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May 10, 2010 - 1:03 AM
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BasilFSM
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 http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=vsd-302-064-206-2 CDs will begin shipping the week of May 17. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Music Composed by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek has created a powerful, beautiful and dramatic score for the Canadian film Passchendaele. Newly released on DVD and Blu-Ray, Kaczmarek's stunning score at last comes to CD in this special limited edition! Set during the height of the First World War, Passchendaele tells the story of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Paul Gross), a Canadian soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns home emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Caroline Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse for whom he develops a passionate love. When Sarah's younger, asthmatic brother, David (Joe Dinicol), signs up to fight in Europe, Michael feels compelled to return to Europe to protect him. Michael and David, like thousands of Canadians, are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres, a battle against impossible odds, commonly known as "Passchendaele." It is a story of passion, courage and dedication, showing the heroism of those that fought in battle, and of the ones that loved them. 1. Passchendaele (6:16) 2. The Attack (2:06) 3. Separation (10:31) 4. Little Town (3:07) 5. Pain (2:54) 6. There Is A River … (4:54) 7. Frontline Moves 100 Yards (:59) 8. The Cross (2:25) 9. No Solution (7:25) 10. The War (5:35)
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Awesome. Kaczmarek releases are rare and to be cherished. Ordered.
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EXCELLENT release! 'love this composer's work! ordered! this cover art reminds me of :
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Haven't seen this film, but the descriptions of both the film and the score that I'm reading in this thread are very intriguing. I must check this out!
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I have never heard of this composer Evidently even winning an Oscar isn't enough for a composer to get a noticed these days. Gee, what does it take? However, it does not bode well that the film was barely released in the USA. And elsewhere? PASSCHENDAELE is a Canadian film that tells a Canadian story. Is it any surprise then that this was not theatrically distributed in the U.S.? It's funny, I was walking down King St. West in Toronto, Summer '08, with my McDonald's bag in one hand, a large Coke in the other, and who walks by me but Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. He was in town recording PASSCHENDAELE. I think he was a little shocked that this guy holding a greasy paper bag knew who he was. We had a nice, short, chat and he went on his way.
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I love Jan's work. Very happy to pick this one up.
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The scores that I've heard by him are quite pleasant, but there is a boring sameness to them. It's generally soft strings dominated by a piano melody, pretty much all the way through. I prefer a bit more variation in the scores I like to listen to.
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