She's the Driver [Import]

she's the driver [import]

Track Listings
1. Mars
2. It Never Ends
3. Losing
4. Feels The Same
5. Fool Like You
6. Ceilings
7. Another Vein
8. Hide In Front
9. Coming Out
10. Tangled
11. Helium Animals
12. Grey

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Sean Miljeon was a Principle Songwriter in the Acclaimed Violetine who Had a String of Great Records a Few Years Ago. She's the Driver is Miljeon's Latest Project and It's a Fine Blend of Considered Riffing, Varied Instrumentation and Stirring Songcraft. Guitars Are Prominent Throughout the Album. The End Result features an Album Full of Melodic Songs, Complemented by Heavy Guitar and Driving Rhythms, with Thoughtful Lyrics and Arrangements.

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She's the Driver [Import]
Film Noir
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Perhaps not *quite* what you want...
  • Nice imaginative collection
 Film Noir

Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00081U78G
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

  1. Turning Pages - Matthew Herbert Big Band
  2. Godfather - Terence Blanchard
  3. Silencio - Angelo Badalamenti
  4. They Go Long - Edward Artemiev
  5. Don't Be Worried - Cyril Morin
  6. Suspense - Frederick Rousseau
  7. Chop Shop - Alex Wurman
  8. The Wrong Man - Bernard Herrmann
  9. Simpatico/Misterioso - Ornette Coleman
  10. House Of Silence - Angelo Badalamenti
  11. Mansfield Crash - Howard Shore
  12. Verbal Kint - John Ottman
  13. The Swing - Hans Zimmer
  14. Blues For Guylaine - Andre Hossein
  15. Buckets Of Blood - Pino Donaggio
  16. The Elephant Man - John Morris
  17. Mourning - Claire David
  18. Ballade - Joe Hisaishi
  19. Taxi Driver Suite - Bernard Herrmann

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Perhaps not *quite* what you want..........2007-04-27

If you're like me and you have a hankering for "film noir music," you're probably thinking of a lonely sax playing an urban, 3 AM melodic line, backed by some bluesy chords from a small jazz ensemble. Like John Barry's excellent theme from "Body Heat," for example, or something like Jerry Goldsmith's theme for "Chinatown."

Never mind the fact that the great majority of films noir from the classic period (1941-1955) didn't have jazzy background music like that at all, but was usually scored with quasi-classical romantic string music (with a solo violin) or bombastic, brass-heavy instrumentals.

Anyway, this CD isn't the 3 AM sax stuff.

Not to say that there isn't some of that on here. You might like "Godfather" (not, however, the theme you're thinking of from the Francis Ford Coppola Godfather films), or "Blues for Guylaine," or even the bluesy passages from Bernard Herrmann's "Taxi Driver" suite.

But there's some odd stuff on here that causes me to wonder how, precisely, it qualifies as "film noir."

For instance, the dreamy carnival music from "The Elephant Man," or the angular string music in "Buckets of Blood" (from "Carrie," not the Roger Corman film). Seems like a reach. The first cut, "Turning Pages" had me unpleasantly surprised, and triggered my I've been ripped-off alarm. And "Chop Shop" has a wah guitar that sounds a lot more like a 70's blaxsploitation film than film noir.

The inclusion of Angelo Badalamenti helps redeem the collection; his music for "Twin Peaks," "Fire, Walk With Me" and "Mulholland Drive" redefines what a noir theme should sound like.

This CD is odd, no doubt about it. "Godfather," which sounds decidedly noirish, is from a comedy/drama film about a man who's paid to impregnate lesbians. "The Wrong Man" music is relentlessly perky but comes from a bona fide noir. (Okay, a Hitchcock noir, not quite the same thing.)

The key here, I guess, is to enlarge the scope of what you think noir film music ought to be... But perhaps a better title for this collection of music might have been "Neo-Noir!"

Still, credit must be given to liner notes writer Eddie Muller and his Film Noir Foundation for at least directing the current noir wave. His book "Dark City" turned me - and probably many others - to noir. Long may his tribe increase!

Summary: If you're looking for classic/sterotypical, 3 AM wet-pavements-in-the-Dark-City noirish stuff, try John Barry's "Body Heat," which I enthusiastically recommend. Barry practically *owns* that silky/sexy slow sax genre.

4 out of 5 stars Nice imaginative collection.......2006-08-04

A collection of musical cues from various film noir scores, but imaginatively assembled to constitute a new score for a nonexistent movie. Cleverly done, choosing from excellent sources, and not going for the easy or the obvious. It's exciting to hear someone making a connection between Bernard Herrmann and Angelo Badalamenti.
She's the Driver
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		She's the Driver
    She's the Driver
    Manufacturer: Corduroy
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0007VXZBI
    Release Date: 2005-05-02

    Tracks:

    1. Mars
    2. It Never Ends
    3. Losing
    4. Feels The Same
    5. Fool Like You
    6. Ceilings
    7. Another Vein
    8. Hide In Front
    9. Coming Out
    10. Tangled
    11. Helium Animals
    12. Grey

    Album Details

    Sean Miljeon was a Principle Songwriter in the Acclaimed Violetine who Had a String of Great Records a Few Years Ago. She's the Driver is Miljeon's Latest Project and It's a Fine Blend of Considered Riffing, Varied Instrumentation and Stirring Songcraft. Guitars Are Prominent Throughout the Album. The End Result features an Album Full of Melodic Songs, Complemented by Heavy Guitar and Driving Rhythms, with Thoughtful Lyrics and Arrangements.
    From the Heart
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      		From the Heart

      Manufacturer: Skylark
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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