Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life

[TownerFan 4,983]

30 seconds samples of the OST available here.

[crocodile 7,973]

Well, so far there's nothing interesting. I'll wait til I hear the complete CD though.

Karol

[Brónach 1,301]

That kind of sound doesn't do much for me. I hope Malick has reduced the score to bits and used other music instead.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Sounds excellent. Can't wait!

Odd that the score is coming out a month before the film.

[Thor 7,451]

Never been a Desplat fan, and the clips did nothing for me.

BUT....I'm very excited about the film itself! Malick always delivers.

[A24 4,322]

The best thing about Polanski's The Ghost Writer is Alexander Desplat so I have faith the music of The Three Of Life won't disappoint. However, I bet the best moments of the film will be Malick using classical music, you'll see.

Alex

[Thor 7,451]

The best thing about Polanski's The Ghost Writer is Alexander Desplat so I have faith the music of The Three Of Life won't disappoint. However, I bet the best moments of the film will be Malick using classical music, you'll see.

THE GHOST WRITER is one of Desplat's efforts I have LEAST issue with, but that's mostly because there's not a lot of music. It's well-spotted, and that's really the best part of the music. I love that film, but the music is really the last thing I would mention as the reason for its excellence.

[mrbellamy 6,270]

Odd that the score is coming out a month before the film.

Only in Australia...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/releaseinfo

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Oh wow! I didn't know it came out here on the 27th. Limited though, the wide release is definitely in June.

[Neimoidian 14]

Sounds interesting. Very restrained, even for Desplat, but that can be a good thing. Being great fan of TRL (the score) I am certainly going to check this one out.

[Richard Penna 3,662]

Started out interesting, but it lost me when it changed to primarily piano. Classically flavoured music often does little for me because it lacks emotional direction that you get with repeated motifs.

[crocodile 7,973]

I will give a listen sure. But it might end up being way to elusive for my tastes.

Karol - who didn't this film marks a return a big of Douglas Trumbull

[QMM 4]

Is it already out in the UK?

[Brónach 1,301]

Isn't it out there on 4th?

By the way, if anyone happens to know when this is going to be released in Spain, please tell me.

[TownerFan 4,983]

Desplat talks about the score

The soundtrack will feature also tracks from Ligeti and Berlioz.

[A24 4,322]

The soundtrack will feature also tracks from Ligeti and Berlioz.

What a surprise!

[Docteur Qui 1,544]

Started out interesting, but it lost me when it changed to primarily piano. Classically flavoured music often does little for me because it lacks emotional direction and you get with repeated motifs.

I'll match your generalisation about classical with another: emotion is generally implicit in classical. It's there, you've just gotta be in the right head space to feel it.

[A24 4,322]

Translation of a French Review (the very first review, I think)

Original French Review

Alex

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Sounds like an Alex Cremers movie.

Were are the Transformers 3 reviews?

[TownerFan 4,983]

Here's the full source music listing used in Tree of Life--I guess it's taken from the film's end credits or from the pressbook:

“Funeral Canticle”

Written by John Tavener and Mother Thekla

Performed by George Mosley, Paul Goodwin

and the Academy of Ancient Music

Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi USA

“Cosmic Beam Take 5”

Written and Performed by Francesco Lupica

Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

“Symphony No. 1”

Written by Gustav Mahler

Performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Halász

Courtesy of Naxos

By arrangement with Source/Q

“Morning Prayers”

Written by Giya Kancheli

Courtesy of ECM Records

“Faunophonia Balkanica”

Written, Performed and Produced by Arsenije Jovanovic

Courtesy of Arsenije Jovanovic

“Wind Pipes”

Written and Performed by Michael Baird

Courtesy of Sharp Wood Records

“Approaching”

Written, Performed and Produced by Arsenije Jovanovic

Courtesy of Arsenije Jovanovic

“Ta Há 1”

Written and Performed by Klaus Wiese

Courtesy of Aquamarin Verlag GmbH, Germany

“Snapshot from the Island”

Written and Performed by Tibor Szemzo

Courtesy of Leo Records

“Lacrimosa 2”

Composed by Zbigniew Preisner

Performed by Elzbieta Towarnicka (soprano) and the Sinfonia Varsovia

and the Varsov Chamber Choir, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk

Courtesy of New Music B.V.

“Ascending and Descending”

Written by David Hykes

Performed by David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir

Courtesy of Harmonic Presence Foundation

“Resurrection in Hades”

Written by John Tavener and Mother Thekla

Performed by Joseph Jennings and the Chanticleer Choir and Chorus

Courtesy of Warner Classics

By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

“Berlioz: 7. Domine Jesu Christe [Requiem Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)]”

Performed by Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd.

