Penultimate
Grouting is done!
Day 4: Brahms, Violin Concerto, III
Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind using this piece in the 2007 film "There Will Be Blood" (which I enjoyed immensely on DVD two nights ago)? The Johnny Greenwood is great, the Part works really well, but the Brahms seems so incongruous to me. Entertainment Weekly says "Leaps of romantic chordal grandeur from Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major announce the launch of a fortune-changing oil well down the road from Eli Sunday's church — and then, much later, announce a kind of end of the world", but I don't know if I buy it. Any other thoughts?
Labels: contemporary culture, film music
posted by Sarah at
9:49 PM
2 Comments:
i thought BVC was really weird and out of place, too. i mean, there is a theory that film music should run in counterpoint to the images, but i don't think it even works in that capacity. i preferred the johnny greenwood music, which worked quite well, especially in the opening shots.
I really liked how the Brahms highlighted the scenes in which it was used like embossing or relief on a sarcophagus. It stood out, was incongruous which underscored what was happening -- the incongruity of success for Day-Lewis' character. What is normal for him actually is the struggle to failure whether in small or big ways. The ways of evil opportunism....
So, in my humble (screenwriter) opinion, it's supposed to jar and stand out, be totally different. And it certainly got your attention....
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