John Scott: The Wicker Tree (2011) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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ABOUT THE SCORE: After several years's absence from scoring features in order to focus on concert works, chamber music and silent film scores, John Scott returned in 2011 with a lushly thematic horror score for an undeserving and anemic mess of a horror film, "The Wicker Tree", original "Wicker Man" director Robin Hardy's long-belated (and limply-received) follow up. Evoking the Scottish countryside with a sweeping melody explored at the onset of this suite, Scott allows the theme to become deconstructed and broken down as a more insidious melody, introduced in a devilish march form at 6:12, avails itself as a representation of the Neo-Pagan cult in the film. A more mysterious theme acting as a general motif of intrigue and drama is heard several times (see 7:20) and is redolent with John Scott-isms in its lush orchestration - high circular figures in the violins above low string melodic lines, cascading woodwinds and layered soft brass support. Later in the suite as muscular Stravinsky-like action takes hold, Scott clever allows several of these themes to play in violent, sometime frantic counterpoint with one another. To hear the composer's voice so boldly displayed in a film hailing from as recent a vintage as 2011, with such lyricism, satisfying orchestration and creativity on display, is a testament to Scott's unassailable assuredness of voice. Fans in particular of the thematic horror/thriller music of Pino Donaggio, Richard Band and Bernard Herrmann are likely to have a field day with this score, and Scott's often-employed band of players with the Royal Philharmonic rise to the occasion with enthusiastic zeal.
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[@mikehunt8992]

Thanx bobbengan. I`ve never heard this before. A friend from Norway. PS! Happy x-mas : )

[@MyTroubadour]

En plus d'une qualité d'écriture remarquable de la part de John Scott, les enregistrements sont interprétés par des orchestres de renommée.