Greenland 2: Migration (David Buckley)
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Just came home from watching GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION. I quite liked it.
The score by Buckley was really good. Very modern, almost synthwave/new age/ambient at times with layers of electronics. Some of it reminded me of Schiller.
Will surely burn the 32 minute download album to CDR from youtube.
Saw the film last week. I like the first one, which I’ve seen probably 5 times. This wasn’t quite as good — a lot of the hindrances along the way seemed very random and ‘installed’, and not as ingrained as in the first. But I enjoyed it as a disaster film buff. I didn’t really pay that much attention to the music, though. Your descriptions are tantalizing, so I definintely have to check out the album now. Buckley has done some good stuff in the past – like the choral piece “Bliss”, the best track on the FIFTY SHADES albums. And his version of PAPILLON rivals that of Goldsmith (yes, I know, sacrilege!).
(It’s OK to have threads on individual films/scores/albums here, btw, it’s just that we haven’t had a lot of them so far, except for Disclosure Day (John Williams) and Screenplaying (Mark Knopfler). So it could easily be Greenland 2: Migration (David Buckley), for example, if you wish).
I like GREENLAND but I actually don’t recall any of the score. Dave Buckley I know by name but is otherwise totally under my radar and one of the composer I don’t have any album of…
And his version of PAPILLON rivals that of Goldsmith (yes, I know, sacrilege!).
Get off this board! 😉
He, he. But seriously, you should really give his PAPILLON a chance. It was my third favourite score of 2018.
Listening to the GREENLAND 2 album now. I don’t quite get the same associations Jon did. There are several contemporary tropes – static thriller elements etc. But some bits and pieces that are quite nice. The choral overlays, a few synth elements. Some of it sounds like JNH in recent years, for better or worse. In either case, the succinct running time helps a lot.
He, he. But seriously, you should really give his PAPILLON a chance. It was my third favourite score of 2018.
I probably will have to watch that remake first to fully judge anything 😉 (Edit: I see Netflix has it)
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