A HIDDEN LIFE von James Newton Howard

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Nach dem ersten Hörgang: eher enttäuschend. Einige Passagen ganz nett, aber überwiegend Wiederholungen des Hauptthemas. Suspense und auch einiges an klassischer Musik auf dem Album. Bei JNH aber nichts, was man nicht schon von ihm dutzendfach gehört hat.

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“A Hidden Life,” James Newton Howard

Composer James Newton Howard moved in a decidedly classical direction for “A Hidden Life,” Terence Malick’s three-hour meditation on faith and morality in a story about an Austrian farmer whose decision not to fight for the German army has dire implications for himself and his family.

Howard’s haunting theme is played by Canadian violinist James Ehnes, who last year recorded the composer’s violin concerto. It is rare to hear solos by a violin virtuoso throughout a film score (notably, one of the last times was in Howard’s Oscar-nominated score for “The Village,” with Hilary Hahn playing the solos).

“Terry often spoke about the suffering inherent in love, and you feel yearning, suffering and love in that piece,” says Howard, referring to the difficult relationship between the farmer and his wife (played by August Diehl and Valerie Pachner).

“It is a spiritual sounding score,” says the eight-time Oscar nominee. “What happens with a good score is, somehow the composer manages to cast himself or herself in the role of the protagonist. And then you write from their perspective. These were big ideas, big questions, and those feelings really inspired the score.”

Howard wrote some scene-specific pieces but also submitted music sans picture for Malick and his editors to use wherever they chose. While the violin takes center stage, it also duets with piano and is backed by an approximately 40-piece string section, all recorded in London’s Abbey Road on a single day in June 2018.

Heartfelt, often downbeat, but with a handful of hopeful, optimistic moments, Howard’s score totals about 40 minutes, and is augmented throughout the film by Malick’s usual eclectic mix of classical selections (including music by Bach, Handel, Dvorak, Gorecki, Part and others).
Quelle: https://variety.com/2019/music/awards/oscar-score-1917-jojo-rabbit-little-women-1203428156/?fbclid=IwAR2K7KolqDagbeqvK1oZXi8kQqzoICQI3quC1SI23-JHXi964S98ebWwDSI