[Thor Joachim Haga]

After the boisterous (in Newman terms, anyway) fan favourite THE GOOD GERMAN (2006), there are three moody scores that I feel are underrated – LITTLE CHILDREN (2006), REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (2006) and BROTHERS (2009). To pick up something we discussed in the “Prejudice of the Melodic” thread, these are really great examples of scores that make the most out of explorative textures, riffs, moods. Newman CAN be excruciatingly boring if he’s uninspired, but if he’s inspired and gets to play around with those textures, it can be very absorbing.