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use of musical scores in his work along with past collaborative exhibitions with musical performances demonstrates his close attachment to music.
Not exact matches
Describing himself a panentheist, one who believes God is in all things and that all things are in God, and the
use of the analogy
of the composer still writing the
musical score, responding to the musicians, as descriptive
of God's relations to an ongoing, creative evolutionary process, does share common themes and ideas with the process - relational vision.
Still another trend — and this one should have caught Easum's attention, given his interest in «sound tracks» — is the
use of music that draws on classical idioms in the composition
of musical scores for films
of high drama, serious feeling or intense introspection.
Needless to say, this film is hardly as driven by its
musical aspects as its 1969 counterpart, and makes sure to remind you by underusing Richard Addinsell's
score, which, upon actually being
used, is typically not fleshed out to the fullest, and is all too often tainted by a degree
of conventionalism that further disengages, but ultimately does only so much damage to Addinsell's efforts, which are still spirited enough and recurring enough to play something
of a hefty part in breathing some liveliness into this generally dry project.
Using an innovative gameplay system, enemy AI is affected by the beat
of the
musical score overseen and inspired by RZA
of Wu - Tang Clan fame and composed and produced by Howard Drossin.
After the excitement
of David Arnold's three
scores for Emmerich and then the brief diversion to the great John Williams on The Patriot, the change in
musical approach since Kloser (later joined by Wander) took over is so extreme, it doesn't really make sense — it's hard to talk about any
of the previous four Kloser / Wander
scores for Emmerich without repeatedly
using the word «bland» — I've just never been able to reconcile the outlandish extravagance
of every other aspect
of the films with the understated timidity
of their
scores, which seem to serve no purpose whatsoever.
The attendant 5.1 DTS - HD MA track proves that Zemeckis is still capable
of turning on the afterburners with regards to mixing set - pieces (there's an almost
musical quality to the Blitz as bombs clobber the subwoofer and hails
of gunfire flank the viewer), yet when I think
of Allied, I think
of its restrained
use of score — much
of the music is diegetic — and
of how Zemeckis finds a remarkable number
of variations in the sound
of the air around Max and Marianne's loaded silences.
The Hateful Eight opens with an unavoidably pretentious but nonetheless sublime
musical overture that gives centre stage to Ennio Morricone's suspenseful original
score — the majority
of which was written for John Carpenter's The Thing back in 1982 but never
used — which is more Hitchcock in tone than Leone.
Shore describes the period
musical styles that came to his mind after watching a quartet
of primo bad Ed Wood films, and his decision to
use the theremin in his jazzy
score.
Distinguishing the
musical compositions is an aggressive
use of the violin, played by Hilary Hahn (who is covered in the
scoring featurette) and more apt at encouraging emotional response than the characters or story.
He
uses Baby's own personal constant
musical score to form the pulsing foundation
of his film, with even the most innocuous action following the beat
of the song.
The 5.1 track has increased depth, particularly where the low end is concerned, and makes more expansive
use of the surround channels for the
musical score.
Argento's films are all marked by an elaborate
use of camera work, lighting and
musical score.
Presumably included for the entire family is a sing - along feature that presents three
of the film's seven
musical numbers karaoke style, but given how weak the song
score is, I can't imagine anyone getting much
use out
of this feature.
Adding to the game is the unique
musical score (comprised
of 8 original tracks) that play in the background as you reminisce about how video games
used to look (in a completely enchanting and charming way).
Add in the Surface Pen (for an additional cost
of course), and you've got a powerful note - taking machine for those who may not type during a meeting or class as fast as they can write (not forgetting you can also
use it to sketch a quick diagram, add notes to the margins
of your PDF files, and paint with it on - screen as if were a brush on canvas... heck, you can even handwrite
musical scores or do your crossword puzzles easily
using the pen as long as you are willing to pay for the requisite titles like the New York Times Crossword app in the Windows store).
The combination
of the stellar
musical score, which
uses much
of the music from the original movie (remastered
of course) and the sound effects — from the grunts and growls
of the Alien to the creaks and groans
of an aging space station in the process
of being decommissioned and moth - balled — create an experience that many fans have been longing for from the Alien franchise for decades.
Audio is equally as good as the graphics, thanks to the engaging
musical score, professional voice acting and great
use of sound effects.
Matsuo
used the
score as a vector for
musical expression and felt relatively unrestrained by style, form, texture, and the expectations
of listeners.
Featuring an all new re-imagined contemporary art style, hand - drawn and presented in 1080p, complete voice over by members
of the original Monkey Island ™ franchise cast, a re-mastered
musical score using live instruments, plus scene - for scene - hot swap to seamlessly transition between Special Edition and Classic modes at anytime.
and, like most Kirby games, a beautiful
musical score that will, sadly, probably become underappreciated (the game playfully
uses orchestral pieces for most stages, whether original or remixed tunes, while the aforementioned secret stages pull a classic track right out
of Kirby's past).
There are also gaming experiences such as Dragon Age: Inquisition who
use such a fantastic
musical score that it turns an RPG adventure into an epic journey, setting it vastly apart from other games because
of how much detail and time has gone into the music and atmosphere.
In 2008 I had a breakthrough when I
used a
musical score that I found in a box in my grandmother's garage to develop an entire body
of work.
In the
Use of Others for the Change, begins with a new
musical score created by Audra Wolowiec, and opens in an atmosphere
of sketches and studies traced and drawn by artist Austin Thomas.
For sculptural works,
using materials such as steel plates, cubes and horizontal stone slabs, Khan sandblasts the surface with templates
of musical scores or prayers, continuing his investigation into the ways in which cultural, visual, cinematic and temporal memories coalesce into a dense, synesthetic whole.
It established a unified system
of recording movement
using numbers and a minimal alphabet
of symbols in a grid format, offering dancers and choreographers a systematized tool to compose and notate dance in a fashion similar to the way a composer writes a
musical score.
«If I were to pinpoint the exact moment that initiated the process
of bringing this exhibition to fruition, it would be the acquisition
of the artist's graphic
score Graffiti Composition,» says Whitney curator David Kiehl, referring to a project undertaken from 1996 to 2002, in which Marclay papered the streets
of Berlin with 5,000 sheets
of blank staff paper,
used for
musical notation.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a new publication in which essays by Michael Tooby and Iris Priest explore the Hugonin's way
of working and, in particular, his
use of handwritten notebooks; plotting the course
of each painting, much like a
musical score.
Dropping pieces
of cut paper onto a surface and gluing them down where they lay; dripping or flinging paint across a canvas; letting the progressive decay
of organic materials determine a composition; and flipping coins to compose a
musical scores — these are some
of the processes
used by artists included in the volume that both tap into the creative potential
of chance and control its operation.
And as a departure from Wilner's self imposed representational parameters
of the year, Making History: September 2009 made
use of selections from
musical scores to create a kind
of soundtrack to the cinematic visuals
of the rest
of the year, a nocturne composed from the detritus
of daily events.
We see a lone puppet, one
of scores used by the Egyptian artist Wael Shawky in his «Crusades Cabaret,» a brilliant two - video marionette -
musical consideration
of early contact between the Arab and European cultures.