"I'm just going to write because I cannot help it," -Charlotte Bronte
*Sorry for not posting last week. I am currently on vacation, and not only am I busy, internet connection is spotty. Fortunately, this is the first week I've missed this year!*
I'm not going to lie, The Ascent of Everest scared me a bit. While it wasn't musically or compositionally poor, I don't think that it told the story very well. I mean, I still listened to it because it was enjoyable music, but it was in no way my favorite. It lacked that storytelling element present in all of the other scores. Read my review of The Ascent of Everest here.
However, this month, Adam kept what the score was on the down-low. He didn't post as frequently about it on his Instagram, and barely talked about what it was about, hinting at it in his captions like he has with other scores.
But truthfully, Omaha Beach might be his best score yet. It rips and tears at the fabric of your soul with the pounding bass and drum lines, and the strings and horns complete the anxiety-ridden and perseverance-saturated score. While RMS Titanic still has a special place in my heart, this soon might snatch the top spot.
Listen to Omaha Beach here.
1. H-Hour
Intensely full with a complete orchestra, this opener is clipped, the driving force behind this epic battle.
Intensely full with a complete orchestra, this opener is clipped, the driving force behind this epic battle.
2. Seasick
Anxiety-ridden with electric guitar, this track beautifully displays both the actual seasickness of travel with the anticipation of certain death.
Anxiety-ridden with electric guitar, this track beautifully displays both the actual seasickness of travel with the anticipation of certain death.
3. On The Beach
A stunning balance of tense battle sequences with a full orchestra and tragic failure with violin and gunshots, this score climaxes into a beautiful piece about bravery and horror.
A stunning balance of tense battle sequences with a full orchestra and tragic failure with violin and gunshots, this score climaxes into a beautiful piece about bravery and horror.
4. Bloody Omaha
Disturbingly beautiful, one can only be stunned at the chaos of this track, horrified at the violence and death exploding around the young soldiers.
Disturbingly beautiful, one can only be stunned at the chaos of this track, horrified at the violence and death exploding around the young soldiers.
5. The Cliffs
With throbbing notes of bass and violin, this track sneaks along with the intensity of pushing on.
6. Troops Advance Inland
Slamming with guitar and synth, and heartbreaking with piano, this track truly captures the blindness and violence of battle and the realization of immense tragedy.
7. Reinforcements
Peaceful with synthesized rain and victoriously defeated with the orchestra from H-Hour, the fact that these are the Allies' saving graces is revealed in the serene stun of battle.
8. The Longest Day
Just like the quiet ending of RMS Titanic, heaviness hangs in the air with lonely horns and harrowing strings, and you can nearly see the soldiers having won by a the width of a hair not celebrating with the world around them, but dragging their comrades home in a hollow victory.
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Beautiful. Heartbreakingly real. And viscerally courageous and shockingly breathtaking. A must listen for everyone. 11/10 would recommend.
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~The WordShaker
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