Creation
Christopher Young
" Young finishes his year in style "Written by Thomas Glorieux - Review of the regular release
Creation is the tale of Charles Darwin, a man who is torn between his love for his deeply religious wife and his own growing belief in a world where God has no place. He finds himself caught in a battle between faith and reason, love and truth.
Jon Amiel, the director of Creation knew all too well this dramatic tale needed a dramatic encore, and he knew frequent collaborator Christopher Young was probably one of the finest to aid him on that quest. Christopher Young, considered by many to be one of the finest composers at the moment cleared his head with all his horror ideas and created a beautiful and restrained work. At the center of the entire score lies the beautiful restrained dramatic writing that will follow Charles through all his tested moments upon writing his book "The Origin of Species". Tested by death, disbelief and even trust, Christopher Young backbones the entire struggle with an indeed mesmerizing score.
The opening violin (and ideas ala James Horner) opens "Creation" lovely and heartfelt, while "The Ghost Pavane" and "Unity in Form" delivers you a soft piano melody instead. The Horner inspired writing returns in "Cunning Gunning", creating thereby a little bit of playful material.
While Creation is lovely all the way through, the score does take a bit of time to mesmerize you. One of the first to do this is "Pleasure Perfect", a mysterious yet very fetching track that once again shows you how well Christopher Young paints his music with strings and woodwinds. After that the mesmerizing piano and string work in "To Emma" will do the trick easily enough as well. Once again in this track the Horner voice comes shining through, but I've noticed this before in earlier Young scores as well.
The absolutely mesmerizing stirring work in "Partly Part", the extremely lovely "The Treatment at Malvern", the unnerving "A Struggle for Survival" and the Irish tilted "Fuegian Children" all lead to the dramatic finale, with "You've Killed God, Sir" as one of the best. The heartfelt and heavy emotion surely speaks louder than words ever could. The final 2 tracks show how easily Christopher Young paints musical emotion around heavy words, emotional confrontations and remarkable strength. The Village like string work in "Knowing Everything I Now Know" and "Humility and Love" will surely please the people the most, as they are the knock out tracks of the score.
While Creation isn't a score you'll hum and listen to for its themes, it is nonetheless a score you'll love to listen to if you want something that puts you in a dramatic mood, without overcompensating the dramatic weight of the story. Creation is more light than heavy, and listens better on the background than absolutely having to pay attention to it. It's then also a known fact this score will knock audiences dead inside the motion picture itself. Once again Christopher Young has proven that he is one of the finest composers of the moment, and I'm glad he gets the chance to show this in non horror efforts from time to time as well.
Tracklisting
1. Creation (2.27) Excellent track
2. The Ghost Pavane (2.31)
3. Unity in Form (2.50)
4. Cunning Gunning (2.31)
5. Pleasure Perfect (4.44)
6. To Emma (4.53) Excellent track
7. Partly Part (5.59) Excellent track
8. The Treatment at Malvern (2.20)
9. A Struggle for Survival (3.45)
10. The Giant Sloth of Punta Alta (1.46)
11. Fuegian Children (2.05)
12. You've Killed God, Sir (2.48) Excellent track
13. Knowing Everything I Now Know (5.17) Excellent track
14. Humility and Love (6.21) Excellent track
Total Length: 49.13
Jon Amiel, the director of Creation knew all too well this dramatic tale needed a dramatic encore, and he knew frequent collaborator Christopher Young was probably one of the finest to aid him on that quest. Christopher Young, considered by many to be one of the finest composers at the moment cleared his head with all his horror ideas and created a beautiful and restrained work. At the center of the entire score lies the beautiful restrained dramatic writing that will follow Charles through all his tested moments upon writing his book "The Origin of Species". Tested by death, disbelief and even trust, Christopher Young backbones the entire struggle with an indeed mesmerizing score.
The opening violin (and ideas ala James Horner) opens "Creation" lovely and heartfelt, while "The Ghost Pavane" and "Unity in Form" delivers you a soft piano melody instead. The Horner inspired writing returns in "Cunning Gunning", creating thereby a little bit of playful material.
While Creation is lovely all the way through, the score does take a bit of time to mesmerize you. One of the first to do this is "Pleasure Perfect", a mysterious yet very fetching track that once again shows you how well Christopher Young paints his music with strings and woodwinds. After that the mesmerizing piano and string work in "To Emma" will do the trick easily enough as well. Once again in this track the Horner voice comes shining through, but I've noticed this before in earlier Young scores as well.
The absolutely mesmerizing stirring work in "Partly Part", the extremely lovely "The Treatment at Malvern", the unnerving "A Struggle for Survival" and the Irish tilted "Fuegian Children" all lead to the dramatic finale, with "You've Killed God, Sir" as one of the best. The heartfelt and heavy emotion surely speaks louder than words ever could. The final 2 tracks show how easily Christopher Young paints musical emotion around heavy words, emotional confrontations and remarkable strength. The Village like string work in "Knowing Everything I Now Know" and "Humility and Love" will surely please the people the most, as they are the knock out tracks of the score.
While Creation isn't a score you'll hum and listen to for its themes, it is nonetheless a score you'll love to listen to if you want something that puts you in a dramatic mood, without overcompensating the dramatic weight of the story. Creation is more light than heavy, and listens better on the background than absolutely having to pay attention to it. It's then also a known fact this score will knock audiences dead inside the motion picture itself. Once again Christopher Young has proven that he is one of the finest composers of the moment, and I'm glad he gets the chance to show this in non horror efforts from time to time as well.
Tracklisting
1. Creation (2.27) Excellent track
2. The Ghost Pavane (2.31)
3. Unity in Form (2.50)
4. Cunning Gunning (2.31)
5. Pleasure Perfect (4.44)
6. To Emma (4.53) Excellent track
7. Partly Part (5.59) Excellent track
8. The Treatment at Malvern (2.20)
9. A Struggle for Survival (3.45)
10. The Giant Sloth of Punta Alta (1.46)
11. Fuegian Children (2.05)
12. You've Killed God, Sir (2.48) Excellent track
13. Knowing Everything I Now Know (5.17) Excellent track
14. Humility and Love (6.21) Excellent track
Total Length: 49.13