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French film composer Alexandre Desplat already had several exotic and evocative scores to his credit -- one thinks immediately of 2006's The Painted Vail and 2005's Syriana -- when he got the contract to compose the music for the film version of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, the first of the author's His Dark Materials trilogy. Like his previous scores, Desplat's music for The Golden Compass is made up of driving ostinatos à la Philip Glass, ominous harmonies à la Bernard Herrmann, colorful orchestrations à la Jerry Goldsmith, and emotionally charged motives à la Alexander North, plus a slew of spooky sound effects à la John Williams. The tone of the score, however, is entirely Desplat's own: located somewhere between ethereal and demonic and innocence and decadence, his music for The Golden Compass is as atmospheric as his music for The Painted Vail, but much weirder and otherworldly. Produced by Desplat in EMI's Abbey Road Studios and AIR Studio in brightly lit but deeply textured sound, this disc is a lovely aural souvenir from the film. Kate Bush's typically idiosyncratic but strangely haunting performance of her song "Lyra," named for the film's central character, is an apt way to end both the film and the soundtrack.
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Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Alexandre Desplat, Composer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Kate Bush, Writer, MainArtist
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Album review
French film composer Alexandre Desplat already had several exotic and evocative scores to his credit -- one thinks immediately of 2006's The Painted Vail and 2005's Syriana -- when he got the contract to compose the music for the film version of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, the first of the author's His Dark Materials trilogy. Like his previous scores, Desplat's music for The Golden Compass is made up of driving ostinatos à la Philip Glass, ominous harmonies à la Bernard Herrmann, colorful orchestrations à la Jerry Goldsmith, and emotionally charged motives à la Alexander North, plus a slew of spooky sound effects à la John Williams. The tone of the score, however, is entirely Desplat's own: located somewhere between ethereal and demonic and innocence and decadence, his music for The Golden Compass is as atmospheric as his music for The Painted Vail, but much weirder and otherworldly. Produced by Desplat in EMI's Abbey Road Studios and AIR Studio in brightly lit but deeply textured sound, this disc is a lovely aural souvenir from the film. Kate Bush's typically idiosyncratic but strangely haunting performance of her song "Lyra," named for the film's central character, is an apt way to end both the film and the soundtrack.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:36
- Main artists: Alexandre Desplat
- Composer: Alexandre Desplat
- Label: New Line Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2007 Motion Picture Artwork and Photography © 2007 New Line Productions, Inc. ℗ 2007 This compilation WaterTower Music as licensee for Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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