Mountain Lions! (V For Vendetta Score!)

Alright, before I talk about the score for the movie "V For Vendetta" I DO just want to say that yesterday Robyn suprized me with a bunch of activities including, a picnic, and attending a park that has a zoo area..It was awesome! There were..Mountain Lions (One of my favz..) and there were...Prairie Dogs..and there were...birds, iguanas..all kinds of shit. My favorite animals were the Mountain Lions and the Goats! There's one goat..and he always climbs on to this stump..and just stands there and does nothing. It's so cute. But anyways..Zoos are awesome.. <333.

O'Kay! The score for "V For Vendetta" by Dario Marianelli:

This is one of my favorite scores of the year. This and John Powells "X-Men: The Last Stand." I haven't gotten the chance to listen to it lately but there isn't really a main theme that I can remember in the score (Unless you count the "1812 Overture" which is played at two important moments and is kind of V's trademark.) One thing that I don't like about the soundtrack? It's got songs that have lyrics..I can't stand that. There are 3, all used in the movie. "Cry Me a River," "I Found A Reason," and "Bird Gurhl." They're all OK..But I would've preferred more score..can't stand when they do that.

The 1st track "Remember Remember" is fast and catchie it combines the opening sequence and adds in the TV Station Attack music at the end of the track. Track #3, "..Governments Should Be Afraid of Their People" is somewhat like the first track but slower..I can't remember..(this is a bad review! =P) "Evey's Story" is slow with fast parts to it as she tells V her story. It has a mysterious feel too it and it works. "Lust At The Abbey" is a lot of choral work done over bells. It works very well in the movie for a scene regarding a Church. It picks up about a minute in with some instruments and quickens a bit.

"The Red Diary" is a long track, 7:33. It's slow, and fast. This takes place during a flashback sequence and there's moments where you can tell the music is supposed to sound haunting..The next track "Valerie" is one of the best tracks on the CD! It is 8:48 and it takes place in the film as Evey is held captive and reads a prisoner named Valeries quckly written life story after finding it secretly hidden in her cell. It starts off fast as she is captured and then goes through her getting her hair shaved (like you didn't know this happened already?) This is one of the best tracks on the album. A lot of the music works when you you would think it wouldn't work...it's weird. The music is beautiful and works fine outside of the movie. "Evey Reborn" is a beautiful song as well, as you can tell signifying a "rebirth" of her. You've probably seen pictures of it in the trailer where she's in the rain. It works well in the movie and out of the movie!

Finally you begin to get to the climactic end of the CD..Ouu. "England Prevails" is a fine track giving a bit of buildup beforehand. This takes place during my second favorite scene which is JUST like my favorite scene..two inspectors are talking to an informant in a memorial hall and as the informant tells the story of what he says has been REALLY going on it cuts and shows everything happening as he explains it with it...

"The Dominoes Fall" is played as V knocks down all the Dominoes (parts of this are also heard in the end..but they aren't inluded on the last track..which I wish they were.. =[. You've also probably seen footage from this in the trailers/TV spots.) This track is from my FAVORITE scene in the movie..The detective chasing V is explaining how he felt like he could see what was going to happen..and says that he couldn't REALLY see..but he can give a pretty good guess. So he starts talking and as he talks it cuts to shots of everything he's saying..happening just like the scene where "England Prevails" is played but it doesn't seem old, or like you've heard it before (or seen it before when you watch the movie.) It's great.. But it's so beautifully done and the music fits it so godamn perfectly. I'm telling you, there's so many great things about this movie..=P It starts off slow and mysterious and then becomes loud and monsterous with lots of drums, etc...Once again..fits the godamn scene in the movie PERFECTLY. Scenes like this are what makes me want to get into filmmakking..they're just so PERFECT. And..the standout climactic tracks come next (excluding the damn song "Bird Guhrl.") Pretty much every song on this CD does but to me these last 3 stand out. Finally "Knives And Bullets (And Cannons Too)" which is a fast track that has 2 different sounds. It starts off fast and loud and changes into the "1812 Overture," in the last minute or two. Works perfectly and is great to listen to apart from the movie.

The music works perfectly IN the movie..I really need to stress this. I may not have said it does on a lot of the tracks, but it does. The last tracks just stand out to me for some reason. I'd never heard of Dario Marianelli before but now I can't wait to hear what he does next..this is my favorite score of the year with the new X-Men behind it in second. There's a lot of fast percussion (which I love..) and lots of catchie fast action pieces as well. This is a really good score not just for the movie though it's a good listen apart from the movie because it has a nice balance of fast and slow tracks that never bore the listener...this should definately be checked out by anyone who enjoys movie scores. I can do NOTHING but rave about anything that has to do with the movie "V For Vendetta." The music..phenomenal..the movie, phenomenal..everything about it is just amazing..

O'Kay, That may've been hard to read through..I'm experimenting with what is the best way to write a review for a score especially since I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to music and the vocabulary/instruments. So..give me some time, if that was kind of boring to read, I'm sorry..I'm working on it. I'll be sure to keep it interesting next time...

Coming soon I will have my review for "X-Men: The Last Stand" which I saw yesterday..