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The fog of war

Limited to one promotional credit per customer. Heres how restrictions apply Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 The American Four Philip Glass Philip Glass: Itaipu; The Canyon Philip Glass Philip Glass deserves his Oscar nod for this superb, richly atmospheric soundtrack. His work on, say, The Hours may have been found overly sappy and intrusive by many, but Notes on a Scandal is a masterful example of what a film score can achieve. Glass has explained that he wrote it from the point of view of the Judi Dench character, who becomes increasingly obsessive and unhinged as the film progresses; similarly, the early tracks are relatively calm, only to start building up and up and up, and the last third of the CD is a master class in how to suggest psychological tension. The composers familiar hypnotic repetitions are used very sparingly, giving the technique even more impact when it hits check out Invitation and Betrayal for textbook examples. A cue like Barbara s House easily sits next to Bernard Herrmans best work on Hitchcock classics-no small compliment. – Elisabeth Vincentelli Philip Glass is inarguably one of the most distinctive and influential composers of the modern era. In addition to his ground-breaking concert hall works and operas, his film scores, such as The Hours, Kundun, and The Thin Blue Line, have won acclaim and popularity through their combination of Western classical music, synthesized sounds, and non-Western influences. His emotive score for Notes on a Scandal is an integral part of the dramatic arc of the film. Notes on a Scandal is a story of loneliness, loyalty, envy and love. Directed by Richard Eyre, the film follows a free-spirited and charismatic art teacher Sheba Hart played by Cate Blanchett, who is the fog of war down by scandal when she is arrested for engaging in sexual relations with a 15-year-old student. Academy Award winner Judi Dench plays a fellow teacher, Barbara Covett who befriends the younger woman and observes her fall from grace. The score essentially is about Barbara, Glass states. It begins with Barbara and it ends with Barbara. Notes on a Scandal opens in theaters December 25th. 0 out of 5 stars A true masterpiece every note is flawless Oscar Nominated!, January 25, 2007 Glass strikes again. Another Oscar nomination for Philip Glass with his score to Notes on a Scandal. Well-deserved, Glass may have an Oscar award to add to his award collection on February 25th! Glass has already won the Critics Choice Award for his score for The Illusionist and also won the Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Glass writes for strings like no other every note on this CD is flawless. Glass smartly decided that the music should serve as the inner voice of the films main character, Barbara Judi Dench. A great decision indeed! This score is a masterpiece of controlled writing, dramatic scoring, and beautiful musical logic for instance, at the start of the last track on the CD, you will not find better writing for strings than this. Some conservative critics thought the music was too intrusive in the movie and over the top I wholeheartedly disagree. After all, Denchs performance was what was over the top! Glasss music added an element of tension and perfectly complemented the drama of the film, and did NOT distract from the story. The the fog of war is beautiful, original, and powerful. I find it going through my mind all the time very memorable. Glass is truly a genius and musical phenomenon! Further kudos goes to the performance, recording, and engineering on this CD probably the best-sounding Glass orchestral CD yet and I have them all. The amazing thing to me the fog of war this score is its clarity and sophistication at the same time, and beautiful harmonic language far beyond what one normally hears in film scores. BRAVO Philip Glass the greatest composer in the world. Another 5 star soundtrack for a 5 star movie. Beautiful and yet haunting music that sets the perfect tone for the movie.