyrical but I think "Pumpkin Pursuit" might be my favorite action track of the year so far. Damn. Classic Doyle by way of some of the fantasy stuff Desplat has done lately and with a very cool hammered chime/bell sound thrown into the mix!!
I've had a chance to listen to this all the way through a couple times today and I am loving it. Classic Doyle. Fans of his earlier works will have a lot to like about this one. Very melodic, but not overblown and "Pumpkin Chase" and "Who Is She" are two standout tracks.
The bonus tracks are OK, but nothing to really get excited about. They are just the song arrangements without the vocals. I have a feeling this score is going to be on repeat for a while. It's a great listen from start to finish.
Have not seen (and have little interest in) the movie but the score is DELIGHTFUL. Doubtless others, if they bothered to listen to it, would have a different reaction; we seem to hear music so differently...
Now that I heard it... Sweet score though it doesn't blow me away. Don't get me wrong solid effort. I'll give it time to grow on me. I agree "Pumpkin Pursuit" is a stand out. I'll probably cut it down by 20 min, it's a bit long and the ballroom music goes a long way. Hearing the score almost makes me want to see the film! Are the songs actually in the film or just tagged onto the end of the film? (Or not in the film at all?) Their timeless classics.
It is a wonderful score from Doyle. It reminds me of A little Princess and Sense and Sensibility. Not as good as those 2 but still very good.His best score in years.
I'm very late to this party, but I want to echo Joan Hue and edwzoomom. The trailers of this movie look just as they should for a new-generation Cinderella, and I think it looks like an extraordinary live-action update of the beloved cartoon.
Yes, beloved, even by me. I had the OST album when a kid and my first watch was a Cinderella watch with a blue band almost exactly the color of her ball dress. (I'm a boy so that drove my dad a bit mad, but my daughter loves the story fifty years later).
I'm listening to the score right now on Spotify (and this is one I'll have to get) - so nice to hear again what Doyle does so exquisitely well.
I've been home sick and watching the second season of Hannibal until I couldn't take the horrorshow any more, however well mounted and effectively scored. Our culture is stuffed to the gills with what Burgess called the old ultraviolence.
I'll take as much of this kind of thing as we can get to clear the deck of all the muck we sling about.
I'm very late to this party, but I want to echo Joan Hue and edwzoomom. The trailers of this movie look just as they should for a new-generation Cinderella, and I think it looks like an extraordinary live-action update of the beloved cartoon.
Yes, beloved, even by me. I had the OST album when a kid and my first watch was a Cinderella watch with a blue band almost exactly the color of her ball dress. (I'm a boy so that drove my dad a bit mad, but my daughter loves the story fifty years later).
I'm listening to the score right now on Spotify (and this is one I'll have to get) - so nice to hear again what Doyle does so exquisitely well.
I've been home sick and watching the second season of Hannibal until I couldn't take the horrorshow any more, however well mounted and effectively scored. Our culture is stuffed to the gills with what Burgess called the old ultraviolence.
I'll take as much of this kind of thing as we can get to clear the deck of all the muck we sling about.
Sean, wonderful and insightful comments. And NOT because you agree with Joan and I. I think this film truly "clears the deck" which I agree is what we need.
It is pretty solid, and very satisfying to hear Doyle's inimitable melodic voice again. It might be a bit shy of rising to the kind of rhapsodic bliss so characteristic of a lot of Doyle's best, but there's some wondrous moments to behold.
Really is a pretty delightful score and it's growing on me with each new listen. Though I did cut mine down to 1hr 10min. May cut it down to just 60 minutes as I really love the highlights.
One question does "Courage and Kindness" seem out of place musically speaking? It's the only cue that sort of has a "synthy" sound to it.
While I dissect things "Pumpkin Pursuit" might have been tracked from Polar Express. It's got that vibe ever so slightly.
Non-soundtrack note. One thing I've picked up in the previews (haven't seen the picture yet) is the same kind of visual splendor Branagh brought to his essential retelling of Hamlet.
What most surprised me on seeing Hamlet for the first time was how gorgeous and almost fairy-tale like were the settings and costumes. At first seemed a fussy choice until I realized how well it offset the dire goings-on of the characters - a great take on Shakespeare's theme of seeming vs. being.
The review Joan posted reminded me how good he is at staging action amid that kind of spectacle. Gives me renewed high hopes for this film.
It really is gorgeous what Doyle wrote for this. And I have to say I am a little surprised that this turned out as nice as it did. I stopped expecting this sort of score from Doyle not because I think he doesn't have it in him but I wasn't expecting him to get the chance to write such a score again. Even more surprising is the way that the album actually sounds like a properly recorded classical piece and not some overly bass-heavy compressed version we hear so often.
Know I'm gonna get hell for this but I wish they reversed the roles of Holliday Grainger and Lily James. Holliday would have been a much better Cinderella IMHO.
Know I'm gonna get hell for this but I wish they reversed the roles of Holliday Grainger and Lily James. Holliday would have been a much better Cinderella IMHO.
I am not going to give you hell for this. Holliday Grainger is stunning. I would have been thrilled with either actress. I may catch hell for this, but I think the majority of Cinderella cineastes prefer a blonde princess. It seems we have a weakness for that. I could be wrong. As a female, I have no preference. My favorite thus far is Lesley Ann Warren. She was a stunning brunette in that role and is still lovely. I still remember waltzing around the house singing "Ten Minutes Ago" and sitting in my bedroom singing "In My Own Little Corner". Those were the days.
Know I'm gonna get hell for this but I wish they reversed the roles of Holliday Grainger and Lily James. Holliday would have been a much better Cinderella IMHO.
I am not going to give you hell for this. Holliday Grainger is stunning. I would have been thrilled with either actress. I may catch hell for this, but I think the majority of Cinderella cineastes prefer a blonde princess. It seems we have a weakness for that. I could be wrong. As a female, I have no preference. My favorite thus far is Lesley Ann Warren. She was a stunning brunette in that role and is still lovely. I still remember waltzing around the house singing "Ten Minutes Ago" and sitting in my bedroom singing "In My Own Little Corner". Those were the days.
Since I'm a Disney animation fan my favorite will always be the cartoon variety made in 1950. The voice work was perfect. Ilene Woods was so endearing in the part. I really like The Slipper and the Rose, that is probably my second favorite. Then there's the *ahem* 1977 version. It really had great songs!
The voice work was perfect. Ilene Woods was so endearing in the part. I really like The Slipper and the Rose, that is probably my second favorite. Then there's the *ahem* 1977 version. It really had great songs!