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I stumbled across this movie score recently and was immediately impressed by it's eerie calm. I'd never heard of the movie before but the music sure got me interested. Unfortunately, many of the reviews for the film were not so good but the score did get mentioned in quite a few of them. I'll still check it out for myself however. The music, composed by Lorne Balfe, is very reflective of the story which involves a large manor house surrounded by woods and the occupants visited by ghosts from the house's dark history. Sounds very generic when I put it like that but sometimes the best ghost stories of them all can come from simple premises. I think this is what makes Lorne Balfe's music for Blackwood so enticing. His simple and subtle approach makes the music all that more frightening. It's peaceful and relaxing but it has an edge to it. He uses string instruments and the soft twinkling high keys on a piano to pluck out an airy sound like that of light rays shining through the branches of a forest. He then throws your senses in the opposite direction by underscoring this with lower woodwind instrumentation to bring an uneasiness to the piece. The cue that I am speaking of is track 7, "I'll Rip Your Throat Out". Balfe does this repeatedly throughout the score. His combinations of natural "airy" sounds and the sinister are quite effective and impressive. Track 9, "Paying A Visit", is another example of this. The cue starts with bouncy and playful flutes that are perfect for your nature walk. It's almost like birds singing in the trees and then suddenly they stop. The music gets a lot more tense with the cellos rumbling and pace quickens. This one track then goes through several tempos changes and gets stranger all along the way. The imagery that it brings to mind is that of someone taking a walk in the woods and getting lost. The impressive thing that Lorne Balfe achieves with this music is the fact that he doesn't dish out another recipe of typical horror show fanfare with overly used bombastic music jolts and violin screeching. The score does has it's jumps and bumps however, and I know that they are placed within the music to go along with onscreen action. The real scare isn't in this part of the music however. It's a film that looks to be (remember...haven't seen it yet) a classic ghost story and Balfe has given us a clever score to match.
Balfe opens the score with a very "interstellar" pipe organ and uses it sporadically throughout the score with great success. It helps to give the score a very classic touch. Another big moment in the score is track 12, "Four Chimes". This has to be the climax of the movie. It's a 9 minute cue that eventually builds to one of the biggest orchestra moments in the score. It's one of my favorites in the score and I like to let my imagination tell it's own story while enjoying it.
Lorne Balfe has impressed me with this one. I also enjoyed his work with the History Channel's "Sons of Liberty" soundtrack. He works under Hans Zimmer's company known as "Remote Control Productions" and has partnered with Zimmer on many projects. Some of Balfe's past work include "The Bible", "Assassins Creed", "Call of Duty, "Skylanders", "Iron Clad", and "Megamind". The biggest news right now for Balfe is that he is the composer scheduled to work on "Terminator Genisys".
The CD is packaged in a cardboard bi-fold with a plastic shell to snap the disc in place. The front cover has a sleeve that contains a four page insert that contains pictures from the film and production team credits. The CD is published through Lakeshore Records and this particular issue is limited to only 1000 copies. Like other Lakeshore's releases, they don't make that many physical CDs so if you want to own a copy of this one...better get it fast!
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