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- Record Label: DG Deutsche Grammophon
- Release Date: Nov 11, 2016
- Summary: The Icelandic composer worked for the third time with director Denis Villeneuve, this time on his 2016 sci-fi film Arrival.
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- Record Label: DG Deutsche Grammophon
- Genre(s): Classical, Soundtracks, Stage & Screen, Film Score
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Dec 20, 2016Arrival is a fantastic album and a great piece of film score work, delivering menacing, daunting cacophonies of noise that evoke all types of fear, wonder, and intrigue that are evident within the movie itself.
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MojoDec 20, 2016The results are equal parts beautiful and unsettling. [Feb 2017, p.95]
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Dec 20, 2016Despite its originality and powerful execution of atonal techniques, it is too tonally diverse to function properly as a separate entity from its corresponding film. Do yourself a favour and go listen to it in the cinema.
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UncutDec 20, 2016Johannsson's use of vocal manipulation on "Kanguru" and "Ultimatum" add splashes of colour to his full-bodies minimalism, each lingering note loaded with ominous intent. [Jan 2017, p.24]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Feb 14, 2017
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