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With Signs, composer James Newton Howard again joins director M. Night Shyamalan for their third collaboration following The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, and clearly the film presents another thrilling encounter with the supernatural. From his opening "Main Theme," Howard ratchets up the tension, and his music thereafter alternates only between the ominous and the suspenseful. He overloads his lower tones, employing eight basses, five percussionists, and even a tuba, but also uses a large string section for short, fast, repetitive figures meant to keep viewers on the edges of their seats. This is not particularly imaginative music, just good old Saturday afternoon scary movie fare, the only distinguishing characteristic about it -- consistent with Shyamalan's style -- that it is so relentless. There's just no let up; dread pervades every moment of the director's films, to the point of emotional exhaustion for some, and the score has to have the same uncompromising approach, which can make it a little hard to take when listened to all the way through.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
James Newton Howard, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Thomas Drescher, Producer, Co-Producer
(C) 2002 Hollywood Records Inc This label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2002 EMI Records Ltd ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records, Inc.
Album review
With Signs, composer James Newton Howard again joins director M. Night Shyamalan for their third collaboration following The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, and clearly the film presents another thrilling encounter with the supernatural. From his opening "Main Theme," Howard ratchets up the tension, and his music thereafter alternates only between the ominous and the suspenseful. He overloads his lower tones, employing eight basses, five percussionists, and even a tuba, but also uses a large string section for short, fast, repetitive figures meant to keep viewers on the edges of their seats. This is not particularly imaginative music, just good old Saturday afternoon scary movie fare, the only distinguishing characteristic about it -- consistent with Shyamalan's style -- that it is so relentless. There's just no let up; dread pervades every moment of the director's films, to the point of emotional exhaustion for some, and the score has to have the same uncompromising approach, which can make it a little hard to take when listened to all the way through.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:23
- Main artists: James Newton Howard
- Composer: James Newton Howard
- Label: Hollywood Records
- Genre: Soundtracks Film Soundtracks
© 2002 Hollywood Records Inc ℗ 2002 Hollywood Records Inc
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