Intersection

Review by Thomas Glorieux:

If you're looking for positive points about Intersection you have to look at specific things, the composer James Newton Howard, the interesting harmonica performances by world renowned and Belgian Toots Thielemans (!alright!) and a moody background listen on the whole. The negative aspects are the missing highlights and that it simply remains a background score without much else. There is not much that makes the score a welcome listen when you look at it, it will not bring something you ought to remember the next morning, but it has that emotional light feeling that captures your interest within a second. Intersection remains solid but will not stir up much attention any other way. The score is a pure mood setter and a background listen. James Newton Howard maintains to bring a soft setting for his musical development and doesn't add a wonderful moment that people will remember after the first attempt.

There are some moments that do attract the interest when you hear them, the more playful 'The Auction' and the immense soft but intriguing 'The Accident', people will wonder where the LA Master Chorale would strike and that is here, they support the soft melodic attempt with an equal soft performance, but it nonetheless makes the point on disc and specifically in the movie, it is a really impressive scene and receives a subtle score. Toots Thielemans supports the score with soft solos but they add something extra to the score (as they did to Hard Rain for example) and Howard's main theme, heard in some tracks brings more feeling to it all. People will discover rather quickly that Intersection doesn't offer much, and in a way this is disappointing. But the score starts to work and build with each listen, it becomes a very interesting score when accompanied through the visuals and it brings mood and soft emotion on disc. I would not say I want to recommend Intersection to casual film fans because they might find it boring. Persons who enjoy to explore soft background scores with all their interest could discover the likes of a solid medium attempt. It is nothing special, it just succeeds as that stylish background attempt.

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Tracks

Single Disc

1. Main Titles (2.19)

2. Home (4.04)

3. She Needs Her Father (1.35)

4. What's A Girl Gotta Do? (2.52)

5. The Auction (2.47)

6. First Date (3.42)

7. Letter To Olivia (3.23)

8. The Last Ride (3.18)

9. The Accident (1.39)

10. Vincent's Message (2.42)

11. He's Going Flat (2.00)

12. Personal Effects (4.21)

13. End Titles (4.11)

Total Length: 39.05

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=== Link to Composer Site: James Newton Howard ===