| MMS06008
Francis Shaw:
EVIL
Original Motion Picture Score
"Francis Shaw's score is an evocative journey through anger, loneliness, wistfulness and regret. MovieScore Media's strongest album to date..." - Film Music on the Web
"Somewhat unconventional ideas like the piano pieces and old-fashioned action music make this score truly unique. Above all, his lush, classical writing and orchestrations display a keen insight into music and the ability to produce truly beautiful work." - Score Wars
The scenery and music were very picturesque, and were a perfect juxtaposition to the action." - Bum's Corner
"Musically, silence often prevails - but when music is used, it's very effective." - Manifest - Das Filmmagazin
This is the score that knocked out the Hollywood blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the Academy Award-nominated music for Pride and Prejudice in the race for the prestigious Ivor Novello Award! On May 25, the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters announced that the 2006 award for Best Film Score went to veteran composer Francis Shaw and his score for the acclaimed Swedish drama Evil. We are very proud to announce the release of this beautiful and engaging music, possibly Francis Shaw's finest film score to date.
Directed by Mikael Håfström (Derailed) and based on Swedish author Jan Guillou’s bestselling novel, Evil was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award at the 2004 Oscars. Evil tells the story about Erik (Andreas Wilson) who is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre (Henrik Lundström), his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn’t listen to what the seniors have to say and they don’t like it.
The elegant and beautifully constructed orchestral score is performed by the Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, and features restrained romantic writing and a nostalgic main theme, as well as darker, more dramatic material.
MMS06008 EVIL: Original Motion Picture Score
Music composed and conducted by FRANCIS SHAW
Release date: June 27, 2006
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