Pollock

Artist: Jeff Beal
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 613702530128
EAN: 0613702530128
ASIN: B000058DXM

Release Date: 2001-02-13

Pollock

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Tracks:

Alone in a Crowd
Beauty From Pain
One Man Show
The Window
Stroke of Genius
Plant Your Garden
Stroke by Stroke
Breaking the Rules
Art of This Century
The Look
A Life's Work
Empty
A Letter from Lee
The World Keeps Turning - Tom Waits
Unfinished
The Mural Goes On & On
She Played the Banjo

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Internationally acclaimed painter Jackson Pollock's work was inspired by the energy of the moment and the subliminal patterns of human thought. So too has film scorer Jeff Beal sought to integrate the many moods of the creative life in a score that combines the feeling of pastoral retreat (where Pollock did his work) with the manic-obsessive moments of divine inspiration. No better is this exemplified than in "Stroke of Genius" where a calm, lulling beginning morphs into a powerful finale. For the most part, however, this is a subdued collection. In an inspired stroke, Tom Waits interjects his own "The World Keeps Turning" into the process. The always jarring vocalist can undercut the most sentimental of pathos with a voice best described as sounding--and this is a high compliment--"back from the dead." <I>--Rob O'Connor</I>

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful, evocative soundtrack.......2007-01-19

This is one of the best film soundtracks I've heard recently, evocative of Philip Glass by way of Aaron Copland. Ed Harris's choice of this music for his film biography of Jackson Pollock was astute and somewhat counterintuitive. One might have expected jazz of the forties and early fifties, Pollock's most productive and unfortunately final period, but the composer has gone for music reflective of Pollock's upbringing and his early apprenticeship with the painter Thomas Hart Benton, with open and melodic strings and intricate rhythms.

absolutely outstanding.......2003-11-29

i love this cd,it was composed beatifully,i really wanted more of it.

Very Fine Soundtrack.......2003-07-21

I got hold of this soundtrack after seeing the film. I'm a big fan of Jackson Pollock's art and this soundtrack seems to be most fitting. It has both inspiring uplifting moments and reflective sentimental moods, both of which are done well. The title theme is a modern classic, an addictive weave of melody and rhythm. It also has what I'd call "paint tin" percussion sounds in it. If you see the movie, then the tune is likely to stick in your head. The only track that I did not enjoy was "the world keeps turning". To me, this seemed out of place and broke the momentum of an otherwise brilliant CD. Overall, this soundtrack is a very fitting tribute to Jackson Pollock.

Nice, but monotonous........2002-12-06