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DVD ~ Leonardo DiCaprio
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~ The Lyndhurst Orchestra
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~ Various Artists
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~ Hans Zimmer James Howard Newton
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~ Harry Gregson-Williams
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Like the movie it accompanies, this score feels very much like an "Africanized" regular Hollywood production--but not too much, so as not to throw off timid viewers/listeners. James Newton Howard wrote his cues for a standard large orchestra, augmented here and there with touches such as exotic instruments, the African Children's Choir, and superstar Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour. N'Dour contributes vocals to the first track, "Blood Diamond Titles," but for a long stretch after that, it's pretty much business as usual: swelling, portentous strings (almost every track); a syrupy romantic theme ("Maddy & Archer"); pounding action cues ("Diamond Mine Bombed," "Solomon & Archer Escape"). Things pick up again with the three songs tucked away at the end of the CD. The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Sudan's Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, in particular, deliver a shot of genuine energy that's sorely lacking from the rest of the CD. This soundtrack--and the film--would have been livelier had there been more of that music. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Blood Diamond was directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samrurai, Glory), and features an exotic, African-flavored score by James Newton Howard. James Newton Howard recorded the score in Studio 1 (aka "The Hall") with a 60-piece orchestra and 20-person choir, conducted by Pete Anthony. With orchestrations by Jeff Atmajian, Brad Dechter, Jon Kull and Bruce Babcock. Howard featured many soloists in the film score, including world famous duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, vocalist Youssou N'Dour, Kala Ramnath on violin, Maya Beiser on cello, Pedro Eustache on winds, oud player Attab Hadad and The Senegalese Drum Ensemble.
Like the movie it accompanies, this score feels very much like an "Africanized" regular Hollywood production--but not too much, so as not to throw off timid viewers/listeners. James Newton Howard wrote his cues for a standard large orchestra, augmented here and there with touches such as exotic instruments, the African Children's Choir, and superstar Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour. N'Dour contributes vocals to the first track, "Blood Diamond Titles," but for a long stretch after that, it's pretty much business as usual: swelling, portentous strings (almost every track); a syrupy romantic theme ("Maddy & Archer"); pounding action cues ("Diamond Mine Bombed," "Solomon & Archer Escape"). Things pick up again with the three songs tucked away at the end of the CD. The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Sudan's Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, in particular, deliver a shot of genuine energy that's sorely lacking from the rest of the CD. This soundtrack--and the film--would have been livelier had there been more of that music. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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Blood Diamond was directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samrurai, Glory), and features an exotic, African-flavored score by James Newton Howard. James Newton Howard recorded the score in Studio 1 (aka "The Hall") with a 60-piece orchestra and 20-person choir, conducted by Pete Anthony. With orchestrations by Jeff Atmajian, Brad Dechter, Jon Kull and Bruce Babcock. Howard featured many soloists in the film score, including world famous duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, vocalist Youssou N'Dour, Kala Ramnath on violin, Maya Beiser on cello, Pedro Eustache on winds, oud player Attab Hadad and The Senegalese Drum Ensemble.
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