Brotherhood

Various Artists - Jazz - Fusion/World Fusion | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Original Release Date: February 3, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Luv N Haight
• ASIN: B000005O9E
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #513,051 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Where Pathways Meet - Sun Ra

2. Salsa De Santa Rosa - Quintessence

3. Too Soon You're Old - Penny Goodwin

4. Uncle Funky - Bobby Forrester

5. Brotherhood - Kamal & The Brothers

6. Ronco Da Cuica - Viva Brazil

7. For The Love Of Money - Elliot Fisher

8. Hector - Village Callers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars A Very Basic Score That Doesn't Expand Or Develop The Ideas It Establishes, September 19, 2011

By 

Kaya R. Savas (North Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Brotherhood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (MP3 Download)

Brotherhood is a small film that stars Trevor Morgan who you may recognize as the kid from Jurassic Park III and one of Mel Gibson's sons in The Patriot. It's about a college frat initiation that goes wrong and dealing with the consequences. Dan Marocco scores his second feature with this score. His first feature was a documentary in 2004 called Deadline. The film is a thriller that focuses on a snowballing effect of falling deeper and deeper into the belly of the whale as the plot goes on. So, how does the score function?

Well the music presented here is not a lot. The album runs a short 35 minutes and 3 tracks are actually songs. A score can't really function if it's spread too thin. At least that's what I believe. The ONLY time I have ever seen score used minimally within a sound design to masterful effect is No Country For Old Men. You can toss Cast Away in that pile too. Here the score just sounds like a mimic of Clint Mansell's The Fountain. It has a heavy rock feel at the beginning and then dies down to some atmospheric builds. I like the builds because they act as perfect background structure for intense dialogue. It has sort of a bubbling tension effect, but in the overall scope of the score it doesn't really grab you.

This is a pretty basic and barebones score. With a half an hour runtime it doesn't really establish much, and while it may have worked for a short film it can't pass for a feature score. Great ideas that if further developed and pursued could have resonated bigger with the audience.

5.0 out of 5 stars delicious tripped funk jazz that you will like, yum, August 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Brotherhood (Audio CD)

This album is worth buying for song three alone. It has a good balance of funk and jazz that you can dance to or sit back relax and do other things to it. It plays all the way through to the end. No skips or anything like that, dig.