Stonehearst Asylum


Film | Veröffentlichungsdatum: 28/10/2014 | Format: CD, Herunterladen
 

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# Spur   Dauer
1.Eliza’s Theme1:31
2.Opening3:11
3.Eliza’s Story1:14
4.Wagon Ride1:08
5.Seeing the Asylum1:39
6.Edward Enters Asylum2:22
7.Eliza Plays2:21
8.Eliza Warns Edward / Secret Passage4:34
9.We Are Not Crazy3:28
10.Dangerous Liaison4:05
11.Lamb Gives a Tour2:37
12.Edward Meets Timm2:34
13.Edward Meets Eliza1:02
14.The Chase1:16
15.The Doctor’s Story3:34
16.Edward’s Plea to Eliza4:22
17.Shock Therapy3:03
18.Danse Macabre Saint Saens2:55
19.Edward Searches / Finn Kills Millie3:36
20.Eliza Finds Dead Millie / Inmates Revelry2:24
21.Bonfire / Edward Prepares1:21
22.Finn/Edward Fight1:17
23.Countdown2:01
24.Strapped To Gurney / Edward Confesses4:05
25.Electrocution / Lamb’s Story Revealed3:45
26.Finn Catches Fire / Escape3:08
27.Aftermath / First Kiss2:40
28.I Am Dr. Newgate!1:58
29.Edward’s Story1:46
30.Eliza’s Waltz2:02
31.Eliza and Edward1:59
 78:58
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Stonehearst Asylum - 07/10 - Überprüfung der Lamarque Hannah, eingereicht am (Englisch)
As we draw ever closer to Halloween, we are reminded of the more sinister things in life. Black cats, witches and pumpkins are very much attached to yesteryear; it’s 2014, things have to be ramped up a little bit. Ironically, however, latest release Stonehearst Asylum looks back to a short story by Edgar Allen Poe for a little dark inspiration. Telling the story of one man’s grisly discovery, the film is set in the dank, lurking eponymous asylum, a perfect setting for revisiting the dead.

Following his recent work on the TV two parter Houdini, John Debney returns to similar fare, reinvoking traditions of days gone by through his compositional style. Debney’s inspiration for the dark tale, surprisingly, lay in the sweeping romantic theme of his heroine. Aiming to evoke feelings of love at first sight, Debney explained how the theme was the most crucial to the narrative as “it puts into motion all the events in the film”. Balancing love and psychopathic obsession, Debney returns to more traditional fare in his score for Stonehearst Asylum.

Traditional the music is, expected, it is not. From the off, it is apparent that Debney has really hit the nail on its head with his score. Evoking the zeitgeist of days gone by, his music is entirely of its time, representative of the cinematic narrative but not for one moment alienating of its audience. Cue ‘Eliza’s Theme’ is the clear high point of the film. Melancholy, vulnerable and sweeping, it represents entirely the sadness which pervades the character in the narrative. Debney’s balance of strings is incredibly thoughtful and gentle; avoiding cliche, over exposure and large musical statements, the music is so deeply moving that it is hard to consider the sinister story from which it was born.

Of course, not everything is dripping with romanticism and the score certainly has its darker moments. The sound Debney has created for the creaking, ageing asylum is entirely Victorian; never overblown, he manages to reduce the sense of dread to a size small enough to lull you into a false sense of security. Tracks ‘Seeing the Asylum’ and ‘Edward Enter’s Asylum’ balance tremolo strings, pizzicato and spidery harpsichord motifs to evoke our darkest memories of cobwebbed haunted mansions. There’s no absence of humour, either. Moving gently from brooding strings to punctuated bassoon, the music seems self-aware, perceptive of its dramatics and theatricality.

Cue ‘We Are Not Crazy’ is suitably crazy. Using off-tune percussion, glockenspiel runs and slow, low motifs, the sound is deeply unsettling. To Debney’s favour, he rarely expands the sound of his music, choosing to keep the instrumentation restricted within tight confines. His music never does more than it absolutely has to and because of that, is all the more sinister. It is in what is not heard that the terror of the music lies.

With a nod to the musical sound of the Victorian era, including a version of Saint-Saens’ masterpiece ‘Danse Macabre’, Debney’s score is a thrilling, sinister and deeply romantic work. Never overstepping his task, he manages to keep the theatricality of the film within very close confines, alluding just enough to haunted genre to chill audiences to the bone. Bringing the very best of the dark Victorian-era storytelling to cinemas once more, Debney’s score is something to which it is possible to listen again and again and again.
Stonehearst Asylum - 09/10 - Überprüfung der Ignacio Granda, eingereicht am (Spanisch)
Para la última película del siempre interesante realizador Brad Anderson ('Transsiberian', 'El maquinista'), adaptación más o menos libre del relato del maestro Allan Poe 'El sistema del doctor Tarry el profesor Fether', el músico californiano John Debney ha escrito una partitura que sigue a la perfección las pautas que Anderson le expuso desde el principio, es decir, una música rica en su contenido temático y clásica en su concepción general. De esta manera, Debney ha plasmado a la perfección los deseos del director norteamericano, firmando un score que representa un paso adelante en su filmografía debido a su generoso sentido de lo académico. Pero la banda sonora, rendida por cierto a unos personajes que se debaten entre lo arrebatamente sentimental y lo profundamente trágico, no es una obra de reminiscencias obvias en lo clásico, sino que describe la acción con un gran sentido de la contención, pero sin dejar de lado la espectacularidad.'Stonehearst Asylum' es pues un retorno al pasado, a los añorados cánones en los que primaba la importancia de la temática relacionada con los personajes centrales, con la que el espectador podía, en definitiva, sentirse más vinculado a ellos. Un score de altura para un compositor de siempre.
Lo mejor: el tema de amor.
Lo peor: nada.


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