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Stealing Time – Music By Joey Newman La La Land Records – 2004 This one was of the biggest surprise soundtracks of 2004. I had never heard of the film before but STEALING TIME is a whole lot of fun to listen to. It has the unmistakable Newman family touch. Joey Newman is a third generation film composer. His grandfather was Lionel Newman an Oscar winning composer who headed 20th Century Fox’s music department for 46 years, after his brother Alfred (nine-time Oscar winner) stepped down. Joey’s cousins are Randy, David and Thomas Newman. Talk about music in his blood. |
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| "Main Title" has a combination sound
that is part HEATHERS mixed with AMERICAN BEAUTY. "Post-College Montage" has a
light hearted, uplifting sound that is along the lines of HEATHERS or DON’T TELL MOM
THE BABYSITTER’S DEAD. The rest of the score is incredibly balanced between orchestral soft passages, uplifting and thought provoking grooves. "Alec Persuades" gets funky with twisted keyboard lines and percussion. The delicate piano lines of "Casey & Kiley" give the score real sensitivity. "Bank Stakeout" and "Research" sound right out of the HBO series SIX FEET UNDER. Newman uses the strings to kind of jump out of "The Heist." It’s in this track that Newman’s percussion expertise (he started drumming at age 3) really stands out. La La Land Records has included four Bonus Cues, which includes "Alternate Main Title." STEALING TIME is a mighty fine soundtrack. |
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