{"product_id":"messenger-joan-of-arc","title":"Soundtrack \/ The Messenger (Joan of Arc) - CD (Used)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Serra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e SK66537\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 02-11-1999\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\n\n The sixth film adaptation of the brief but eventful life of Joan of Arc, Luc Besson's\n The Messenger (1999) is the least spiritual of the cinematic versions. Tracing Joan's progression from military messiah to Sophoclean philosophizing,\n The Messengeris nevertheless a highly entertaining costume drama enlivened further by the director's supercharged visual style. Long-time Besson compose Eric Serra (\n Leon, \nThe Fifth Element) returns, along with his customary fusion of expansive orchestral writing, keyboards, samples, and electronic percussion. The disc begins with a warmly presented theme for winds and strings that is reworked into a pleasant end title song (\"My Heart Calling\"). This material is quickly dispatched and replaced with several ambient, non-orchestral mixes of keyboards and programmed sounds (\"Secrets Of A Strange Wind\"). Serra's overlapping layers of experimental textures are counterpointed by a solo violin courtesy of first chair Gavyn Wright, whose lyrical, mid-to-high range lines weave throughout the 27-track programme. A brassier, kinetic profile is assumed in \"The Tourelles\", while Serra lends his own, -esque acoustic guitar to \"La Hire's Lucky Charm\". Finally, there are the grandiloquent medieval incantations, impressive in scale if overly familiar in their Carl Orff-ish origins (\"Armaturam Dei\", \"Rex Coronatur\"). all in all, \nThe Messenger reveals Serra's unique ability to break down the traditional barriers between seemingly disparate musical genres. The sound quality is spacious and dynamic, while Sony's packaging includes a still collage and photos from the original recording sessions.\n --Kevin Mulhall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 074646653722\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0074646653722\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eModel:\u003c\/b\u003e SK66537\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43989267185923,"sku":"T6-JRBL-3IMH","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/51YxQr4RZZL.jpg?v=1685927515","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/en\/products\/messenger-joan-of-arc","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}