The Four Feathers (Score) [Cast Recording]

the four feathers (score) [cast recording]

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The Four Feathers, film score
Composed by James Horner
with Tim Garside, Cathy Thompson, Gary Kettel, Frank Ricotti, Luis Jardim, Hossam Ramzy, Paul Clarvis

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Set against the British Empire's 1898 campaign to reclaim the Sudan, Shekhar Kapur's redux of Zoltan Korda's 1939 mini-epic mixes romance, international intrigue, and the efforts of a British officer to redeem his honor from an act of seeming cowardice. Composer James Horner reinforces the story's romance and clash of cultures by first alternating, then interweaving the romance and tension-building of his Western orchestral music with dollops of exotic Middle Eastern motifs. World music star Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan lends his compelling vocal talents to the latter, imbuing the soundtrack with a haunting humanity that deftly brings to life the film's tragic clash of cultures--and its contemporary historic parallels. Amid this swirl of international tension and personal despair, Horner doles out the traditional melodies sparingly, a choice that makes them stand out all the more, highlighting the film's romantic dimensions in the bargain. It's a score that relies more on a subtle interplay of mood and tension than it does on epic leitmotifs, but one that skillfully creates an exotic, often somber ethos with a dramatic, almost bittersweet denouement. --Jerry McCulley

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The Four Feathers (Score) [Cast Recording]

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Outstanding score.
Four feathers for "The Four Feathers"
Not a bad Score
An entertwined bit of beauty

The Four Feathers (Score)
James Horner
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JKJC
Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

The Makings Of A Fine Soldier
The Dance
Harry's Resignation
Sniper!
To Abou Clea
The Martyrs
The Mahdi
The Letters
Poison From A Friend
Escape
Ethne's Feather
Ghost Of Serenity
A Coward No Longer

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Set against the British Empire's 1898 campaign to reclaim the Sudan, Shekhar Kapur's redux of Zoltan Korda's 1939 mini-epic mixes romance, international intrigue, and the efforts of a British officer to redeem his honor from an act of seeming cowardice. Composer James Horner reinforces the story's romance and clash of cultures by first alternating, then interweaving the romance and tension-building of his Western orchestral music with dollops of exotic Middle Eastern motifs. World music star Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan lends his compelling vocal talents to the latter, imbuing the soundtrack with a haunting humanity that deftly brings to life the film's tragic clash of cultures--and its contemporary historic parallels. Amid this swirl of international tension and personal despair, Horner doles out the traditional melodies sparingly, a choice that makes them stand out all the more, highlighting the film's romantic dimensions in the bargain. It's a score that relies more on a subtle interplay of mood and tension than it does on epic leitmotifs, but one that skillfully creates an exotic, often somber ethos with a dramatic, almost bittersweet denouement. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Awful!.......2006-11-29

Sometimes a score can be taken from its movie and enjoyed on its own, e.g. The Patriot, Gettysburg, or Glory. Such is not the case here. Certainly, the music in the Four Feathers fit with the episodes in the movie, but it is awful when removed from its visual context. Much of the music is whining Middle Eastern chant and the rest is boring, unmoving piano music. It just doesn't work by itself. Pass on this one (even if you liked the movie).

Outstanding score........2003-11-19

I just want to say that I absolutely enjoyed this score. It is James Horner's best in quite awhile. HE has redeemed himself after a few very disappointing scores such as Enemy at the Gates, Windtalkers, etc. Hey the vocals aren't that bad as some people have said. The vocals do an effective job in establishing the setting and work well with and not against Horner's music. Tracks labeled Sniper!, Escape, & the Mahdi are good examples. While listening to the first half of The Mahdi, I couldn't help but picture the Starship Enterprise and the music James wrote for Star Trek II. But I think the musical reference werent out of context with the film Four Feathers.

I would recommend this score to openminded music listeners. Give it a chance.

Four feathers for "The Four Feathers".......2003-01-14

When you have a war movie and the composer for the film is James Horner, you know that the music will be good. And it is. The Four Feathers is Horner's latest war film to score, with previous ones being Braveheart, Enemy At the Gates, and Windtalkers to name a few. This score basically contains 3 parts to it. The first is a military like feel that represents the war aspect of the film. The second is a grand and sweeping love theme and the third is a heroic and adventurous theme that actually is the same theme as the love theme, just played differently. The ethnic instrumentation used is ethnic percussion, ethnic woodwinds, and a sarangi (what is that?). A different and nice touch to this score is the vocals of Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. (Say that 10 times fast!) His vocals remind me of Hans Zimmer's score to Black Hawk Down, as vocals similar to this were used in that score. "The Makings of a Fine Soldier" open the score with the heroic theme played on strings, trumpets, and snare drums. "The Dance" contains the love theme played on piano with woodwinds playing along side. "Harry's Resignation" builds and builds with trumpets and snare drums and "Sniper!" is an all out ethnic percussion and solo vocal cue that is a wild one. The album's middle tracks mainly consist of ethnic instrumentation and solo vocals until "Escape" brings back the action music and the solo vocal chants. The best track of them all is the last one "A Coward No Longer". Here Horner unleashes the heroic main theme in full force with plenty of strings and brass. The length of this album is 79 minutes which is more than enough and is the basic length that most Horner scores are at. I recommend this one to anyone who likes James Horner and the score to Black Hawk Down.

Not a bad Score.......2002-12-20

The film left much to be, well let's say... James Horner did the best with what dramatic film he had to work with. In all honesty Horner should not have taken this one on. His music is far beyond what the images of this film had expected to be. It's a shame.

An entertwined bit of beauty.......2002-09-26

One element found repeatedly in James Horner's music is his ability to both inspire and resonate the message of a movie. From Titanic to Braveheart, and, more recently, A Beautiful Mind and now, The Four Feathers. What is remarkable about Four Feathers is Horner's artful collision between two worlds: the Muslim-Mahdist Sudan with Imperial Britannia. One cannot help be struck by the music's passion, its repeated calls of honor, clarions of war, and the travails of a haunted soul making that journey.

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Manufacturer: Upside
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000COAX4M

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