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THE
PRESTIGE
–
Original
Score
You
know
a soundtrack
is a
good
one
when
you
can
feel
and
experience
the
film’s
narrative
mood
and
quintessence,
without
having
seen
it.
Composed
by David
Julyan,
this
deeply
mysterious
soundtrack
is a
perfect
match
for
the
absorbing
cinematic
piece
directed
by Christopher
Nolan
(Memento,
Insomnia,
Batman
Begins).
Starring
Hugh
Jackman,
Christian
Bale,
Scarlett
Johansson,
and
Michael
Caine,
Julyan’s
soundtrack
layers
their
performances,
often
a gliding,
molding
and
twisting
of sounds,
hanging
tones
and
moods
as opposed
to sing-along
ditties.
Slight
nuances
and
subtle
touches
like
piano
keys
drip
in through
solid
layers
of slow
chords,
while
ominous
drones
can
just
as easily
swell
up to
invoke
dread,
and
sometimes
reflecting
the
industrial
landscape
of the
film’s
historic
time
period.
With
no percussion
present,
this
album
could
easily
be used
as a
meditative
device
as it
slides
without
solid
punctuations
or set
rhythmic
patterns.
Sometimes
the
music
feels
like
respiration
or solid
bars
of in-
and
exhaling.
Acclaimed
composer
and
soundtrack
legend
Hans
Zimmer
happens
to be
co-executive
producer
of the
soundtrack
with
director
Nolan.
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A
- PB
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6
A
- B
- C
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