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Wojciech Kilar - Bram Stoker's Dracula: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) [Re-Up]

Posted By: Efgrapha

Date: 27 Feb 2019 18:09:11

Wojciech Kilar - Bram Stoker's Dracula: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) [Re-Up]

Francis Ford Coppola took an inspired gamble in hiring the Polish composer to realise his Gothic stage production made for the cinema screen. Nothing about Kilar conforms to Hollywood. His classical works and earlier European films for the likes of Polanski and Zanussi, show a style based upon a repetitive form that insinuates itself upon the ear until it becomes unforgettable. "Vampire Hunters" is a superb example, being a cyclic string and brass motif that develops an exciting dynamic by revolving between keys. A pounding drum keeps time and rhythm for a flawlessly edited scene of destroying the vampire's lair. There is also the exquisite theme for Mina and Dracula, which in "Love Remembered" is presented on the composer's favoured instrument, flute. Again, it's through instrumental interchange across repetitions of the theme that the piece achieves its effect. A little sound design ("The Ring Of Fire") offers pause before the tender choral dénouement. Despite the tail-end pop song, this was a blockbuster debut without precedent.

Paul Tonks, Amazon.co.uk

Prepare yourself for a musical composition like none your auditory sense has ever experienced. Wojceich Kilar (who cares if you cannot pronounce his name!) has scored a… An… No singular adjective can possibly describe it. Let me put it this way - this score will sink its teeth into you (pun intended). And you will do the same in return. The entire score - not including the incongruous "Love Song For A Vampire" - is superb. Kilar completely eschews melodies, relying on a repetitive, minimalistic style. Even with its all too familiar "Mars the Bringer of War" style march, "Vampire Hunters" serves this symphony well. However, it is three particular pieces that tower over the rest.

"Dracula - The Beginning" is a perfect prologue, building from eerie, relentless, stringent notes, climaxing in a crescendo of blaring brass (in the film, this signified Dracula's rejection of God and his embracing of Satan). While this works well with the film, the entire score is better, more haunting, more nightmarish on its own. No greater example than in "The Storm". It begins with a soft - albeit quite mysterious - plucking of harp strings, tarrying until it has reached the faintest, gentlest note - piercing brass curtly disrupts this lull. After an unnerving passage of music, brass once again busts through the door, leading to repetitive, stentorian phrases accompanied by kettle drum and an otherworldly chorale arrangement. After electrifying blasts of brass, the chorus begins an ethereal chant of ascending and descending utterances - this particular section left me awe-struck. The piece appropriately ends with the gothic sounds of a cathedral organ. "Ring of Fire" (this MUST be listened to apart from the film), one of the shortest tracks on the CD, has the most impact. This is the absolute apex of experimental scoring. Not so much music, but a kaleidoscope of hellish, demonic voices and sounds superimposed by chorus. The sounds alone are mind-boggling and unlike anything you have ever heard before. How on Earth did Kilar achieve these preternatural sounds? The quality sounds too organic to have been generated by synthesizers. At one point the neighing of a horse can distinctly be heard. In another part, a mockingly puckish howl almost sounds as if it is saying "come on." By the end of this track, I was sitting with my eyes wider than a soup bowl, my jaw sitting in my lap. Wojceich Kilar has scored a masterpiece.

Roland Dark, Amazon.com

This is one of the best film soundtrack albums available, and the music is a lot better than the film it comes from! The composer Wojciech Kilar captures everything about a vampire movie that you would expect. Terror, romance, tension and power. The many themes are instantly recognisable, and the music stands alone from the film as a better piece of art (well IMO).

I bought the cassette of this after seeing the movie at the Cinema on its release, as the power of the music stunned me. I wore the cassette out and only bought the CD quite recently. I listen to a wide range of music and this is up there with the best, regardless of genre.

S J Buck, Amazon.co.uk

~ Wojciech Kilar at Allmusic
~ Wojciech Kilar at Wiki

~ Film at IMDB
~ Film at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. Dracula - The Beginning (06:40)
02. Vampire Hunters (03:05)
03. Mina's Photo (01:24)
04. Lucy's Party (02:56)
05. The Brides (04:56)
06. The Storm (05:04)
07. Love Remembered (04:10)
08. The Hunt Builds (03:25)
09. The Hunters Prelude (01:29)
10. The Green Mist (00:54)
11. Mina - Dracula (04:47)
12. The Ring Of Fire (01:51)
13. Love Eternal (02:22)
14. Ascension (00:50)
15. End Credits (06:42)
16. Love Song For A Vampire (Performed by Annie Lennox) (04:20)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 6. December 2007, 6:15

Wojciech Kilar / Bram Stoker's Dracula

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DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2016-03-30 21:11:53

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Analyzed: Annie Lennox / Bram Stoker's Dracula (1)
Wojciech Kilar / Bram Stoker's Dracula (2-16)
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DR9 -5.33 dB -17.47 dB 4:20 16-Love Song For A Vampire (Performed by Annie Lennox)
DR12 -2.72 dB -21.43 dB 6:42 01-Dracula - The Beginning
DR13 -0.41 dB -17.97 dB 3:06 02-Vampire Hunters
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DR16 -0.69 dB -21.72 dB 5:05 06-The Storm
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DR12 -3.89 dB -20.68 dB 3:26 08-The Hunt Builds
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DR13 -10.93 dB -31.18 dB 2:23 13-Love Eternal
DR13 -10.25 dB -30.58 dB 0:50 14-Ascension
DR13 -3.78 dB -23.53 dB 6:44 15-End Credits
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Official DR value: DR12

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