"Its style could be classified as 'Classical Industrialism': it is cerebral, cold, detached, and inventive, highly percussive and urban, with a driving Classical elegance behind it." - Soundtrack.net
"A good showpiece for a new composer, and listeners will find Glasgow 's recurring themes and motifs as memorable anchor points as the score moves towards a conclusion of inevitable good vs. malevolence." - KQEK
"Without at doubt, Chasing Ghosts makes it pretty clear that Scott Glasgow has what it takes to deliver the goods outside of the film-noir genre." - Tracksounds
"Yet again, we have been reminded that there is abundant talent waiting out there ready to be discovered." - Score Wars
With his intense orchestral score for the Michael Madsen action thriller Chasing Ghosts, Scott Glasgow recently emerged as one of the most exciting new composers scoring films in Los Angeles. Now, MovieScore Media proudly presents this score, an online album featuring nearly 70 minutes of dark, beautiful, aggressive and suspenseful music performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava, conducted by film music veteran Allan Wilson.
After Chasing Ghosts, Glasgow has had an intense scoring schedule, including the science fiction epic Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, horror films Hack! and Nailed as well as thrillers Toxic and The Gene Generation. Classically trained (he studied composition with John Corigliano among others, and was the assistant to Michael Tilson Thomas), Glasgow has a strong personal voice and writes music that has a strong emotional quality. The "Interrogation for Violin and Orchestra" piece featured on the Chasing Ghosts soundtrack is only one example of his rich and unique voice.
Scott Glasgow explains in the liner notes for the album that one of the things he really likes about certain film scores is "the use of architecture – not just thematic development". For instance, he used a passacaglia for all murder scenes, different keys for specific moments in the film - and the leitmotif techniqe for the identification of the different characters.
Chasing Ghosts was directed by Kyle Dean Jackson and produced by Corey Large and Alan Pao. Besides Michael Madsen, the cast included Gary Busey, Michael Rooker, Danny Trejo and Shannyn Sossamon.
MMS06014 CHASING GHOSTS: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music by SCOTT GLASGOW
Release date: November 7, 2006
