"Dead Man Down": A sometimes-gloomy wonderful score ....

"Dead Man Down": A sometimes-gloomy wonderful score ....

Dead Man Down (Audio CD)

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Certainly invents Niels Arden Oplev's "Dead Man Down" with Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace the genre of revenge thriller not new, but the excellent mix of Scandinavian storytelling and American force-cinema developed very quickly a very special charm, which one does not escape somehow can and will.
And the interplay between Colin and Naomi gets a so emotional impact that unfolds over the course of the film more and more, the more one learns about their characters that you know as a viewer wants, what will become of them and the whole story ....
An absolute recommendation for every film fan !!!!

(For me, the film also has a personal connection - the shipwreck in which Colin imprisons someone who is the "SS United States" - she commuted in the 50s by the end of the 60 years between Bremerhaven and New York, and was considered one of the most elegant Passenger ships of our time (two-time winner of the "Blue Ribbon" for the fastest ocean crossing): My grandfather was an executive of the "United States Lines" in Bremen and retired, as the "United States" its last official trip took ... .)

Now to actually here Interesting - the music ....

This is not a simple score penned by Jacob Groth (who also Oplev's "Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo" set to music), it is desired to so by listening to the pieces and start all over again ....
But as the film he unfolds an irresistible attraction, where you somehow can not escape ....

The mental anguish of the main characters and their overshadowing despair and sadness brings Groth mostly using shimmering-spherical strings expressed that one of the best works by Christopher Young (eg Track 2, entitled "Come Fly With Me" from the score to " THE FLY II - remember The Fly 2 ") and lets them be heard here and there in wonderful melancholic compositions - these are also the reason to listen to this score several times ....

The rest is - unfortunately - typical American Thriller Music - tense and impulsive, sometimes abdriftend into atonality and bulky.
Unfortunately, very uninspired, because a sound layer of this kind could be from any American thriller come - it will be interesting if Groth the aforementioned shimmering strings with come into play leaves, which give the whole the longed own handwriting, because it is nervous tugging bleak. ...

For his first Hollywood appearance Jacob Groth has succeeded a decent work: A solid thriller score, but in many moments the desire for more can wake up ....
And who knows - maybe is Jacob Groth's grand entrance before us: This score is already 'times a very good business card ....

"Dead Man Down" by Jacob Groth:
An interesting recommendation !!!!

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