1 |
Silent
Night |
2 |
Apres
Un Reve |
3 |
Suicide |
4 |
Secret
– Denise Ho |
5 |
Blood |
6 |
Confession |
| 7 |
Lost
In Macau |
8 |
Battle |
9 |
Love
Hurt |
10 |
Remember |
11 |
After
The Fire |
12 |
Pain |
13 |
Church |
14 |
Killing
Night |
15 |
Alley
Chase |
16 |
Tracking |
17 |
COP
Teaser |
REVIEW
You just need to listen to the track “Confession”
on this album to get a feel of how empty and lonely life can
be at times. And that is enough to make your already blue
day even bluer.
The
rain falling outside in the middle of the night probably won’t
help to cheer up things. But that is exactly what this 42-minute
soundtrack album is all about: urban alienation in this busy
society of ours.
Consisting
of 13 score tracks composed by award-winning composer Chan
Kwong Wing, this is one of the recent rare gems offered by
the Hong Kong film industry. Not only does it contain a substantial
dose of rich-sounding score, there are four few specially-chosen
songs which will complete your listening experience.
Other
than the abovementioned track, the other stylistically moody
tracks include “Love Hurt”, “Pain”
and “Church” – as if the titles are not
telling enough already. The action cues are infused with a
certain tinge of glumness in them as well. And kudos to Chan’s
creativity in using resonating baritone male and female solos
in his works effectively. The use of the western flugelhorn
and the traditional erhu and Chinese drums in tracks like
“Killing Night” and “Alley Chase”
are refreshing to listen to too.
Then
there are the songs. Besides the jazzy “Silent Night”
and “Remember”, there is also the Mandarin cover
of Ayumi Hamasaki’s “Secret” as performed
by Hong Kong singer Denise Ho. Her resonating delivery of
the tune provides a brooding mood which gives the whole album
a nice entirety.
After
one spin in your player, you’d be thinking, if your
life was as melancholic as this soundtrack, it’d make
one great movie.
SOUNDTRACK
RATING:
Review
by John Li
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