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SPIDER LILIES (Score)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Composer: Huang Chien-Hsun, Chang Chien-Yu
Label:
Himalaya Records Corporation
Release Date: April 27 2007
Links:

www.cdnet.com.tw


 

 



TRACK LISTING
1
Worried Jasmine
2
Sunrise Jasmine
3
Tattoo 31
4
Stone Jasmine
5
Dancing Jasmine
6
Night Bamboo
7
Tattoo 10
8
Quiet Jasmine
9
Sisters Leaving
10
Spider Lilies
11
Neglected Lilies
12
Tattoo 5
13
Little Jasmine
14
Mandala
15
Dawn Jasmine
16
Red Cloud Jasmine

SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:

Spider lilies may be flowers, but do not expect the music on this soundtrack to be pretty and poetic. In fact, the score composed by Huang Chien-Hsun and Chang Chien-Yu for the Taiwanese lesbian-themed film is so edgy; it almost gave us a culture shock.

The 59-minute album produced by an indie label in Taiwan reminded us of the hypnotic score French music duo Air composed for Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides (1999).

Differentiated by the different types of jasmines, the tracks are guitar and synthesizer-heavy and breathes occasional female chorus into tracks like “Dancing Jasmine” to add a touch of feminism into an otherwise electronica score.

The calmer moments of the album will soothe your nerves in tracks like “quiet Jasmine” and “Dawn Jasmine”. These alluring pieces complement the delicate moods of the movie nicely. For a rollicking time, go to the longest-running track “Spider Lilies”, where all emotions and sensations are let loose by the progressive instrumentations in this 6-odd-minute track.

The film’s director Zero Chou writes the lyrics for the movie’s theme song “Little Jasmine”, which is hummed by Taiwanese pop star Rainie Yang in the movie. No, she does not perform the song here. Instead, we have an anonymous performer who effectively belts out brings out the song’s melancholic lyrics.

And that is just right for this soundtrack. We don’t really want to hear a sweetie pie’s voice to spoil the rawness of this album, do we?

ALBUM RATING:



Recommended Track: (10) Spider Lilies

Review by John Li

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