They


La-La Land Records (0826924100523)
Movie | Released: 2002 | Film release: 2002 | Format: CD
Limited edition: 3000 copies
 

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# Track   Duration
1.Billy's Nightmare2:29
2.In Julia's Head2:39
3.Sadness2:12
4.Hallucinations in Shower3:04
5.Julia Studies1:33
6.Terror in Elevator2:34
7.Aftermath1:09
8.Something Lurks3:19
9.Terry and Rats1:31
10.They are Coming1:20
11.Video Tape1:12
12.Billy's Diary1:29
13.Back Home1:06
14.Can't Take It2:31
15.Julia with Little Girl1:36
16.About Bad Dreams1:25
17.Shadow in Closet1:55
18.Us Too1:41
19.Final Attack2:38
20.Twisted Reality3:02
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They - 03/10 - Review of Tom Daish, submitted at
The ardent golden age fans often complain at the quality of modern film scoring and how it's not as good as it was in the old days. While a lot of the time they have a good point, I can't help but wonder whether it's simply the number of scores that receive releases today gives the impression of having to sort the wheat from the chaff, as opposed to classic scores were all we get is beautifully milled flour (to stretch an analogy much too far). We simply have a skewed take on the period as only the best scores by the top composers are released or re-recorded and all the throwaway pot boilers don't see the light of day. A case in point for a contemporary score that didn't really need to appear on CD is They by Elia Cmiral. In common with many horror scores, there are far too many stingers and orchestral jolts to really be worth a listen away from the film and aside from a few passable moments, most of the cues could be from any number of generic horror scores.
There are three main components to They, but the bulk of the score consists of suspense and the occasional loud orchestral outburst. The main theme is a mournful piano tune that appears most notably in Sadness, while the final component is some wild action, most notably in the genuinely exciting Final Attack. Hallucinations in Shower (one of a number of track titles that appears to have lost a 'the' or an 'a') contains all three elements, starting with eerie strings, then a startling burst of action, closing with the piano theme. That, essentially, is the entire score encapsulated in a touch over three minutes. Obviously, there are variations in the way the suspense and action are presented, but little that we haven't heard before in either this score or others.

In my (scathing) review of Battlefield Earth, I said that I hoped Cmiral would get some better assignments so he could make his occasionally adventurous ideas work more coherently, buy unfortunately, They is not that assignment. Another comment on Battlefield Earth was that the main theme for that score was high impact as it was loud and had a lot of banging in it and, to some extent, the same could apply to the action music here. All the good ideas in tracks such as Terror in (the) Elevator and Final Attack seem to get buried under endless clanking and banging, which might work if it was occasional, but here it's almost constant and I can think of better ways to get a headache.
La-La Land Records presents its latest LIMITED EDITION release, Elia Cmiral's (Ronin, Stigmata, L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth) chilling ORCHESTRAL score to the Dimension Pictures theatrical release, WES CRAVEN PRESENTS: THEY! The fully illustrated booklet features a comprehensive composer bio and notes about the film! THE NORTHWEST SINFONIA performs this exciting, haunting score. This is a LIMTED EDITION pressing of 3,000 units. Each disc is hand-numbered to ensure only 3,000 exist.

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