Cobb (soundtrack)

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Cobb
Cobb cover
Soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal
Released January 3, 1995
Genre Blues
Gospel
Classical
Avante garde
Modernist
Electronic
Progressive
Length 38:52
Label Sony Classical
SK 66923
Producer Matthias Gohl
Professional reviews
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
Interview with the Vampire (1994) Cobb
(1994)		 Batman Forever (1995)

The score to the movie "Cobb" by Elliot Goldenthal is notable because of the very polar and complex subject matter of the film and Goldenthal's ability to provide a subtle, beautifully sombre yet melodic soundtrack to compliment it. The duality of the upbeat arena Cobb plays in is off-set by his tumultuous personal life and the composer captures it astonishingly well.[1][2] Goldenthal himself can be heard performing the guttural vocals on the opening cue, a Baptist hymn of the sort Cobb had heard as a young child.[3] This can be heard below.

Goldenthal's feelings on the score:

“ Ty Cobb's classical, scientific approach to baseball both collided and cohabited with his irrational, almost transcendent abandon in the game. These opposing forces in him gave me the key to composing the score: composition as collision.
This is most clearly heard in the "Variations on an Old Baptist Hymn," where the earthy and crude Gospel vocals contrast with the contained eloquence of classical musicianship, and in the "Georgia Peach Rag", where sunny moderato ragtime piano seems to be swallowed up by orchestral anarchy.		 ”

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Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Variations on an Old Baptist Hymn (3:05)
  2. Stump Meets Cobb (1:50)
  3. Cooperstown Aria (Part I) (1:43)
  4. Nevada Nightlight (2:28)
  5. Reno Ho' (Part I) (2:37)
  6. Newsreel Mirror (3:26)
  7. Meant Monk (2:17)
  8. Cooperstown Aria (Part II) (2:00)
  9. Winter Walk (1:11)
  10. Hart and Hunter (1:16)
  11. Georgia Peach Rag (1:30)
  12. The Baptism (1:30)
  13. Reno Ho' (Part II) (2:35)
  14. The Homecoming (6:18)
  15. Sour Mash Scherzo (1:09)
  16. Cobb Dies (1:49)
  17. The Beast Within (2:24) - (from "Alien³ soundtrack")
  18. The Ball Game - Sister Wynona Carr (2:24)

[edit] Audio

"Variations on an Old Baptist Hymn"

Sample of "Variations on an Old Baptist Hymn" from the album Cobb.
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This track features vocals by Goldenthal.

"Georgia Peach Rag"

Sample of "Georgia Peach Rag" from the album Cobb.
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This track exemplifies the duality of the score.

"Reno Ho' (Part II)"

Sample of "Reno Ho' (Part II)" from the album Cobb.
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Typical Goldenthalian brass and horns dominate this track.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cobb - Elliot Goldenthal
  2. ^ allmusic ((( Cobb [Original Soundtrack] > Overview )))
  3. ^ Cobb
  4. ^ Elliot Goldenthal Discography: Cobb (1994)
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