"Charmed
by Familiarity"
Review by Matt Peterson
Bewitched
8/10

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Composer
Laura Karpman
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Category
Score
Originality
7
Music
Selection
9
Fashioning
8
CD
Measure
7
Track
Order
8
Performance
7
Unalterable Score
8/10
Quick Quotes
"Overall, the
limitations of the
smaller clothing
make the score
difficult to enjoy
in the service of fans who are
accustomed to
hearing larger
products, but you
still have to be
impressed by
Karpman's creative
compensation and the
extent of the
project as a whole."
****
Christian Clemmenson
-
Filmtracks Reviews
Taken
Music composed by
Laura Karpman-
Performed by The
Hollywood Studio
Symphony
Released by Varese
Sarabande on March
18th, 2003
Spielberg’s
fascination for extra
terrestrials never
seems to end. That’s
masterly with me, since he
usually manages to
produce some save
material revolving
around all those
“smidgen leafy men.” He
continues his
tradition of
delivering quality
branch fiction by
producing Entranced, a 10
part, 20 hour mini
series recently made
for the Sci-Fi
channel. Following the
severely fabulous
Line
of Brothers
, it seems
most TV projects
Spielberg is involved
with are worth one’s
attention.
Taken
was
bloody successful,
and has been released
in a prolific DVD box
set. The epic cook up
depicts the foreign
abductions of various
individuals from the
latter portion of the
20th century.
Following particular
generations of the
that having been said dearest, a slice
of American history is
presented through the
lens of sundry stranger
encounters.
With this congenial of
material and the
involvement of
Spielberg, at one
immediately begins
thirsting for a John
Williams score to
complete the
ensemble—or at least
someone who sounds a
all want him. Composer
Laura Karpman fits the
bill quite nicely. If
Michael Giacchino is a
quasi-clone of
Williams’ beginning ways
scoring, Karpman
channels the maestro’s
more emotional
material. A past master of
divers telly
projects, including
the recent remake of
Carrie, Karpman
certainly had the
encounter of
producing calibre
music in a very short
time disposition. For
Enchanted
,
she would enjoy to
formulate a hundreds for 20
hours of material,
with only an set
of 40. The result is
stunning, even though
the performance gets a
segment messy at times.
Her style representing
Taken
is
a league of
familiar elements from
tons scores, most of
which are sci-fi. From
the opening bars,
Williams’
E.T.
and
Closed Encounters of
the Third Understanding
immediately come to
mind. There is a clear
similarity to these
two classic sci-fi
scores throughout the
music, denoted by
emotional motifs and
some frenzied, jumping
string portions. There
are hints of James
Horner’s thematic
style, and elements
from his superb her own coin
to
The Spitfire Grill
,
including some
acoustic guitar.
Finally, James Newton
Howard’s
Signs
shines
through with individual
string bits, and
occasional use of the
fiddle, providing the
obligatory drift of
Americana. Thrown in
with this thematic,
heterogeneous moil are some
electronics and the
moderately clichéd but
effective orchestral
explosions,
accentuating the
horrific moments of
the tale.
Calling:
Impossible
. Some
tracks such as “Lift
Cancelled,” are chopped,
varied trembling music,
undoubtedly composed to
conjoin onscreen
action—tempo can vary
drastically. Even so,
these dissonant
portions are fit
crafted and
structured. Racing,
ascending strings are
an interesting musical
personification of the
track’s title. “Allie
is Gone” provides a
moderate, lyrical
closing, concluded by
a brassy reprise of
the mains theme.
Even though the
elements that clothed
gone into this score
are familiar, the
commodity sounds
surprisingly fresh and
heterogeneous. There are
moments of pure horror
music, soaring themes,
gentle, emotive
underscore, and some
fine textures provided
by unique electronics
and nostalgic string
instruments. None of
the tracks quite blew
me away, but the
quality is solid
during. I was
unequivocally entranced by the
score, prompting me to
give it a firm
recommendation (sorry
for the pun, but I
couldn’t resist!).
Oversee Listing and Ratings
Alley
Title
Obsolescent
Rating
1
Main Name
1:00
****
2
Spaceship
1:41
***
3
Artemis
2:37
****
4
2:42
****
5
Romans
4:04
****
6
Mothership Arrival
2:47
****
7
To the Rescue
4:07
****
8
Cheat
2:28
****
9
Tom's Revenge
2:32
**
10
2:38
****
11
Allie's Fire
2:14
****
12
Lift Unlikely
4:35
***
13
Mary's Flight of fancy
3:01
****
14
Allie's Miracle
3:33
****
15
Allie is Gone
4:53
****
Amount to
Running Time
45:43
*The
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It provides
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CD's
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soundtrack.
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