Veröffentlichung Keepmoving Records: Terry Plumeris ZERO OPTION und THE SLEEPLESS

[Gast Stefan Jania]

 

http://www.keepmovingrecords.com/eng/disc/59

 

Das Album kam schon vor einigen Monaten auf dem russischen Keepmoving Records Label raus, fand hier aber keine Erwähnung. Vielleicht auch okay so, da wirklich nur für Hardcore-Plumeri-Sammler geeignet, obwohl beide symphonische Scores (wie für Plumeri üblich) in Moskau eingespielt wurden. Zero Option findet man noch nicht mal in der IMDB. Den Score hat er (so steht es im Booklet) für wenig Geld geschrieben hat. Dabei hat er dann (steht nicht im Booklet) auf älteres Material zurück gegriffen, wobei die Rip-Offs aus Raging Angels (auf Intrada zu haben) am meisten auffallen. Und bei The Sleepless, teils hübsch jazzig-rauchig, bedient er sich ausgerechnet im Titelthema etwas sehr zu arg bei John Williams (Schindler's List).

 

"Zero Option" Original Motion Picture Score
Limited Edition of 500 copies
Label: KMRCD 033
Date: 2008
Tracks: 28

"Zero Option" Tracks 1-17
Time: 34"33
"The Sleepless" Tracks 18-28
Time: 18"52
Total CD Time: 53"25

Even though he has been proven to be prolific in the fields of jazz and classical music as well, Terry Plumeri may be better known to film scoring fans as the composer of passionate crime and war stories, where he gets to focus on the character’s emotional journey rather than the action on screen. This approach can be heard in titles like Terry’s debut score for Black Eagle (1988) or Charles Bronson’s franchise-closing opus Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994). Terry’s works in the field have been acknowledged with a number of awards: his music for the 1994 One False Move (a member of The New York Times List of the 1000 Best Films Ever Made) was nominated in the Best Score category at the IFP Spirit Awards. In addition to orchestrating his own music, Terry also likes to revisit his roots as a musician by playing bass on several of his scores.

Following our release of Night Eyes 3, KeepMoving Records offers a double-header CD featuring two of the composer's lesser-known works. Directed by David Batts, Zero Option can be best compared to Paul Haggis' Crash as it also tells the story of three unrelated individuals whose lives will collide in a most unusual manner. These are a Japanese family where the lack of cultural traditions lead to generational differences, a typical businessman whose faith in capitalism is about to be shattered and a criminal whose third strike may get him to jail sooner than he wanted. Plumeri treats each storyline with its own distinct musical ideas, ranging from Japanese influences to dissonance and a hit of Americana with solo guitar.
Performed by The Moscow Philharmonic

The second film is called The Sleepless, which was directed by Domonic Paris who is now known for his animated features like Fly Me to the Moon and the Sammy movies. The Sleepless tells the tale of Uncle Mike, a high ranking gangster whose nephew is also in for a bright, crime-filled future, but the disharmony in the family structure leads to inevitable tragedy. Plumeri's music for The Sleepless has an edgy neo-noir feel where the obligatory genre template (the muted trumpet solo familiar from Nino Rota’s The Godfather scores) is placed into an orchestral context with a few electronic additions.
Performed by The Moscow Philharmonic

Featuring two excellent scores for the price of one, the CD also comes with an 8-page booklet with commentary by Gergely Hubai and personal impressions by Terry Plumeri describing how his music fits these lesser seen gems.

Tracklist 01 - Main Titles (3:14) 02 - Love In The Evening (1:00) 03 - The First Day Out of Prison (1:30) 04 - The Rescue (4:03) 05 - The Messenger (1:50) 06 - Lee’s Deadline (0:46) 07 - A Tale of Another Time (2:08) 08 - A Child’s Interest (2:32) 09 - The Lesson of Another Era (3:11) 10 - Running Out of Time (1:35) 11 - Wicked’s Hood (1:09) 12 - The Dripping of Time (1:24) 13 - Love For A Grandson (1:20) 14 - The Inevitable Fall (1:55) 15 - Death of the Evil One (1:59) 16 - Running For Your Life (3:06) 17 - Love Waits (1:10) 18 - The Vision of Death ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (2:22) 19 - The Drift of A Late Night Dream ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (0:58) 20 - The Sleepless ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (2:36) 21 - A Thought For Tomorrow ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (1:12) 22 - Reaching Into the Darkness ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (1:52) 23 - Sweet Memories ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (1:05) 24 - The Drift of An Afternoon Dream ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (1:43) 25 - The Desire of A Woman Gone Mad ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (1:33) 26 - Molecules ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (0:28) 27 - The Meeting Without One Then Another ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (1:50) 28 - Reaching For Tomorrow’s Love ("The Sleepless" Original Score) (2:44)

 

 

[Oliver79]

Von Howlin' Wolf kommt ja nächstes Jahr noch mehr Plumeri-Musik: Ein Doppelalbum mit seinen Arbeiten zu Final Judgement, The Terror Within II und Black Eagle.

[Gast Stefan Jania]

Interessant. Nur Re-Issues der beiden alten Edel-Alben oder was Neues? Warten wir's ab!

(auf beiden CDs gab's damals auch Musik aus Terror Within II)

[Oliver79]

Oh, mal abwarten! Waren das nicht auch alles Produktionen von Golan Globus bzw. Cannon?

[Gast Stefan Jania]

In den Credits der Filme steht zumindest nichts von denen.