Capote, The Album CD
Capote.
2005, United Artists/Sony.
Mychael Danna.
RCA Legacy, CD, 2005, 8-2876-78151-2
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Based on writer Truman Capote’s investigation into the murder of a family in America’s Midwest in the 1960s, Capote, the movie, is an insightful exploration into the relationship between Capote and killers Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, who hanged for the crime. Hailed as the first ‘non-fiction novel’, combining fact presented as fiction, the book ‘In Cold Blood’, published after the murders, explores the glaring polarities between the lives of the murder victims and those of the murderers; the American dream gone sour. Capote, the album, is less a soundtrack, more a reminder of just how powerful the book was and remains. Made up largely of readings from it, recorded by Capote himself in 1966, supplemented by Mychael Danna’s understated score, the album tells the story of the film via the book in chronological order. Meanwhile, Danna’s score punctuates the story, though running to only fifteen minutes it never manages to get a foothold. ‘Not Much Time Left’ and ‘Epigraph’ are stand out cues but the album is entitled ‘Capote’ for a reason, and Mychael Danna is very much in the supporting role.
Capote Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listings:
1. Out There (Mychael Danna).
2. “The Village Of Holcomb…” (Truman Capote).
3. “The Two Young Men Had Little In Common…” (Truman Capote).
4. Spoon Feeding (Mychael Danna).
5. “This Is It, This Is It, This Has To Be It…” (Truman Capote).
6. “Holcomb Is Twelve Miles East Of The Mountain Time Zone Border…” (TC)
7. N.Y. Reading (Mychael Danna).
8. “Eight Non-Stop Passenger Trains…” (Truman Capote).
9. If One Bird (Mychael Danna).
10. “It was Midday Deep In The Mojave Desert…” (Truman Capote).
11. “It Was Late Afternoon…” (Truman Capote).
12. “Perry Noticed Them First…” (Truman Capote.
13. “At Five That Afternoon…” (Truman Capote).
14. Not Much Time Left (Mychael Danna).
15. “Dewey Had Watched Them Die…” (Truman Capote).
16. I Thought He Was A Very Nice Gentleman (Mychael Danna).
17. Epigraph (Mychael Danna).
18. Answered Prayers (Mychael Danna).
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