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In late 2015, composer Alex Heffes recorded his music for the new Hulu miniseries, 11.22.63. Based on Stephen King’s thrilling novel, the miniseries produced by JJ Abrams is about a man who travels back in time to try to stop the assassination of President Kennedy. ScoringSessions.com is excited to bring our readers exclusive photos from one of the sessions!
http://scoringsessions.com
Enjoy!
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Good composer, for sure
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I think the first few episodes are already out... has anyone actually watched it?
How is the score?
Seen the first three. Haven't read the book. The show is quite well made and interesting. No complaints about the score, so far it's been mostly atmospheric suspense music, some nice cues, nothing that really stood out I guess (I was probably too much into the story to notice), but I suspect it's going to get a whole lot more dramatic in future episodes.
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Mar 13, 2016 - 3:33 PM
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DS
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Recent caught the first two episodes. The series itself is wonderful, a clever adaptation of my favorite Stephen King novel (of the nearly twenty I've read) and James Franco is excellent (I was a tad skeptical when he was announced as lead, but he immediately won me over).
As for the music... the use of period songs is great. The main title, composed by JJ Abrams, isn't anything special - this is a story that calls for a grand, rich, gorgeous main theme, and it doesn't get one. The actual scoring by Alex Heffes is passable suspense music, if a bit too unobtrusive for such an emotional story. The best part about the novel was the love story, and I'm hoping Heffes composed some good romantic music for Jake and Sadie, but we'll see...
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The score is available today on iTunes.
Very nicely done. Check it out if you like atmospheric suspense scores.
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Aug 27, 2016 - 6:04 AM
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As I wrote above, I thought the pilot was excellent & for the first two episodes I thought the changes from the novel were clever. But as the series progressed, there were a great deal of changes that I disliked (the most egregious change being the Bill character - almost every scene with him is a clunker and I'm still scratching my head over so many of his scenes). There are also some plot holes by the end, which is unforgivable considering that King had solved these in the novel. The inherent strength of King's material and the two leads kept it moving, and the very final scene of the series (blessedly taken directly from the novel) is amazing, but overall - while pretty good and a noble attempt - it's a letdown considering that this material had the potential to be so much more.
The score never got better than my initial impression, but I didn't expect it to. It was passable, but more theme-driven and less unobtrusive scoring would've made the series a lot better. King's novel went for the emotional jugular, the score (like so many scores these days) really shouldn't have held back so much on bigger emotions.
Just finished watching the series on DVD and thought it was, yeah, flawed but fun and the score never had a chance to shine. The huge novel had to be whittled down even for an 8 ( or so ) hour mini series, but overall what was essential is kept around.
Bill's character - mixed feelings on him, since with the novel we have access to Jake's inner thoughts, but not with the film, so expanding his character makes sense. But like so many other elements of this series, the execution is lightly bungled . The impact of Jake's actions on the present are really rushed through, an extra five or ten minutes would have really helped the last episode. But, yes, the final scene makes up for most everything, it is wonderfully effective.
The score had to share the screen with a ton of songs, still it had lots of chances to stand out but as you said, it could have used a strong theme. And at times, there was no or very little scoring where it could have helped. In the last episode there's the usual race against time scene which is pretty much unscored . A long sequence that feels a bit flat could have used some propulsive scoring to add suspense.
The score does have some nice moments, but needed to be bigger, more emotional.
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Watching this now on Blu-Ray, really interesting stuff. Music is solid. Great main title music and imagery as well.
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