Although I’ve never been a fan of either the movies or the
\ntelevision series, it seems like
\nHighlander<\/i> is a storyline which finds the present constantly
\nclashing with the past, and one group’s constant battle to
\nreconcile the two through immortality… and its loss.<\/p>\n
So the music for
\nHighlander Endgame<\/i> probably makes a lot of sense to anyone
\nwho has followed this series since the first film hit the screens
\nin 1986. The clash between modern-day neo-classical (with just a
\ntouch of electric guitar at times) with its deep-rooted Scottish
\nlamentations makes for a confusing, yet enjoyable, listen for the
\nmere mortal. Everyone else, of course, will probably think this
\nmusic is a hoot, and will scoff at the newbie’s views. T’sokay, I’m
\nused to that.<\/p>\n
This particular soundtrack can be broken up into two distinct
\nhalves. The first eight songs make up one half, which were composed
\nby Stephen Graziano. These seem to be the more moody, suspenseful
\npieces – too bad the music occasionally drags during these. Oh,
\nsure, Graziano captures the Scottish essence well, especially on
\nhis arrangement of “Bonny Portmore,” but when it gets to pieces lke
\n“Opening Titles” and “There Can Be Only One! (Killing Kell)”, there
\nshould be few, if any, noticeable lags in the musical action. It’s
\non the shorter pieces like “Driving To Loft\/Getting Duncan\/Ride To
\nThe Grave” and “Heather Cuts Her Hair” (the latter co-written by
\nsecond composer Nick Glennie-Smith) that Graziano is able to
\nsustain the energy.<\/p>\n
In a sense, Glennie-Smith has a similar problem on his one epic
\nselection, “The Legend Of The Immortals” – the track which marks
\nthe second distinct half of
\nHighlander Endgame<\/i>. Glennie-Smith focuses in more on
\nshorter, to-the-point pieces (three of which clock in at less than
\n90 seconds), but this strategy works well for him, and the music is
\ncaptivating. Even on the “longer” pieces (at least, longer in
\ncomparison), such as “Killing An Old Friend,” “Attack At The Loft”
\nand “In Memory Of Connor,” Glennie-Smith is able to cut to the
\nheart of the musical theme, and he does it well.<\/p>\n
The one drawback, namely to Graziano’s compositions, is that he
\ntries to jump from a more organic Celtic influence to modern-day
\ncacaphony, and this mixture doesn’t always seem to work the best.
\nGlennie-Smith’s works, in contrast, have more of a natural feel to
\nthem, as if you were listening to a soundtrack from the Golden Era
\nof movie music, an era which people like John Williams have made a
\nliving keeping alive in the eyes of moviegoers. I don’t think that
\nGraziano was wrong in his approach, but he might have wanted more
\nof a smoother transition in styles.<\/p>\n
\nHighlander Endgame<\/i>, to be honest, is the kind of disc whose
\nappeal may be limited to those who have followed this movie series
\nfrom the beginning. If this is the case, they have themselves a
\nnice treasure, albeit one which occasionally seems difficult to
\nopen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5729],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-36820","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36820"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36820"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}