I have been walking since my heart attack in 2018. I average around 2 1/2 – 3 hrs of walking a week. During the walk I would listen to a variety of genres of music (mostly soundtracks) and find myself learning by analyzing the orchestration, arrangement and emotion of the music while I’m walking.
Today’s listening session is Sean Callery’s score “The Marksman”
Synopsis
A rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a Mexican boy who is desperately fleeing from the cartel assassins who’ve pursued him into the U.S.
The Score
Sean Callery is a TV composer known for the 24 series; his hybrid action-drama scores to me have a unique voice to them; his ability to create cliff hanging on the edge tension music is unequivocal. Sean’s emotional sense in the music really connects to what you are watching on the screen. Throughout this movie, I am reminded listening to this score, flashback to the 24 series on how his music interweaves so effortlessly in the scenes. This movie has a emotional rollercoaster musically and it seems to have three variant musical temperaments; first, there is various degrees of dramatic and pursuance in the music that keeps you on the edge; second, breathers where the music gives a sense of relief for a brief moment. Third, setting the scene, where the music establishes the tone. There is also a piano theme that identifies the main character (Jim) in the beginning as having a sense of tranquilness and towards the ending it becomes more of a release emotionally from the turmoil he’s gone through.
Listen to Sean Callery’s score “The Marksman”
Hi Arnold, this is very nice! I too am interested in movie soundtracks.
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