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| | Philip GLASS (b.1937): The Hours - Music from the Motion Picture (2003): Film Music on the Web CD Reviews March 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Returning to the music, it is still, as is always the case with this composer, instantly recognisable, the sweep of the strings, the arpeggiated rhythms, it's all there, albeit in a more sepia tone than normal. |
 | | Having said that, the music is "cinematic" in the true sense of the word and therefore achieves its primary purpose. |
 | | The best music is reserved for Choosing Life and The Hours itself, the former achieving a genuine poignancy, the latter doubly so, both characterised by comforting if melancholy washes of strings, augmented by understated, hymnal piano chords and, finally, more percussive keyboard sounds (systems music by harpsichord?). |
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