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PERFUME- THE STORY OF A MURDERER (Score)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Music By: Tom Tykwer & Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil
Label:
EMI Classics
Release Date: October 3 2006
Links:

www.perfumethesoundtrack.com

www.emiclassics.com

www.perfume-movie.com

 

 



TRACK LISTING
1
Prologue - The Highest Point (1.51)
2
Streets Of Paris (3.11)
3
The Girl With The Plums (5.28)
4
Grenouille's Childhood (5.17)
5
Distilling Roses (1.52)
6
The 13th Essence (2.29)
7
Lost Love (1.46)
8
Moorish Scents (5.15)
9
Meeting Laura (4.14)
10
The Method Works! (3.33)
11
Grasse In Panie (5.34)
12
Richis's Escape (4.30)
13
Laura's Murder (3.06)
14
Awaiting Execution (3.07)
15
The Perfume (5.32)
16
The Crowd Embrace (3.05)
17
Perfume - Distilled (7.12)
18
Epilogue - Leaving Grasse (3.01)

REVIEW

When a director decides to have a hand in composing the score for his own film, you know that nothing would go wrong. And when three composers are involved in a project, you know that the result will be top notch.

This is particularly true for this film directed by Tom Tykwer based on Patrick Suskind’s bestselling novel. Like the film, this 70-minute is sophisticatedly produced. Featuring the Berliner Philharmoniker and the State Choir Latvia, together with some outstanding soprano voices, the soundtrack will provide for a refined and classy listening experience. Together with Johnny Klimer and Reinhold Heil, Tywker’s has come up with an elegant sound to enhance his visually-enticing movie.

Aptly opening the album is “Prologue – The Highest Point”, which mystically introduces us to the general feel of the film with gentle harps and xylophones which are led by haunting choir voices. Incidentally, this alluring track mirrors itself with the concluding track “Epilogue – Leaving Grasse”.

There are two wonderfully exceptional themes in the album. The first is initially heard in “Streets of Paris”, where a quietly careful mix of clarinets and strings makes way for a grand dose of lush strings playing a seven-note theme. The presence of this theme can be felt throughout the album. The second is seductively played out in a four-note motif accompanied by a female choir in “The Girl with the Plums”. Similarly, it’s a theme that sticks beautifully in your mind during your entire listening experience.

Ultimately, the ethereal mood of this soundtrack makes a very good companion, especially if you have read the original or watched the film adaptation. It makes you feel for your senses, fittingly because the story is about the desperation of a boy who loses his sense of smell.

After seeing the movie, and hearing the music on this soundtrack, this pertinence will come through even more poignantly.

SOUNDTRACK RATING:



Review by John Li

 

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