El Secreto De Sus Ojos (The Secret In Their Eyes)
Jusid and Kauderer
" Academy Award winner for best foreign language film in 2009 also has a score worth exploring. "Written by Thomas Kiefner - Review of the regular release
Academy Award Winner for best foreign language film in 2009, The Secret In Their Eyes, (Argentina) is opening to selected US theaters on 4/16/10. This wildly popular (already in the top 250 of IMDB) Jean Jose Campanella film tells the story of a retired court clerk who decides to write a story about a 25 year old case that he had direct experience with. As the writing and research begin to take shape he begins to find out more and more resulting in a lot more than he originally bargained for.
Composers Kauderer and Jusid offer a subdued and tragic soundtrack, filled with delicate piano, sorrowful violin playing, and strings that unfold the tale in "Adagio for Strings" style. Performed by the Bulgarian Symphony, the score has been awarded as best in Argentina, Spain, Clarin, Havana and others. While there is percussion in key parts, there is no brass and it is primarily for piano and strings. This is definitely to be put in the category of chamber music on the elegiac side.
"Her Eyes" the opening track, sets the mood with cello, piano, and a complement of strings in a repeated theme. "Passion" begins with the loudest passage offering a frantic sound bite of 20 seconds that could go along with a commercial of someone running in an airport. It quickly shifts gears to a more subdued theme offered by the entire orchestra. "Sandoval's Choice" is a pondering, slow moving underscore with a wordless chorus of a religious nature. "Liliana's Music Box" is a pretty little tune done with the tinkle percussion sound but is a different melody from "Liliana's Theme" offered on the cello and also in "The Train" as a poignant elegiac melody. Marston Smith on cello and Jusid and Kauderer on piano provide nicely played offerings, well recorded.
Overall this score is one to listen to when you want some music for the quiet times, relaxing, or easy to listen to background music while you're working on something else. It is overall pleasant, passionate in sections, religious sometimes, but never over the top. Recommended.
Tracklisting
1. Her Eyes (1.47)
2. The Doubt (3.01)
3. Suspicious Photo (2.42)
4. Passion (1.13)
5. Sandoval's Choice (1.56)
6. Crime Scene (2.03)
7. The Train Leaves (2.37)
8. Seeking Morales (1.05)
9. In the Cage (3.24)
10. He's Back 1.30)
11. Finding Sandoval (1.25)
12. Main Theme (1.16)
13. The Elevator (1.46)
14. The Letters (1.46)
15. Liliana's Theme (0.44)
16. The Bad News (0.57)
17. The Detainees (0.47)
18. Liliana's Music Box (1.06)
19. Farewell (1.41)
20. Gomez (1.34)
21. The Call (2.22)
22. Unwrapping the Truth (1.09)
23. The Doubt / Reprise (8.56)
Total Length: 46.00
Composers Kauderer and Jusid offer a subdued and tragic soundtrack, filled with delicate piano, sorrowful violin playing, and strings that unfold the tale in "Adagio for Strings" style. Performed by the Bulgarian Symphony, the score has been awarded as best in Argentina, Spain, Clarin, Havana and others. While there is percussion in key parts, there is no brass and it is primarily for piano and strings. This is definitely to be put in the category of chamber music on the elegiac side.
"Her Eyes" the opening track, sets the mood with cello, piano, and a complement of strings in a repeated theme. "Passion" begins with the loudest passage offering a frantic sound bite of 20 seconds that could go along with a commercial of someone running in an airport. It quickly shifts gears to a more subdued theme offered by the entire orchestra. "Sandoval's Choice" is a pondering, slow moving underscore with a wordless chorus of a religious nature. "Liliana's Music Box" is a pretty little tune done with the tinkle percussion sound but is a different melody from "Liliana's Theme" offered on the cello and also in "The Train" as a poignant elegiac melody. Marston Smith on cello and Jusid and Kauderer on piano provide nicely played offerings, well recorded.
Overall this score is one to listen to when you want some music for the quiet times, relaxing, or easy to listen to background music while you're working on something else. It is overall pleasant, passionate in sections, religious sometimes, but never over the top. Recommended.
Tracklisting
1. Her Eyes (1.47)
2. The Doubt (3.01)
3. Suspicious Photo (2.42)
4. Passion (1.13)
5. Sandoval's Choice (1.56)
6. Crime Scene (2.03)
7. The Train Leaves (2.37)
8. Seeking Morales (1.05)
9. In the Cage (3.24)
10. He's Back 1.30)
11. Finding Sandoval (1.25)
12. Main Theme (1.16)
13. The Elevator (1.46)
14. The Letters (1.46)
15. Liliana's Theme (0.44)
16. The Bad News (0.57)
17. The Detainees (0.47)
18. Liliana's Music Box (1.06)
19. Farewell (1.41)
20. Gomez (1.34)
21. The Call (2.22)
22. Unwrapping the Truth (1.09)
23. The Doubt / Reprise (8.56)
Total Length: 46.00