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Feb 14, 2017 - 9:32 AM
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I picked up this score back in 2015 and became quite enamored. I missed the limited U.S. theatrical release, and found it hard to find the film in rental or streaming options. I had it on my Amazon wish-list and, lo and behold, the birthday bunny delivered me a Blu-ray recently. So that's how I finally got to experience this film, sometime after the fact. It was a wonderful experience.
I've always enjoyed Annaud's films, especially "Quest for Fire" and "The Bear", and I had a feeling this one might be especially poignant, for a number of reasons. Perhaps it was my familiarity with Horner's score and the idea that it was one of his last, but it hit me hard. I did not know the film was completely in Chinese, but as always with Annaud that was immaterial. His films always transcend normal conventions, although they're often great adventures, there's a universality to them and connection with the natural world that I always find moving.
The canines were magnificent, the landscapes breathtaking, and the characters engaging -- based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong, who was a Mao-era student stationed to educate the nomadic natives on the Mongolian grasslands. The relationships of the people with each other and their land, and the story of the young man who rescues a wild wolf cub from a cull and raises the animal in secret, were very potent and beautifully done. Horner compliments these themes perfectly with his score, which -- as others have said here -- is robust and powerful, tender and untamed. A magnificent piece of work, and a wonderful epitaph.
Highly recommended.
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/29610/WOLF-TOTEM/
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Feb 14, 2017 - 10:35 AM
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Solium
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I picked up this score back in 2015 and became quite enamored. I missed the limited U.S. theatrical release, and found it hard to find the film in rental or streaming options. I had it on my Amazon wish-list and, lo and behold, the birthday bunny delivered me a Blu-ray recently. So that's how I finally got to experience this film, sometime after the fact. It was a wonderful experience.
I've always enjoyed Annaud's films, especially "Quest for Fire" and "The Bear", and I had a feeling this one might be especially poignant, for a number of reasons. Perhaps it was my familiarity with Horner's score and the idea that it was one of his last, but it hit me hard. I did not know the film was completely in Chinese, but as always with Annaud that was immaterial. His films always transcend normal conventions, although they're often great adventures, there's a universality to them and connection with the natural world that I always find moving.
The canines were magnificent, the landscapes breathtaking, and the characters engaging -- based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Jiang Rong, who was a Mao-era student stationed to educate the nomadic natives on the Mongolian grasslands. The relationships of the people with each other and their land, and the story of the young man who rescues a wild wolf cub from a cull and raises the animal in secret, were very potent and beautifully done. Horner compliments these themes perfectly with his score, which -- as others have said here -- is robust and powerful, tender and untamed. A magnificent piece of work, and a wonderful epitaph.
Highly recommended.
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/29610/WOLF-TOTEM/
James Horner left us on a high note. It's a gorgeous score that brings tears to my eyes. I've flirted with seeing the film, but I fear it might be to gut wrenching for me.
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Just watched this (by sheer coincidence after THE EAGLE HUNTRESS - both about Mongolians training wild animals!!!).
Horner did a very nice score - complete with danger motif - that is well worth obtaining on cd.
Be warned: this is a very, very, very depressing and dispiriting motion picture. Not that it isn't well made.
Not for children or adults who love nature, wolf lovers etc ( I covered my eyes at the end and fast forwarded)
brm
P.S. one of my changes is a wolf/husky hybrid who I love to death.
will send photo upon request
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Themes in Dances With Wolves:
John Dunbar Theme
Journey to Fort Sedgewick / Travelling Theme
Love Theme
Two Socks (Wolf Theme)
Childhood / Remembrance Theme
Pawnee Theme
Slow epic-sounding theme that sounds a little like a slower version of the dwarves theme from the Hobbit scores.
That's seven but I have a feeling there are at least a couple I've missed...
Yavar
Well, it all sounds the same to me other than the hunting music. So shoot me. Back on topic...
That says a lot about you.
And being a dip shit says a lot about you.
The Solium Confrontation
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Well... I just placed an order for this....blind buy.... never heard a note of it. I sure as shit hope I'm not making a mistake, especially since this score apparently has FEMALE WAILING in it!
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Yes, may be his final "great" epic film score. Wonderful.
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I played this again ( as a result). It had been a while. It is a fine effort. There was one horrible moment, though. I must have been nearly falling asleep. I heard some terrible bell sounds and thought I don't remember them. Turns out it was an ice cream van outside our house. What a relief.
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