"The Libertine": genius and madness are close together ....

"The Libertine": genius and madness are close together ....

Libertine (Audio CD)

Customer Review

The film starring Johnny Depp and John Malkovich (who also produced the film) I've never seen (I'll still catch up ....), but the composer of this score made me curious ....

Michael Nyman is responsible for some wonderful scores like for example Michael Winterbottom's "The Claim" (starring Milla Jovovich and Wes Bentley) and Andrew Niccol's "GATTACA" (with Jew Law and Ethan Hawke) is responsible, and thus I was more than curious to see what me expected here ....

And musically are here genius and madness really close together ....

This score combines music that magically attracts and those which are only a few slaps on an acoustic ears, and then also to develop a really quite strange magic spell in a ....

Tracks such as "Upon Drinking In A Bowl" are strong and getting used to combine modern soundscapes with the kind of music, like her, was "modern" to the time in which the film takes place (late 16th century) ....
Classic meets modern - Nyman dares the experiment and recalled from the result of his score for "RAVENOUS" with Guy Pearce: Close to something that might be called experimental, and very close to something a zerfräst nerves ....
But still these tracks have something here that makes a stay on the ball ....

But then there are these tracks that simply loading a and enchanted and you want to hear in an endless loop on loved ones ....
The very first track, "History Of The Insipid", it gives an idea and with tracks like "The Submission" (7) runs Nyman with his small ensemble to full size on ....
And it is precisely these tracks that make this such Silberling a must-have for people like me ....

"The Libertine" by Michael Nyman:
!!!! An interesting and unconditional for connoisseurs and collectors recommendation

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