Noah

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:18:30
Personnel: Clint Mansell (prepared piano, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, bass guitar); Kent Tritle (vocals); Margery Daley, Lianne Coble, Katherine Wessinger, James Pittman, Ellen Taylor Sisson, Wendy Baker, Laura Green, Daniela Katok-Ahlbin (soprano); Steven Wilson, Michael Steinberger, James Archie Worley, Jonathan Blalock, John des Marais, John Tiranno, Andrew Fuchs, Marc Day, John Kawa, Tommy Wazelle, Drew Martin , Sean Fallen (tenor); Steven Moore , Peter Walker , Christopher Roselli, Joshua South, Mark Rehnstrom, Joseph Beutel, Daniel Hoy, Paul An, Mischa Frusztajer, Neil Netherly, Frank Barr, Lewis White (bass voice); Mark Stewart , Mike Fonte (guitar); Nigel Wiesehan (viol); Sein Ryu, Rob Shaw, Jenny Strenger, Joel Link, Jeanine Wynton, Yoon Kwon, Erica Kiesewetter, Annaliesa Place, Kathleen Sloan , Harumi Rhodes, Cathy Sim, Asmira Woodward-Page, Ellen Payne, Yurika Mok, Tom Carney, Melissa White , Misa Iwama, Nancy McAlhany, Ming Hsin, Caterina Szepes, Joanna Maurer, Sarah Pratt, Ann Lehmann , Liz Lim, David Southorn , Joyce Hammann, David Harrington, Lisa Kim, Suzanne Ornstein, Laura Seaton, John Sherba , Sharon Yamada (violin); Shmuel Katz, Natalia Lipkina, Junah Chung, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Nikki Federman, David Creswell, Karen Dreyfus, Hank Dutt, Desiree Elsevier, Danielle Farina, Robert Rinehart, Conway Kuo (viola); Alan Stepansky , Sunny Yang, Maureen McDermott, Joel Noyes, Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Michael Nicolas , Jerry Grossman , Sophie Shao, Wendy Sutter, Mary Wooten (cello); Tara Helen O'Connor, Diva Goodfriend, Tanya Witek (flute); Pavel Vinnitsky, Dean LeBlanc, Jim Ognibene (clarinet); Pedro Diaz, Nathan Hughes , Grace Shyrock (oboe); Trish Rogers, Tom Sefcovic, Dan Shelly (bassoon); Raymond Riccomini, Jim Ross , Matt Muckey, Ethan Bensdorf, Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Tom Hutchinson, Demian Austin, Jack Schatz, George Curran (trombone); Morris Kainuma, Andy Bove (tuba); Michelle Baker, Brad Gemeinhardt, Barbara Jostlein, Zohar Schondorf, Javier Gandara, Anne Scharer, Chad Yarbrough, Audrey Flores (horns). Audio Mixer: Geoff Foster . Recording information: Manhattan Center Productions Inc., New York, NY. Arranger: Matt Dunkley. British film composer Clint Mansell reprises his collaboration with the Kronos Quartet on the soundtrack/score for Darren Aronofsky's film Noah. He had worked with them previously on another Aronofsky project, the score for 2006's The Fountain. As one might expect, this is an especially dramatic score, and when it comes to performing Mansell's modern crossover classical approach, the Kronos' reach -- as displayed throughout their catalog -- is most welcome. The opening cue, "In the Beginning, There Was Nothing," relies heavily on tense layered cellos, electronic percussion, and keyboards; its tone is brooding, doomy, often foreboding. At over four minutes in length, it also sets up a paradigm for many of the cues that follow. Though there are several brief pieces, most range between four and six minutes -- a rarity for original scores these days. Other notable selections include "Make Thee an Ark," which feints with a brief nod toward Morricone's spaghetti Western themes before opening into a transcendent, rumbling exhortation to obey from the distant margins. (After all, this is the voice of the Divine we're supposed to hear.) The stillness that lies inside the strings, percussion, and guitars in "The Flood Waters Were Upon the World" is actually quite eerie and uneasy. At nearly six minutes, "Day and Night Shall Not Cease" actually recalls Arvo Part's use of tintinnabuli during its first third, before it becomes more pastoral and actually evokes the more restrained moments of Vaughan Williams' chamber works as more brief variations are introduced. The closing track, "Mercy Is," features a gorgeous, nearly Anglo-Celtic melody with Patti Smith's lyrics and vocals fronting the Kronos. Noah is an exceptional score, noteworthy even in Mansell's distinguished oeuvre. ~ Thom Jurek