"Syriana" mit der Musik von Alexandre Desplat

[Marcus Stöhr]

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This past week, acclaimed composer Alexandre Desplat recorded his score to the political thriller Syriana. Based on the novel See No Evil by Robert Baer, the film was written and directed by Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet and Christopher Plummer.

Alexandre Desplat conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony

The film is about the players in the oil industry, from the politicians in Washington, D.C., to the men working in the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. Desplat's score is very heavy on the strings and percussion, and features exotic solo instruments to weave a rich texture together that supports the intrigue and suspense shown on screen.

Alexandre Desplat makes notes on a cue for Syriana

Desplat conducted the string orchestra at Sony this past Friday, and score mixer Dennis Sands made sure it sounded right, and worked with the prelays. Orchestration was handled by Conrad Pope, and Nick Vidar was in charge of music editing, while Noah Snyder handled Pro Tools digital recording.

Music editor Nick Vidar, orchestrator Conrad Pope, and score mixer Dennis Sands

Over the weekend, solos were recorded at Warner Brothers, and on Sunday SoundtrackNet had an opportunity to pop by. Master duduk player Djivan Gasparyan performed with Pedro Eustache on the ney. Later in the afternoon, cellist Armen Ksajikian performed intricate solo work as well.

Djivan Gasparyan plays the duduk

Pedro Eustache plays the ney

Armen Ksajikian works the cello (yes, he was in True Lies)

Syriana will be released by Warner Brothers on November 23 in limited release, and go wide on December 9. A soundtrack album is in the works.

[Dom]

Syriana kommt am 6. Dezember bei Sony raus und Casanova irgendwann im Dezember bei Hollywood Records. Ich freue mich tierisch...

[Sebastian Schwittay]

Ich mich auch, Desplat gehört seit HOSTAGE zu meinen Lieblings-Newcomern!

[Dom]

Dann kann ich dir einige seiner älteren Arbeiten wie Nid du Guêpes oder The Luzhin Defence empfehlen.

[Sebastian Schwittay]

Gibt´s die auf CD?

[Dom]

Ja wobei Nid du Guêpes leider OOP ist und nur in Frankreich erschienen ist. Luzhin Defence ist in England günstig zu haben.