Audio CD review:
Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Band: Thomas Newman Title: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rating: Release Date: 07 December, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Bad Beginning 2: Chez Olaf 3: The Baudelaire Orphan's 4: In Loco Parentis 5: Resilience 6: The Reptile Room 7: An Unpleasant Incident Involving A Train 8: Curdled Cave 9: Puttanesca 10: Curious Feeling Of Falling 11: Regarding The Incredibly Deadly Viper 12: The Marvelous Marriage 13: Lachrymose Ferry 14: Concerning Aunt Josephine 15: V.F.D. 16: The Wide Window 17: Cold As Ike 18: Hurricane Herman 19: Snaky Message 20: The Regrettable Episode Of The Leeches 21: Interlude With Sailboat 22: Verisimilitude 23: Loverly Spring 24: A Woeful Wedding 25: Attack Of The Hook-Handed Man 26: Taken By Surpreeze 27: One Last Look 28: The Letter That Never Came 29: Drive Away (End Title)

Editoral Review Contemporary scoring master Thomas Newman may launch the musical proceedings with the brief, Disney-esque flourish of "The Bad Beginning," but the sound of a needle being brusquely dragged across that record brings us to the composer's true intent: a teasing romp through occasionally dark, rhythmically charged musical corners. The characters of Daniel Handler's popular children's book series spring to life in this playfully macabre screen adaptation from director Brad Silberling. Employing his patent take on post-modern impressionism to a greater degree than he did in Finding Nemo, Newman gives a decidedly contemporary spin to the oft-cliched concept of children's music. His score is a an inviting fusion of his tense, ever-inventive, ensemble studio concoctions and a Euro-Goth sensibility inspired by the film's visual sense. Alternately bright and brooding, with a surprise at nearly every turn (not the least of which is "Loverly Spring," a full reprise of the score's creepily saccharine opening song), Newman's score is yet another tribute to his restless, seemingly boundless creativity. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Thomas Newman discography, or go back to the Thomas Newman tabs