Soundtrack Preview: ‘Lady In The Water’
This is the fourth entry in the ongoing soundtrack preview series. This time I’ve got James Newton Howard’s Lady In The Water, M. Night Shyamalan’s swimming pool thriller. It’s no secret that Howard does his best work musically enhancing Shyamalan’s films, and while the movies have slowly gotten worse, Howard has never wavered.
Lady In The Water is structurally not that different than Signs. It’s a slow burning build to the climax, anchored by a strong, circular theme (first heard in “Prologue” and given weight in “Charades” before exploding in “The Great Eatlon”). Howard wrote about 75 minutes of music for the film, with about 40 of those making Decca’s album (in stores July 18th). Here are five thirty second clips from the score.
1. Prologue
2. Charades
3. The Blue World
4. The Healing
5. The Great Eatlon
Links: Purchase Lady In The Water / Decca Records
Previous previews: The Omen / Cars / X-Men: The Last Stand
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Matthew said,
July 10, 2006 @ 12:08 am
Thanks for posting these Ryan. Not only as these way easier to access than the ones on SoundtrackNet, but they seem, to me anyways, to be better selections. I’m definitely buying this one when it’s released.
Cinemusic.net said,
July 10, 2006 @ 8:04 pm
You’re welcome, Matt! Glad you enjoyed them and that they helped woo you into buying the CD.
JP said,
October 11, 2006 @ 6:18 pm
Can we expect a review for this score?