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“Siciliana Da Antiche Danze Ed Arie Suite III”

Written by Ottorino Respighi

Performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Conducted by Rico Saccani

Courtesy of Naxos

By Arrangement with Source/Q

“Hymn to Dionysus”

Composed by Gustav Holst

Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus

Courtesy of Unicorn-Kanchana Records

“My Country –Vltava (The Moldau)”

Composed by Bedrich Smetana

Performed by Vaclav Smetacek and

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Courtesy of SUPRAPHON

“Brahms: 2. Andante moderato [symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98]”

Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“Symphony No. 3”

Written by Henryk Górecki

Performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit

Courtesy of Naxos

By Arrangement with Source/Q

“Pièces de clavecin, Book II 6e Ordre N5:Les Barricades Mistérieuses

Written by Francois Couperin (1668-1733)

Performed by Angela Hewitt

Courtesy of Hyperion Records Ltd.

“J.S Bach: Fugue [Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565]”

Performed by Helmut Walcha

Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon, GmbH, Hamburg

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“The Well-Tempered Clavier”

Written by Johann Sebastian Bach

Performed by Jenő Jandó

Courtesy of Naxos

By arrangement with Source/Q

“Pièces de clavecin, Book II 6e Ordre N5:

Les Barricades Mistérieuses

Written by Francois Couperin

Performed by Hanan Townshend

Courtesy of Hanan Townshend

“Hymn 87: Welcome Happy Morning”

Performed by Hanan Townshend

Courtesy of Hanan Townshend

"Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade - The Tuileries - Bydio (Piano Version)"

Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy

Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd.

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“Schumann: 1. Allegro affettuoso [Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54]”

Performed by Martha Argerich, Gewandhausorchester, Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly

Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd.

Under license from Univesral Music Enterprises

“Klangschalen 2”

Written and Performed by Klaus Wiese

Courtesy of Akasha, Germany

“Eternal Pulse”

Written and Performed by Hanan Townshend

Courtesy of Hanan Townshend

“After the Rain: Antiphon”

Written by Barry Guy

Performed by Richard Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia

Courtesy of NMC Recordings

“Harold in Italy”

Written by Hector Berlioz

Performed by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yoav Talmi

Courtesy of Naxos

By Arrangement with Source/Q 42

“Piano Sonata No.16 in C Major K. 545”

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performed by Jim Lynch

“Siciliana Da Antiche Danze Ed Arie Suite III”

Written by Ottorino Respighi

Performed by Hanan Townshend

Courtesy of Hanan Towhnshend

“Lacrimosa 2”

Written by Zbigniew Preisner

Performed by Hanan Townshend

Courtesy of Hanan Townshend

“Berlioz: 10. Agnus Dei [Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)]”

Performed by Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd.

Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

“Sound Testament of Mount Athos”

Written, Performed and Produced by Arsenije Jovanovic

Courtesy of Arsenije Jovanovic

“Ma Maison”

Written, Performed and Produced by Arsenije Jovanovic

Courtesy of Arsenije Jovanovic

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Looks like a history of classical music, from Bach to Tavener while going through Brahms and Mahler. Cool. I wonder how much of Desplat's original score survived the final cut.

[Brónach 1,301]

I wondr if that's it or thre's extra music for the 162 minutes cut.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Nice to see Tavener in there.

[Brónach 1,301]

I listened to a few of these now and I see where this is going...

And where's Ligeti?

[TownerFan 4,983]

Judging from these musical selections, I guess this will be a very tough movie. Preisner's Requiem is one of the saddest pieces of music ever written.

[Brónach 1,301]

It seems I won't be able to see the film until after the summer at the very least

[A24 4,322]

The Tree Of Life was greeted with cheers and boos at the Cannes film festival. It sounds like my kind of film.

The Tree Of Life Review

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Everything that's brilliant gets booed at Cannes. Can't wait!

[TownerFan 4,983]

I've seen the film yesterday (it opened on Wednesday here in Italy).

Visually gorgeous and incredibly powerful on many levels, but somehow scattered and cold in places. Looks like Malick wanted to make a Philosophy class through the language of the visual poem.

On the music side, there's a great use of classical music. It looks like Malick completely scrapped almost all of Desplat's original score, however. I only recognized a couple of brief cues of him and nothing more.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I expected nothing less. It comes out here on Friday. Can't wait.

[Brónach 1,301]

Oh I so want to see it. They don't make good films despicting seriously the deep geological past very often.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

It'll probably be the next 2001 in terms of dialogue to running time.

[TownerFan 4,983]

It'll probably be the next 2001 in terms of dialogue to running time.

In a word: no. While there are several influences from 2001, Malick's film imho doesn't achieve the same status. It surely strikes some deep chord in the same vein, but Malick seems interested in a different path. Kubrick's film is a journey toward the boundaries of human knowledge, but it's constructed as a Myth's tale (like the movie's title itself says). Malick's film instead wants to explore the turmoils and struggles of the human journey through the lens of a very hard-edged spiritual/religious credo (very Calvinist-like, I'd say). It's a very heavy movie in this sense.

