19. I Can't
Give You Anything But Love -
Billie Holiday
20. That's
The Deal
21. L'Homme
Mauvais
22. An
Offense To The Heart
23. Morphine
& Cola
24. Night
Journey
25. Danger Of
Hell
26. Done Tom
Turkey
27. Did You
Ever See A Dream Walking - Gene
Austin
28. Trapingus
Parish
29. Boogeyman
30. Shine My
Knob
31. Briar
Ridge
32. Coffey On
The Mile
33.
Punishment
34. Charmaine
- Guy Lombardo And His Royal
Canadians
35. Now Long
Gone
36. No
Exceptions
37. The Green
Mile
Editorial Reviews
The greatest
soundtrack composers have historically performed
a musical tightrope act, being called upon to be
stylistically inventive yet invitingly familiar,
emotionally compelling without being cloying. In
modern times, few have risen to the challenge
like Thomas Newman. His score for Frank
Darabont's adaptation of Stephen King's
miraculous death row fable is an organic
masterpiece, whether Newman is wringing dramatic
fury from his orchestra's rhythm and percussion
or, as is more often the case here, delicately
shading the proceedings with a palette of sounds
distinctly his own. Though seasoned with a pinch
of period pop and folk music to underscore the
film's period and locale, it's Newman's spare,
creative soundscapes that become the film's
subtle, emotional core. The composer may have
grown up in a family (Hollywood's legendary
Newman clan) steeped in daunting film-music
history, but Newman has gratifyingly created a
body of work whose attention to shade and
nuance--and their crucial spiritual
connections--seem more influenced by Bernard
Herrmann, and that's not bad company, either.
--Jerry McCulley
