Jay 37,364 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 01. Spies and Typewriters 02. Iron Curtain 03. First Contact 04. Greville 05. Secret Meeting 06. Prelude 07. It Has To Be You 08. Eyes Of The State 09. Cigarettes 10. Cuban Missiles 11. One Last Trip To Moscow 12. I Have A Light Day 13. Trenchcoats vs. KGB 14. Arrested 15. Cold Soup 16. Breakdown 17. When You Come Home 18. Maybe We Are Only Two People Total time - 40:57 I feel like it's been a while since we've heard a new Abel K score, where's he been hiding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Yes, it's been a while since I was excited for a new Korzeniowski (his last great one was ROMEO & JULIET in 2013, IMO -- I'm not a big fan of the PENNY DREADFUL stuff, unlike most other people, nor NOCTURNAL ANIMALS, LOCKE & KEY or THE NUN), but I'm always eager to check out what he has to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,369 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I got to know his music and was quite excited with "A Single Man". I didn't care much about Penny Dreadful season 1. But all the waltzes from Penny Dreadful season 2 are stunningly beautiful. But I also heard a lot from him that left me unimpressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Penny Dreadful is my favorite TV score from the last decade. And he has done some pretty good jobs, specially for drama movies. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ren 789 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I think he is one of the most interesting lesser-known composers working right now, but it's too bad that he does not work that much. I like Nocturnal Animals and A Single Man a lot, and Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorite scores of the last ten years or so. I really hope this new one is in the same style of those, because I'm not really a fan of his more horror-sounding scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 919 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I don't know any scores by him, except Nocturnal Animals but that one is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,456 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Nocturnal Animals is great indeed. One of my favorite scores from 2016. Should've been Oscar nominated that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 He had an amazing stretch with METROPOLIS (rescore), A SINGLE MAN, COPERNICUS STAR, W.E, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW and ROMEO & JULIET, but then I haven't been that impressed with the works since. I also got the EARLY WORKS 2CD set, which ranges from interesting to kinda alienating. This COURIER thing seems rather too modern for his post-minimalist romanticism, but I won't pass any judgement untill I've heard it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 It's Friday already in some countries, so the album's up for sale in those https://music.apple.com/nz/album/the-courier-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1557564515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,369 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 To rank Korzeniowski really higher in my hit list he uses for my tast too often this obvious simple song-like four chord structure and put some random melody on top. That gets used up pretty fast. So, it pretty much depends on, if I like his melodies or not. Apart form that he has a very nice and natural sound in his mostly chamber like orchestra pieces. I will give this new one a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 Quote JUST OUT: THE COURIER - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack with music by Abel Korzeniowski is now available on digital platforms. https://music.apple.com/.../the-courier.../1556910012https://open.spotify.com/album/0eDjcAQF01QZ6FBQeJlKDO composer's note: "My main inspiration for the score was the constant anxiety, relentless suppression and grotesque absurdity embedded in everyday life behind the Cold War’s Iron Curtain. Since I lived that life myself, having grown up in communist Poland, this is still very personal. The sound is raw and rough at times, like a concrete wall of the prefabricated social housing of that period. For sake of authenticity, we recorded in a large, old scoring stage in Warsaw with Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia, which infused it with the characteristically expressive and emotional Eastern-European sound. My music follows the impossible transformation of Greville Wynne, from an average, money-oriented businessman, to a selfless hero, from a five-bedroom house in Chelsea, to a Soviet prison cell. The score’s centerpiece is a waltz, representing the reckless cloak-and-dagger ploy and the growing friendship between a rookie British spy and a Russian defector." track list: 01. Spies and Typewriters 02. Iron Curtain 03. First Contact 04. Greville 05. Secret Meeting 06. Prelude 07. It Has To Be You 08. Eyes Of The State 09. Cigarettes 10. Cuban Missiles 11. One Last Trip To Moscow 12. I Have A Light Day 13. Trenchcoats vs. KGB 14. Arrested 15. Cold Soup 16. Breakdown 17. When You Come Home 18. Maybe We Are Only Two People Total Duration: 40:57 album credits: Music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Abel Korzeniowski Score Producer: Mina Korzeniowski Composer Assistants: Alexandre Wyse Cote, S. Peace Nistades Music Editor: Stuart Morton Score recorded at the Polish Radio Studio S2 in Warsaw, Poland Orchestra Contractor: Patrycja Bukowska Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia Music Scoring Mixer: James Thomas Hill Additional Score Recordist: Tadeusz Mieczkowski Mastering: Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios #TheCourierMovie https://www.facebook.com/abelkorzeniowski/posts/10159216955164214 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Listening now. It's pretty good, okay-ish at the very least. I never expected old-school Viennese waltzes to feature (Abel has previously "hidden" these classic idioms behind a more modern, minimalist style), but there you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,964 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 I like the score, but if you played this for me without knowing who the composer is, I would say it's Desplat. It's like he's imitating him. The way the piano and percussion is used. Very odd for Korzenwioski, since he always has such a distinct sound. But it's an e joyable score, so not really a big deal for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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