Henry Jackman: Puss in Boots, music from the motion picture

Henry Jackman: Puss in Boots, from the motion picture - Sony Classical - SNYC 8

Label: Sony Classical
Catalog No: SNYC 85422
Format: CD
Release Date: 2011-11-15
Number of Discs: 1
Running time: 1 hr. 6 min.
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
UPC Code: 886979854222

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Album Summary

>Jackman, Henry : Puss in Boots, film score
>Quintero, Gabriela : Diablo Rojo
>Quintero, Gabriela : Hanuman
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Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst, London.

Composer Henry Jackman takes an obvious tack in the early and late parts of his score for the animated prequel to the Shrek series, Puss in Boots, featuring Spanish and other Latin elements for a movie with characters voiced by Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek. "A Bad Kitty," the opening track, is a good example of this, as is the second, "One Leche," which recalls the spaghetti Western sound of Ennio Morricone with its echoed whistle and Spanish guitar. "Chasing Tail," meanwhile, boasts mariachi horns for a Mexican feel. On the other end of the score, castanets clatter in "Kitty-Cat Break-Out," and "The Puss Suite" sounds like a passage from a Gipsy Kings record. In between, Jackman is abetted by the Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela on "Diablo Rojo" and "Hanuman." But otherwise the composer moves beyond the Latin styles into a broader orchestral accompaniment sometimes reminiscent of his scores for such other popcorn movies as The Dark Knight and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Jackman understands that in films with overtly cartoonish aspects he is allowed to use overstated and exaggerated effects, bringing them right to the edge of parody without quite going over. That's what he does, for instance, in "That Fateful Night," which is in a heightened mood. Also, of course, his main task is to support what's going on onscreen, and to that end these cues often are really collections of short passages that abruptly shift from one style and mood to another. "The Orphanage," for example, begins in a lighthearted tone, then turns ominous, then lyrical, then stirring as it goes. It's no wonder Jackman cites Debussy as an influence, since he makes use of an impressionistic impulse in which tonal colors can change suddenly with the present sound bearing little relation to what came before or what will come next. It can work seamlessly in the movies; on disc it's a little frenetic, or, put another way, consistently surprising. ~ William Ruhlmann



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>Jackman, Henry : Puss in Boots, film score
  • Performers: Gary Kettel (Percussion); Simon Chamberlain (Piano); Dave Hartley (Piano); Paul Clarvis (Percussion); Skaila Kanga (Harp); Jon Carnac (Clarinet); John Barclay (Trumpet); Karen Jones (Flute); Ben Fordham; Bryce Jacobs (Guitar); Daniel Jemison (Bassoon); Dudley Bright (Trombone); Frank Ricotti (Vibraphone); Josephine Knight (Cello); Frank Ricotti (Marimba); Frank Ricotti (Percussion); Owen Slade (Tuba); David Theodore (Oboe); Martin Owen (French Horn); Peter Lale (Viola)
  • Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
  • Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Film Score
  • Written: 2011

>Quintero, Gabriela : Diablo Rojo
  • Performers: David Theodore (Oboe); Gary Kettel (Percussion); Peter Lale (Viola); Owen Slade (Tuba); Rodrigo Gabriela; Martin Owen (French Horn); Skaila Kanga (Harp); Jon Carnac (Clarinet); Daniel Jemison (Bassoon); Dave Hartley (Piano); Paul Clarvis (Percussion); Simon Chamberlain (Piano); Dudley Bright (Trombone); Bryce Jacobs (Guitar); Frank Ricotti (Percussion); Josephine Knight (Cello); Karen Jones (Flute); Ben Fordham; Frank Ricotti (Vibraphone); John Barclay (Trumpet); Frank Ricotti (Marimba)
  • Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
  • Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Rodrigo Sanchez (Rodrigo y Gabriela).
  • Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary

>Jackman, Henry : Puss in Boots, film score
  • Performers: Karen Jones (Flute); Frank Ricotti (Percussion); Henry Jackman (Synthesizer); Josephine Knight (Cello); Ben Fordham; John Barclay (Trumpet); Owen Slade (Tuba); Gary Kettel (Percussion); Jon Carnac (Clarinet); Dave Hartley (Piano); Peter Lale (Viola); Paul Clarvis (Percussion); Martin Owen (French Horn); Simon Chamberlain (Piano); Skaila Kanga (Harp); Bryce Jacobs (Guitar); Daniel Jemison (Bassoon); Frank Ricotti (Marimba); David Theodore (Oboe); Frank Ricotti (Vibraphone); Dudley Bright (Trombone)
  • Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
  • Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Film Score
  • Written: 2011

>Quintero, Gabriela : Hanuman
  • Performers: Dudley Bright (Trombone); Peter Lale (Viola); Bryce Jacobs (Guitar); Martin Owen (French Horn); David Theodore (Oboe); Rodrigo Gabriela; Frank Ricotti (Marimba); Owen Slade (Tuba); John Barclay (Trumpet); Paul Clarvis (Percussion); Simon Chamberlain (Piano); Gary Kettel (Percussion); Jon Carnac (Clarinet); Ben Fordham; Frank Ricotti (Percussion); Karen Jones (Flute); Frank Ricotti (Vibraphone); Skaila Kanga (Harp); Dave Hartley (Piano); Josephine Knight (Cello); Daniel Jemison (Bassoon)
  • Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
  • Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Rodrigo Sanchez (Rodrigo y Gabriela).
  • Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary

>Jackman, Henry : Puss in Boots, film score
  • Performers: Frank Ricotti (Vibraphone); Frank Ricotti (Percussion); Henry Jackman (Synthesizer); Ben Fordham; Josephine Knight (Cello); John Barclay (Trumpet); Dudley Bright (Trombone); Frank Ricotti (Marimba); Karen Jones (Flute); Skaila Kanga (Harp); Paul Clarvis (Percussion); Simon Chamberlain (Piano); Jon Carnac (Clarinet); David Theodore (Oboe); Martin Owen (French Horn); Peter Lale (Viola); Bryce Jacobs (Guitar); Gary Kettel (Percussion); Dave Hartley (Piano); Owen Slade (Tuba); Daniel Jemison (Bassoon)
  • Conductor: Gavin Greenaway
  • Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Film Score
  • Written: 2011