Suburbicon (soundtrack) explained

Suburbicon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Type:film
Cover:Suburbicon (soundtrack).png
Border:yes
Artist:Alexandre Desplat
Released:October 27, 2017
Recorded:2017
Genre:Film score
Length:67:31
Label:ABKCO

Suburbicon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2018 film Suburbicon directed by George Clooney and featured musical score composed by Alexandre Desplat. The film is Clooney's third collaboration with Desplat after The Ides of March (2011) and The Monuments Men (2014).[1] ABKCO Records distributed the soundtrack and released day-and-date with the film on October 27, 2017.

Critical reception

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com described the score to be aesthetically "overdone",[2] and Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times called it as jaunty and overbearing.[3] Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post described it as "marvelous".[4] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Alexandre Desplat's score works overtime, shifting from sleepy cocktail jazz into needling agitation before pulling out all the stops and going the full Bernard Herrmann."[5] David Edelstein of Vulture wrote "Alexandre Desplat whips up Bernard Herrmann–esque storms and tries to tie it all together musically. But not even Mahler could bring order to such a ramshackle structure."[6] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap wrote that "Composer Alexandre Desplat channels Bernard Herrmann as hard as he can to provide this movie with some genuinely suspenseful underpinnings, but the music winds up offering far more than the film can handle."[7]

Ed Gibbs of Little White Lies called it as "a strong score from Alexandre Desplat".[8] Sean Wilson of MFiles called it as "a darkly comic score that both honours its soundtrack predecessors and carves out highly entertaining territory of its own."[9] Hugh Oxlade of Varsity wrote "Alexandre Desplat's mix of propulsive, Looney Tunes-style pounding and genteel jazz imbues sections of the film with tremendous pep and vigour, and others with deliciously cool irony."[10] Fionnuala Halligan of Screen International wrote "Alexandre Desplat's jaunty score helps keep the period mood bubble in place even when the going gets significantly tougher."[11] In contrast, Charlotte O'Sullivan of Evening Standard wrote "Alexandre Desplat's soundtrack is overwrought, and paying homage to Psycho is a particularly bad move."[12]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 7, 2017 . Alexandre Desplat to Score George Clooney's 'Suburbicon' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170426045716/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/03/07/alexandre-desplat-to-score-george-clooneys-suburbicon/ . April 26, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . Film Music Reporter . en-US.
  2. Web site: Tallerico . Brian . September 3, 2017 . Suburbicon movie review & film summary (2017) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170927063143/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/suburbicon-2017 . September 27, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . RogerEbert.com . en.
  3. Web site: Chang . Justin . Justin Chang . October 26, 2017 . Review: George Clooney's racially charged 'Suburbicon' is a dreadful movie for dreadful times . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171119165845/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-suburbicon-review-20171025-story.html . November 19, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  4. News: Hornaday . Ann . October 24, 2017 . George Clooney's 'Suburbicon' bristles with rage and bitter humor . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181025212104/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/george-clooneys-suburbicon-bristles-with-rage-and-bitter-humor/2017/10/24/04be771c-b43e-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html . October 25, 2018 . June 13, 2024 . The Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  5. Web site: Rooney . David . September 2, 2017 . 'Suburbicon': Film Review Venice 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210606221502/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/suburbicon-venice-2017-1034831/ . June 6, 2021 . June 13, 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  6. Web site: Edelstein . David . October 26, 2017 . Suburbicon Is Schizoid, Sanctimonious Pulp . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171102094352/https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/suburbicon-is-schizoid-sanctimonious-pulp.html . November 2, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . Vulture . en.
  7. Web site: Duralde . Alonso . October 25, 2017 . 'Suburbicon' Review: George Clooney Overplays His Hand With Grotesque '50s Noir . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171026021448/https://www.thewrap.com/suburbicon-review-george-clooney-matt-damon-julianne-moore-coen-brothers/ . October 26, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . TheWrap . en-US.
  8. Web site: Gibbs . Ed . November 22, 2017 . Suburbicon review – 'Fact meets fiction in race-hate America' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171125061839/https://lwlies.com/reviews/suburbicon/ . November 25, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . Little White Lies . en.
  9. Web site: Alexandre Desplat: Suburbicon film score soundtrack review . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925191644/https://www.mfiles.co.uk/reviews/alexandre-desplat-suburbicon.htm . September 25, 2020 . June 13, 2024 . MFiles.
  10. Web site: Oxlade . Hugh . December 5, 2017 . Review: The only thing missing from Suburbicon is you . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205172356/https://www.varsity.co.uk/film-and-tv/14238 . December 5, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . Varsity Online . en.
  11. Web site: Halligan . Fionnuala . September 2, 2017 . 'Suburbicon': Venice Review . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171018045555/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/suburbicon-venice-review/5121919.article . October 18, 2017 . June 13, 2024 . Screen . en.
  12. Web site: O'Sullivan . Charlotte . November 12, 2017 . George Clooney can't save Hitchcock homage Suburbicon . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210105122525/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/suburbicon-review-hitchcock-homage-is-no-substitute-for-the-real-thing-a3716416.html . January 5, 2021 . June 13, 2024 . Evening Standard . en.
  13. Alexandre Desplat . Suburbicon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) . Alexandre Desplat . 2017 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220119095947/https://www.abkco.com/film/suburbicon-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-2/ . January 19, 2022 . June 13, 2024.

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