| | Spiderwick Chronicles Soundtrack CD
Audio Mixer: Simon Rhodes.
Recording information: Todd-AO Scoring Studio, Studio City, CA.
Based on a popular series of children's fantasy novels, THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES benefits from an orchestral score by veteran film composer James Horner (TITANIC, TROY). On tracks such as "Writing the Chronicles" and "Thimbletack and the Goblins," Horner effectively uses strings, horns, and woodwinds to capture the wonder of discovering a magical world, often recalling John Williams's work on the initial HARRY POTTER movies.
James Horner's score for The Spiderwick Chronicles is suitably dramatic, if not particularly inspired. It seems odd that the composer who also provided the evocative score for Titanic wouldn't use the opportunity of a children's fantasy film to create at least one memorable theme, but that seems to be the case here -- unlike similar scores (John Williams' iconic music for the Harry Potter series comes to mind), there are no recurring movements on The Spiderwick Chronicles that signal or symbolize characters and plot twists. Despite its resemblance to some of Williams' more whimsical works, the score ends up feeling restrained and unable to keep up with the adventurous plot it's meant to accompany. The Spiderwick Chronicles sounds fine, but there isn't much heart in it. ~ Katherine Fulton Spiderwick Chronicles Soundtrack Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $4.89) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Soundtrack CDs | | Label | Lakeshore | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  118632  | | CD Universe Part number | 7603404 | | Catalog number | 33980 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 05, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Simon Rhodes; James Horner | | Engineer | Tom Hardisty | | Recording Time | 71 minutes | | Additional Info | Original Soundtrack |
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