It is rare that I get to see films these days. This is the
\nreality of being a father of three kids working two jobs. If I want
\nto see any film, it usually has to be rented from Blockbuster and
\nviewed in a few sittings over crying, screaming and frequent
\ninterruptions.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, I have not been able to get to the theatres to
\nsee
\nMy Architect<\/i>, a film which was an Academy Award nominee for
\n“Best Documentary”. (Despite playing in only a handful of theatres,
\nthis film has done respectably; Box Office Mojo lists it in the top
\n20 highest grossing documentaries of all time.) Telling the story
\nof architect Louis Kahn, the mystery and secrets of his life and
\nhis illegitimate son’s coming to terms with his father’s life and
\nlegacy, the story has to be powerful on film. I know the music is
\nquite haunting, even if it does begin to lose some of its power
\npast the halfway mark of this relatively short disc (20 tracks
\nclock in at just under 41 minutes).<\/p>\n
Joseph Vitarelli’s score is indeed sparse, mostly driven by
\npiano and little orchestral input with hints of Judaism thrown in
\nto reflect Kahn’s background. All together, the soundtrack does a
\nbetter job at painting the struggle the movie is documenting than
\nmany other soundtracks written for major-market films. Mark
\nVitarelli’s name now – chances are good we will be hearing a lot
\nmore from him in the years to come.<\/p>\n
While the soundtrack’s mood tells a little about Kahn’s early
\nlife (“Beginnings\u2026”) and his religious upbringing (“Hayom
\nT’amtzeinu”), for the most part the music creates a picture of
\nuncertainty and struggle (“The Mystery Of Louis Kahn,” “American
\nHymn I”), almost acting as an audio version of filmmaker Nathaniel
\nKahn’s quest to discover just who his father was beyond the world
\nof architecture. The inclusion of outside selections like “Fanfare
\nFor The Common Man” and “Happy Returns” does suggest rays of hope
\nin the search, and maybe even suggests there is a happy ending in
\nus all.<\/p>\n
If there is one drawback to
\nMy Architect<\/i>, it is that the soundtrack tends to lag in the
\nsecond half. Tracks like “Chez Louis,” “The Nomad” and “Dhaka” –
\neven “Suite For Louis Kahn (End Credits)” – don’t quite have the
\nemotional punch the first half of the disc carries. The inclusion
\nof “Call To Prayer,” though, is wisely chosen, as it is hauntingly
\nbeautiful.<\/p>\n
\nMy Architect<\/i> isn’t the kind of film that will end up topping
\nthe box office charts, but it does have a soundtrack that is worthy
\nof your attention, even if it doesn’t end as strongly as one would
\nhave hoped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5729],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-38082","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\/38082","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=38082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38082"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38082"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}