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Having just seen this film and not owning the CD, I can say that I haven't heard this score yet!!
The film is one of the most pretentious pieces of claptrap I have ever had the misfortune to suffer through.
I've watched Malick deteriorate as a maker of watchable films since I first saw Badlands years ago at the cinema. That film was a true classic.
Days Of Heaven was equally compelling, but showed signs of his tendency to meander somewhat.
His last three have been part nature doc, part pretentious arthouse cinema, with this one easily being his worst. He's lost the ability to tell a clear story, always going for the beautiful frame shot instead. HOW MANY TIMES can you say ahhhhh to a lovely sunset until you grow bored?
At this rate, the thought of another film by him coming soon makes me wish he'd go back on the one every decade ratio!
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Malick's movies are difficult to watch, unlike the typical Hollwood formula which is why foreign and independent and low budget efforts can be so refreshing . Yet at the same time, Malick draw's out vague narratives and visuals to a point where it isn't so much boredom sets in but it takes all effort not to put your head through a wall to stop the suffering.
That said, while Despat's effort here is not his finest- Benjamin Button remains the stand out for deep emotion and delicacy- with Afterwords and Love, Caution close behind- it remains eminently listenable for a quiet almost new-age feel.
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I can confirm There's a booklet with the cd.
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Listening to this for the first time and sweet lord baby jesus the album is glorious.
ETA: I recognize Desplat's brilliance as a composer but as an audience he's hit or miss with me. But when he hits he hits hard and this work is fantastic.
You're an idiot.
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Haha I played the first two tracks so much that I pretty much ignored the rest of the album (as did Malick!). This one is an interesting challenge to my "See the movie" theory with Desplat, as so much of it wasn't used. I like the main themes on the digital releases of Desplat scores that are also sold on records and CDs, but the rest of the underscore really comes to life only after seeing the movie, at which point it becomes part of my rotation (I say this constantly, but Philomania was such a snooze on disc, but after seeing the film, it became the most brilliant, cerebral score of that year*).
*Have I listened to it since the first time I brought this up years ago? NOPE.
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