Dark Water [Original Score] (CD - 2005)

Personnel: George Doering, Carl Verheyen (guitar); Marcia Dickstein (harp); Eun Mee Ahn, Lorenz Gamma, Miran Kojian, Irina Voloshina, Anatoly Rosinsky, Katia Popov, Robin Olson, Mark Sazer, Aimee Kreston, Alan Grunfeld, Henry Gronnier, Helen Nightengale, Ken Yerke, Ishani Bhoola, Lee Kitto, Song-A, Rene Mandel, Sungil Lee, Galina Golovin, Eric J. Hosler, Joel Derouin, Kevin Connolly, Lisa Sutton, Mark Robertson , Jacqueline Brand, Roberto Cani, Julie Gigante, Clayton Haslop, Phillipe Levy, Sara Parkins, Shalini Vijayan, Roger Wilkie, Marina Manukian, Liane Mautner, Dimitrie Leivici, Rafael Rishik, Mario Diaz de Leon, Tereza Stanislav (violin); Marlo Fisher, Rick Gerding, Michael Nowak, Brian Dembow, Keith Greene, Simon Oswell, David F. Walther, Victoria Miskolszy, Darrin McCann (viola); Dennis Karmazyn, Paul Cohen , Antony Cooke, Stephen Erdody, Armen Ksadjikian, Dane Little, David Low , Andrew Shulman, David Speltz, Sebastian Toettcher, Cecilia Tsan, Steve Richards , Todd Hemmenway, Christine Ermacoff (cello); Geri Rotella (flute); Phillip OConnor, Steven Roberts, Andre Badalamenti, Larry Hughes, Joshua Ranz, Gary Bovyer, James Kanter (clarinet); Joseph Stone (oboe); Leslie Lashinsky, Allen Savedoff, Kenneth E. Munday, David Riddles (bassoon); Warren Luening, Malcolm McNab (trumpet); James Sawyer, Michael Hoffman, Andrew Thomas Malloy, William Booth, George Thatcher (trombone); Fred W. Greene (tuba); David Duke, Mark Adams , Richard Todd, Brad Warnaar, Brian O'Connor, Jim Thatcher (horns); Tom Ranier (piano); Alan Estes, Gregory Goodall, Thomas Raney, Donald Williams (percussion); Bill Pearson (programming).

Audio Mixer: Robert Fernandez.

Recording information: Sony Scoring Stage.

For Walter Salles's adaptation of the Japanese horror film DARK WATER, the director enlisted revered composer Angelo Badalamenti, best known for his work on the enigmatic films of David Lynch. Since the movie (about a haunted apartment building and a tormented mother) hinges its suspense on the unknown, Badalamenti keeps the arrangements eerily minimal until key moments arise. "The Tram (Main Title)" features delicate strings that hone in on a frantic passage and then recede. Similarly, "The Drip Stain" is alternately calm and unsettling, while "New Nightmare" conjures up a palpable sense of foreboding. The ensemble employed here is the Hollywood Studio Symphony, a group that clearly knows how to create musical tension, and expertly captures the nuances of Badalamenti's score. Listeners willing to be both frightened and entranced will find the music of DARK WATER chilling and intriguing. minimize