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Release Date: Jan 17, 2006
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Personnel: Eve Egoyan (piano).
Audio Mixer: Jennifer Dunnington.
Recording information: Glenn Gould Theatre, CBC Toronto.
Photographers: Richard Corman; Attila Dory.
Reader: Truman Capote.
Although this is a tie-in release with the 2005 movie Capote, it's not exactly a soundtrack, or a Truman Capote album. It's something between the two, mixing Truman Capote recitations with incidental music from the film score. Most of the quite lengthy (76-minute) CD is devoted to excerpts from the 1966 album Truman Capote Reads Scenes from 'In Cold Blood': A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. Although the title might seem self-explanatory, for those who've seen the movie it's worth emphasizing that the spoken word passages from Capote's book In Cold Blood are not read here by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the actor who played the writer in the film. They're read by Capote himself, and even if you're well acquainted with his life, it still comes as somewhat of a shock to hear such a middle-America-gone-awry tale delivered in such a fey yet matter-of-fact voice. Most listeners will find these readings rather tough going, and more effective as read in the printed page (or experienced indirectly via the movie), though it's useful material for serious fans of Capote and/or the book. Linking some of the passages, and opening and closing the disc, are excerpts from Mychael Danna's moody score, which establishes a grimly subdued atmosphere. ~ Richie Unterberger
Audio Mixer: Jennifer Dunnington.
Recording information: Glenn Gould Theatre, CBC Toronto.
Photographers: Richard Corman; Attila Dory.
Reader: Truman Capote.
Although this is a tie-in release with the 2005 movie Capote, it's not exactly a soundtrack, or a Truman Capote album. It's something between the two, mixing Truman Capote recitations with incidental music from the film score. Most of the quite lengthy (76-minute) CD is devoted to excerpts from the 1966 album Truman Capote Reads Scenes from 'In Cold Blood': A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. Although the title might seem self-explanatory, for those who've seen the movie it's worth emphasizing that the spoken word passages from Capote's book In Cold Blood are not read here by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, the actor who played the writer in the film. They're read by Capote himself, and even if you're well acquainted with his life, it still comes as somewhat of a shock to hear such a middle-America-gone-awry tale delivered in such a fey yet matter-of-fact voice. Most listeners will find these readings rather tough going, and more effective as read in the printed page (or experienced indirectly via the movie), though it's useful material for serious fans of Capote and/or the book. Linking some of the passages, and opening and closing the disc, are excerpts from Mychael Danna's moody score, which establishes a grimly subdued atmosphere. ~ Richie Unterberger
Tracks:
1 - Capote, film score~Out There
2 - In Cold Blood, book~The Village of Holcomb
3 - In Cold Blood, book~The Two young Men Had Little in Common
4 - Capote, film score~Spoon Feeding
5 - In Cold Blood, book~This Is It, This Is It, This Has To Be It
6 - In Cold Blood, book~Holcomb Is Twelve Miles East Of The Mountain Time Zone Border
7 - Capote, film score~N.Y. Reeding
8 - In Cold Blood, book~Eight Non-Stop Passenger Trains Hurry Through Holcomb Every Twenty-Four Hours
9 - Capote, film score~If One Bird
10 - In Cold Blood, book~It Was Midday Deep In The Mojave Desert
11 - In Cold Blood, book~It Was Late Afternoon
12 - In Cold Blood, book~Perry Noticed Them First - Hitchhikers, A Boy And An Old Man
13 - In Cold Blood, book~At Five That Afternoon... The Long Ride Came To An End
14 - Capote, film score~Not Much Time Left
15 - In Cold Blood, book~Dewey Had Watched Them Die...
16 - Capote, film score~I Thought He Was A Very Nice Gentleman
17 - Capote, film score~Epigraph
18 - Capote, film score~Answered Prayers
2 - In Cold Blood, book~The Village of Holcomb
3 - In Cold Blood, book~The Two young Men Had Little in Common
4 - Capote, film score~Spoon Feeding
5 - In Cold Blood, book~This Is It, This Is It, This Has To Be It
6 - In Cold Blood, book~Holcomb Is Twelve Miles East Of The Mountain Time Zone Border
7 - Capote, film score~N.Y. Reeding
8 - In Cold Blood, book~Eight Non-Stop Passenger Trains Hurry Through Holcomb Every Twenty-Four Hours
9 - Capote, film score~If One Bird
10 - In Cold Blood, book~It Was Midday Deep In The Mojave Desert
11 - In Cold Blood, book~It Was Late Afternoon
12 - In Cold Blood, book~Perry Noticed Them First - Hitchhikers, A Boy And An Old Man
13 - In Cold Blood, book~At Five That Afternoon... The Long Ride Came To An End
14 - Capote, film score~Not Much Time Left
15 - In Cold Blood, book~Dewey Had Watched Them Die...
16 - Capote, film score~I Thought He Was A Very Nice Gentleman
17 - Capote, film score~Epigraph
18 - Capote, film score~Answered Prayers