Keep in mind that 2001 is my own all-time favourite movie, so I'm probably partial to it.

[indy4 155]

I can't imagine booing a film, no matter how bad it is...at least not when its makers are in earshot.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

It'll probably be the next 2001 in terms of dialogue to running time.

In a word: no. While there are several influences from 2001, Malick's film imho doesn't achieve the same status. It surely strikes some deep chord in the same vein, but Malick seems interested in a different path. Kubrick's film is a journey toward the boundaries of human knowledge, but it's constructed as a Myth's tale (like the movie's title itself says). Malick's film instead wants to explore the turmoils and struggles of the human journey through the lens of a very hard-edged spiritual/religious credo (very Calvinist-like, I'd say). It's a very heavy movie in this sense.

Keep in mind that 2001 is my own all-time favourite movie, so I'm probably partial to it.

It'll probably be the next 2001 in terms of dialogue to running time.

[crocodile 7,973]

I don't expect revelatory message from this film. All I want is an intoxicating orgy of image and sound.

Karol

[Koray Savas 2,251]

And that's exactly what you'll get.

[Brónach 1,301]

I doubt there's anything revelatory on this film. Its philosophy is very simple, from what I can remember from the script. It got me thinking on the role of cooperation in the evolution of life.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Well Malick's films have me thinking about life for days after I've watched them, I expect nothing less from The Tree Of Life, but that's just me.

[A24 4,322]

Jeez, Koray.

Anyway, The Tree Of Life won first price (Palme D'or) at the Cannes Film Festival. Second price (Grand Prix) went to the Belgian Darnenne brothers for Le Gamin Au Vélo which makes them the most awarded filmmakers at Cannes.

I don't expect revelatory message from this film. All I want is an intoxicating orgy of image and sound.

Karol

What happened to your need for a balanced movie where story, characters and images are equally responsible for driving or making up the movie?

Oh I so want to see it. They don't make good films despicting seriously the deep geological past very often.

It's out here in Belgium but I'm waiting for the extended cut on Blu-ray.

[crocodile 7,973]

What happened to your need for a balanced movie where story, characters and images are equally responsible for driving the movie?

Let's just say I want that mainly from blockbusters and films that generally need that sort of thing. I never said cinema is all that.

Karol

[A24 4,322]

I see. I never got that from all the times we spoke about this subject. Normally, I talk about film in general. It sounds a bit formulaic to me that a movie, a genre or even a blockbuster should always have the same driving force or should each time use the same building blocks.

BTW, Koray, a lot of people compared Enter The Void to A Space Odyssey as well.

[TownerFan 4,983]

I don't expect revelatory message from this film. All I want is an intoxicating orgy of image and sound.

You'll get that, don't worry. The first part of the film is a truly remarkable piece in this sense and probably the closest thing to 2001's "Ultimate Trip" you can get.

Thinking more about this film is making me appreciate it more and more. It truly lasts inside yourself well after the vision.

[Quintus 5,399]

This wasn't in my radar till very recently. Must find out when it comes out here.

[crocodile 7,973]

I see. I never got that from all the times we spoke about this subject.

Yes, but notice I never complained about plot in something like Blade Runner. It's the least intersting and important part of that film. And, to be honest, the story is... just there. I wouldn't go over the moon just by reading script.

The first part of the film is a truly remarkable piece in this sense and probably the closest thing to 2001's "Ultimate Trip" you can get.

Can't wait. I've never head a chance to experience a film like this on big screen. I know 2001 only from my DVD.

This wasn't in my radar till very recently. Must find out when it comes out here.

What's the release date for UK btw?

Karol

[Quintus 5,399]

According to wiki it's tba.

[A24 4,322]

Yes, but notice I never complained about plot in something like Blade Runner. It's the least intersting and important part of that film. And, to be honest, the story is... just there. I wouldn't go over the moon just by reading script.

In that case, I take it that you don't want it from blockbusters (successful or not) either.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Quintus 5,399]

Which is why Alex no longer has any desire to see it, of course.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

The first part of the film is a truly remarkable piece in this sense and probably the closest thing to 2001's "Ultimate Trip" you can get.

Can't wait. I've never head a chance to experience a film like this on big screen. I know 2001 only from my DVD.

Being able to simply experience Malick in a theater is a rare treat.

[A24 4,322]

Which is why Alex no longer has any desire to see it, of course.

Oh no, like I said, I'm waiting for the Blu-ray which I will buy as soon as it's available. I can't watch it in theaters because watching half of the audience leave would be a distraction.

I hate the smell of popcorn in the cinemas.