I appreciate a
good score. My favorite thing on TV is currently LOST and
while all the there are many cool things about the show I
think the most overlooked part is the music. For instance,
did you know that LOST is the only major network program to
use a large symphony for the score? Well, now you do.
The Alamo has yet another can’t miss show in their Music &
Film Signature Events Series. On Sunday, April 25th Austin
instrumentalists My Education will perform their original
live score for the 1927 F.W. Murnau classic Sunrise: A
Tale of Two Humans. Murnau is regarded as a truly
imaginative filmmaker and Sunrise, which shared the Best
Picture award in 1929, may be his finest work. Scoring such
a historic film is obviously no easy undertaking, but it
seems as though My Education was up to the task. I received
an advance copy of the Sunrise album and I was quite
impressed. At times it’s beautiful and lush, while at other
times it’s loud with a myriad of droning sonic textures.
There are seven songs on the album and no two are alike. I
think too many post-rock instrumentalists groups stick to
the slow-built-to-large-crescendo song structure, but that’s
not the case here. Each song is unique and conveys a
distinct feeling, which is exactly what a good score is
supposed to do.
- Dan Corbin
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