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Soundtrack Review
The Life of David Gale
It's a family affair on Gale. Director extraordinaryAlan Parker enlists the talents of his musical sons. It's not nepotism that brought the trio together...well, ya I guess it is....but, Alex and Jake Parker are trained and talented composers that blood ties aside, have created the perfect orchestration for the powerhouse thriller.
The soundtrack is as ominous and delightful as the film. I thought some of the music had a modern Nine Inch Nails/Marylin Manson feel or a minute then they fall back to more traditional orchestrations ultimately rounding off the cd with Puccini's "Tu Che Di Gel Sei Centa" and a pristine "Le Pena Huasteca" performed by Correo Aereo - of which I own every cd thank you. Correo Aereo is a duo that perfom traditional music of central and South America. I was pleasantly surprised to find the tidbit here.
Obviously The Parker boys have eclectic tastes and an eye for adding just enough dollops of untraditional orchestrations for a big screen. Bravo!
The Life of David Gale's soundtrack is the perfect accompaniment on a long dark drive ....
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The Life of David Gale Soundtrack
For Immediate Release MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE Soundtrack Features First Ever Score Composed By Alex Parker & Jake Parker Sons of Director Alan Parker Available February 11, 2003 On Decca/UMG Soundtracks (January 30, 2003 New York, NY) -- The Life of David Gale, a taut suspense thriller starring two-time Academy Award®-winner Kevin Spacey and Oscar®-nominees Kate Winslet and Laura Linney is a moving story about a man awaiting his fate on Death Row. Directed by Alan Parker (The Commitments, Angela's Ashes) the film was a family affair for the Parkers. The modern, rhythm driven score is the first from his sons, Alex & Jake Parker, and was released by Decca/UMG on February 11. Alex & Jake Parker were exposed to the film world at an early age, assisting their father on several projects, gaining hands-on experience while developing their craft. More recently, they collaborated on the theme for the film, Come See the Paradise. Inspired by their different musical backgrounds, (Jake is classically trained while Alex has more of a contemporary background.) the Parker brothers have developed a unique and versatile sound of their own. With The Life of David Gale, they combine raucous beats with lush orchestration and haunting melodies, maintaining the tension and suspense of the film. True to their individual styles, Alex's contemporary multi-tracks are fused with Jake's classical themes on "Another Bleeding Heart," the first cue from the film. Track by track, the music strikes a chord. With each passing song, the audience is acutely aware that a man's life is hanging in the air and inching closer to death. As an added bonus, this enhanced CD includes the international movie trailer as well as web links related to the movie. In Charles Randolph's original screenplay, David Gale (Spacey) is a man who has tried hard to live by his principles but in a bizarre twist of fate, this devoted father, popular professor and respected death penalty opponent finds himself on Death Row for the rape and murder of fellow activist Constance Harraway (Linney). With only three days before his scheduled execution, Gale agrees to give reporter Elizabeth (Bitsey) Bloom (Winslet) the exclusive interview she's been chasing. But Bitsey soon realizes that this assignment is more than she bargained for, and that a man's life is in her hands. Putting her own safety in jeopardy, she frantically races to piece together the shocking events surrounding Constance's death, before it' s too late. Universal Pictures' and Intermedia Films' The Life of David Gale is a Saturn Films/Dirty Hands production, which Alan Parker produced with Nicolas Cage, and opens on February 21 in theaters everywhere. |
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