1 |
Prologue
- The Highest Point (1.51) |
2 |
Streets
Of Paris (3.11) |
3 |
The
Girl With The Plums (5.28) |
4 |
Grenouille's
Childhood (5.17) |
5 |
Distilling
Roses (1.52) |
6 |
The
13th Essence (2.29) |
| 7 |
Lost
Love (1.46) |
8 |
Moorish
Scents (5.15) |
9 |
Meeting
Laura (4.14) |
10 |
The
Method Works! (3.33) |
11 |
Grasse
In Panie (5.34) |
12 |
Richis's
Escape (4.30) |
13 |
Laura's
Murder (3.06) |
14 |
Awaiting
Execution (3.07) |
15 |
The
Perfume (5.32) |
16 |
The
Crowd Embrace (3.05) |
17 |
Perfume
- Distilled (7.12) |
18 |
Epilogue
- Leaving Grasse (3.01) |
REVIEW
When a director decides to have a hand in composing the score
for his own film, you know that nothing would go wrong. And
when three composers are involved in a project, you know that
the result will be top notch.
This
is particularly true for this film directed by Tom Tykwer
based on Patrick Suskind’s bestselling novel. Like the
film, this 70-minute is sophisticatedly produced. Featuring
the Berliner Philharmoniker and the State Choir Latvia, together
with some outstanding soprano voices, the soundtrack will
provide for a refined and classy listening experience. Together
with Johnny Klimer and Reinhold Heil, Tywker’s has come
up with an elegant sound to enhance his visually-enticing
movie.
Aptly
opening the album is “Prologue – The Highest Point”,
which mystically introduces us to the general feel of the
film with gentle harps and xylophones which are led by haunting
choir voices. Incidentally, this alluring track mirrors itself
with the concluding track “Epilogue – Leaving
Grasse”.
There
are two wonderfully exceptional themes in the album. The first
is initially heard in “Streets of Paris”, where
a quietly careful mix of clarinets and strings makes way for
a grand dose of lush strings playing a seven-note theme. The
presence of this theme can be felt throughout the album. The
second is seductively played out in a four-note motif accompanied
by a female choir in “The Girl with the Plums”.
Similarly, it’s a theme that sticks beautifully in your
mind during your entire listening experience.
Ultimately,
the ethereal mood of this soundtrack makes a very good companion,
especially if you have read the original or watched the film
adaptation. It makes you feel for your senses, fittingly because
the story is about the desperation of a boy who loses his
sense of smell.
After
seeing the movie, and hearing the music on this soundtrack,
this pertinence will come through even more poignantly.
SOUNDTRACK
RATING:
Review
by John Li
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