Twister
Mark Mancina
" Now that blows me away, Mark Mancina! "Written by Thomas Glorieux - Review of the regular release
Two years after his entrance with Speed and one after his excellent action score for Bad Boys, Mark Mancina is back on the saddle for the mother of all movies of the summer. Jan De Bont's thrilling and windy movie was a joy and no better way to describe the same for the musical palette it accompanies. If one needs a thematic roller coaster ride, then by all means give this one a whirl.
Jan De Bont was surely happy with the way Mancina scored his bus ride because he asked Mark back, only this time to score his windy twister ride. Twister is an all out enjoyable score which sums up what Mancina can do with a successful movie. More, it uses Speed's electrifying pace and adds a supreme thematic voice to it, making it one of the better scores of 96'. Really, this is not a joke. At that time, Moll Flanders and Twister summed up amply the craftsmanship that Mark Mancina could deliver to a movie.
Do not expect noise when something loud or messy happens on screen, because no way is Mancina falling into the trap of providing noisy scenes with noisy music. More, Mancina adds a choral depth to it that makes it even more enjoyable. This choral mass is best described as an extra use of power when it accompanies the Twister's path. It is like giving the core of the twister a human musical voice.
Enjoyable is the playful and upbeat performance that sometimes shows itself, like for instance in "Wheatfield" or "Going Green". Mancina's main theme which is both emotional and adventurous is witnessed the best in the highlights "Futility" while being supported through the massive LA Master Chorale in "The Big Suck".
But we discover that the most thematic fun comes when Mancina underscores the dangerous attempts to lure Dorothy into the core. The menacing and building threat, both combining the orchestral and choral sound in "Futility", "Cow" and "Bob's Road" are hugely enjoyable and require special attention. The score doesn't really deliver slow moments but on the other hand the score never becomes too exhausting. This due to the diversity of Mancina's music.
In other words, I love Twister as both score and movie. There is nothing more enjoyable when both a movie and score deliver a pace and an energy together, creating thereby an amusing roller coaster ride. Tarzan was good for the moments, Bad Boys was a rollicking action score and his dramatic look upon Moll Flanders was highly underrated (even if the score could have been better when it actually required an orchestral tone). But Twister is still something else. While Van Halen's contribution was an enjoyable icing on the cake, Mancina's own music was a musical equivalent to the brute force of the wind. In truth, this is music that most Remote Control composers can't even write. So buckle up and get ready to be blown away!
Tracklisting
1. Wheatfield (1.19)
2. Where's my Truck? (0.19)
3. Futility (2.13) Excellent track
4. Downdraft (1.46)
5. Drive In (2.37) Excellent track
6. The Big Suck (1.08) Excellent track
7. Going Green (2.47)
8. Sculptures (3.03)
9. Cow (5.37) Excellent track
10. Ditch (1.27)
11. Wakita (5.02)
12. Bob's Road (2.10)
13. We're Almost There (2.57)
14. Dorothy IV (1.47)
15. Mobile Home (4.38) Excellent track
16. God's Finger (1.46)
17. William Tell Overture / Oklahoma Medley (1.04)
18. End Title / Respect the Wind * (9.16)
* Performed by Edward and Alex Van Halen
Total Length: 51.10
Jan De Bont was surely happy with the way Mancina scored his bus ride because he asked Mark back, only this time to score his windy twister ride. Twister is an all out enjoyable score which sums up what Mancina can do with a successful movie. More, it uses Speed's electrifying pace and adds a supreme thematic voice to it, making it one of the better scores of 96'. Really, this is not a joke. At that time, Moll Flanders and Twister summed up amply the craftsmanship that Mark Mancina could deliver to a movie.
Do not expect noise when something loud or messy happens on screen, because no way is Mancina falling into the trap of providing noisy scenes with noisy music. More, Mancina adds a choral depth to it that makes it even more enjoyable. This choral mass is best described as an extra use of power when it accompanies the Twister's path. It is like giving the core of the twister a human musical voice.
Enjoyable is the playful and upbeat performance that sometimes shows itself, like for instance in "Wheatfield" or "Going Green". Mancina's main theme which is both emotional and adventurous is witnessed the best in the highlights "Futility" while being supported through the massive LA Master Chorale in "The Big Suck".
But we discover that the most thematic fun comes when Mancina underscores the dangerous attempts to lure Dorothy into the core. The menacing and building threat, both combining the orchestral and choral sound in "Futility", "Cow" and "Bob's Road" are hugely enjoyable and require special attention. The score doesn't really deliver slow moments but on the other hand the score never becomes too exhausting. This due to the diversity of Mancina's music.
In other words, I love Twister as both score and movie. There is nothing more enjoyable when both a movie and score deliver a pace and an energy together, creating thereby an amusing roller coaster ride. Tarzan was good for the moments, Bad Boys was a rollicking action score and his dramatic look upon Moll Flanders was highly underrated (even if the score could have been better when it actually required an orchestral tone). But Twister is still something else. While Van Halen's contribution was an enjoyable icing on the cake, Mancina's own music was a musical equivalent to the brute force of the wind. In truth, this is music that most Remote Control composers can't even write. So buckle up and get ready to be blown away!
Tracklisting
1. Wheatfield (1.19)
2. Where's my Truck? (0.19)
3. Futility (2.13) Excellent track
4. Downdraft (1.46)
5. Drive In (2.37) Excellent track
6. The Big Suck (1.08) Excellent track
7. Going Green (2.47)
8. Sculptures (3.03)
9. Cow (5.37) Excellent track
10. Ditch (1.27)
11. Wakita (5.02)
12. Bob's Road (2.10)
13. We're Almost There (2.57)
14. Dorothy IV (1.47)
15. Mobile Home (4.38) Excellent track
16. God's Finger (1.46)
17. William Tell Overture / Oklahoma Medley (1.04)
18. End Title / Respect the Wind * (9.16)
* Performed by Edward and Alex Van Halen
Total Length: 51.10