I am hardly that fond of JNH's usual electronic scores, but this one has quite surprisingly lot more to offer - including fairly nice and quite memorable main theme, which is rather simple and is often performed just by solo guitar or piano. But some of the more dramatic and percussive moments are quite good too... not to mention that one of the orchestrators was William Stromberg.
The finale also features fairly nice piece for synth choir, which goes on forever but has very ethereal quality, which is quite unique and very different from rest of the score. It's nothing that would be anywhere near best JNH's scores but still it's a decent work, which I am sure some people will appreciate - well, in case it will get released...
Has anyone heard anything about possible release of the score?
I am hardly that fond of JNH's usual electronic scores, but this one has quite surprisingly lot more to offer - including fairly nice and quite memorable main theme, which is rather simple and is often performed just by solo guitar or piano. But some of the more dramatic and percussive moments are quite good too... not to mention that one of the orchestrators was William Stromberg.
The finale also features fairly nice piece for synth choir, which goes on forever but has very ethereal quality, which is quite unique and very different from rest of the score. It's nothing that would be anywhere near best JNH's scores but still it's a decent work, which I am sure some people will appreciate - well, in case it will get released...
It's a fantastic film and score. Perhaps the most brilliantly caustic media satire since Network, and another example of JNH's synth coolness. especially when it comes to playing Los Angeles
My local cinema (Odeon) has started a 'Screen Unseen' series of events, in which you buy a ticket for a film (half price) and the conditions are - you don't know what the film will be before it starts and it will be a premiere showing of a major(ish) forthcoming release. The first one was last night and the film we got was NIGHTCRAWLER. I found it to be a thoroughly engrossing and fascinating film. A supremely creepy, calculating and bug-eyed performance from Jake G carries the whole show with fine support from Paxton and Russo. The somewhat alien/chilled night-time L.A. location shoot put me in mind of films like MIRACLE MILE and COLLATERAL, although I enjoyed this film way more than those two. It throws up some interesting debating points about the whole, rather ghoulish sub-culture of ambulance chasing and crash scene/invasive filming for news channels, although this film takes things to the extreme. It's been quite a while since I have been so excited in anticipating the pay-off of a scene as I was last night (for a major shoot-out sequence near films end). The score by JNH - at times recalling Danny Elfman's guitar bits from THE KINGDOM as well as some of his own more ambient soundtracks - is pretty solid and works a treat in the film. Not sure it would make a great stand-alone listen, but I did hear 4-5 scenes (including the Main Title and a long and lovely choral track) which I would like to hear away from the film. One of the best films I've seen this year. Highly recommended.
What a great score this is, finally heard the album tonight. I've enjoyed most of JNH's electronic/ ambient scores, really liked his Oscar nominated Michael Clayton, but this score is his best electronic score yet.
Using synths, electric guitar and percussion with what feels like some live strings and a small children's chorus, the music is dark and eerie, fitting the film perfectly.
People who are enamored of the Reznor/Ross scores for David Fincher films really need to listen to this one ( and Michael Clayton as well ). This is how electronic scoring /ambient/ quasi-sound design scores should be done
