Although he composed the music for all the latest projects from Disney, Alan Menken has become a household name that has become synonymous with Disney over the past two decades. And why not? He was made a part of Disney in a Renaissance castle, with a remarkable job of "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin," and also to the masterpieces underestimated as " Pocahontas "and" The Hunchback of Notre Dame. " Therefore, it is not surprising that Disney brought him to compose scores for their recent CGI feature, "Tangled" is Disney Company last take the story of Rapunzel (finally).
When he was a composer Menken has created its own recognizable voice, as he is also extended, and has proven to be versatile as well. Menken is good music to create a sweet, harmonious and beautiful, that gives you a tale of sound vibrations, which has certainly used in "Tangled." However, it appears that Menken is consciously trying to repeat, with melodies and rhythms, similar to his previous works, including "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid" (if you are coming from Calypso and Reggae Sound).
That said, the music of "Tangled" is a little disappointing compared to the main conclusions of the earlier work of Menken. But music is not bad. Far from it. The melodies are sweet, simple, and listenable. But the best song is the sweet, "I see light," a ballad and harmonious atmosphere just beautifully sung by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. The orchestration is simply amazing and the melody is simply the Menken at his best.
While other songs do not live in the "light" level, they are still very listenable. Most notable is the song "When my life begins" from songs like a radio-friendly pop and more like a song that could be on the cards of a song from Disney fairy tale. But the song always ends peacefully.
I have to admit honestly that I never really listened to Mandy Moore's earlier work, but amazingly enough, his voice gives the character of Rapunzel singing a spark and personality, while his voice is also harmonic and melodic enough to meet a Disney princess.
The cover of "When my life begins" should also be noted, first of all a peaceful and harmonious recovery and a recovery first epic and grandly orchestrated seconds. "Mother Knows Best" (sung by Donna Murphy) is a lively melody that gives you the thoughts of returning to the tunes of "Cinderella" and "Snow White", while the recovery, however, is more dynamic and compelling. "Healing Incantation" is a quiet melody and evocative, but it is unfortunately too short. There are some better, more melodic versions of the same song again on the "Prologue" track.
After mentioning the best songs, two songs that come out of the great disappointments. The first is the living "I Have a Dream", a song harmonica driven, which is pretty forgettable, both melodically and lyrically and do not live up to the old Disney show stopping numbers. The second is the main single "Something I want", which is a fast paced, but always exciting, calculated and a pretty cool song by Grace Potter and would have been a better fit in "Shrek" Flick a song credit for a Disney adventure.
When it comes to scoring, is more or less the same level on the songs. But the use of song in the tail of the score is less evident in this score that Menken in previous works.
As usual, it is good to create a partition for scores sweet, romantic, gay and sad. He still struggles to score a memorable and dynamic moments of adventure and energetic, even though "Mission Impossible" to "escape" cue is a touch of fun. But it is remarkable that many of the music is more guitar-oriented than we usually expect from Menken. Flute "campfire" tune is relaxing, but tracks the melody score is Irish / Medieval in "Dance United" score, which gives you the desire Menken could have used the same style throughout the rest of his score and songs and brings thoughts to "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (now that was a score that Menken really broken and limits itself extended)
And now the lyrics. During his career, Menken has collaborated with several lyricists, each better than the previous. Even if the lyrics by Glenn Slater, are simple and naive, yet playful and fun to listen to.
This is the music of "Tangled". In general, not live to work more wonderful Menken. However, the songs and the score makes it feasible enough to give you an incredible fairy tale and listen to all the fans of Menken. I just hope that Disney will not let go yet Menken.
When he was a composer Menken has created its own recognizable voice, as he is also extended, and has proven to be versatile as well. Menken is good music to create a sweet, harmonious and beautiful, that gives you a tale of sound vibrations, which has certainly used in "Tangled." However, it appears that Menken is consciously trying to repeat, with melodies and rhythms, similar to his previous works, including "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid" (if you are coming from Calypso and Reggae Sound).
That said, the music of "Tangled" is a little disappointing compared to the main conclusions of the earlier work of Menken. But music is not bad. Far from it. The melodies are sweet, simple, and listenable. But the best song is the sweet, "I see light," a ballad and harmonious atmosphere just beautifully sung by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi. The orchestration is simply amazing and the melody is simply the Menken at his best.
While other songs do not live in the "light" level, they are still very listenable. Most notable is the song "When my life begins" from songs like a radio-friendly pop and more like a song that could be on the cards of a song from Disney fairy tale. But the song always ends peacefully.
I have to admit honestly that I never really listened to Mandy Moore's earlier work, but amazingly enough, his voice gives the character of Rapunzel singing a spark and personality, while his voice is also harmonic and melodic enough to meet a Disney princess.
The cover of "When my life begins" should also be noted, first of all a peaceful and harmonious recovery and a recovery first epic and grandly orchestrated seconds. "Mother Knows Best" (sung by Donna Murphy) is a lively melody that gives you the thoughts of returning to the tunes of "Cinderella" and "Snow White", while the recovery, however, is more dynamic and compelling. "Healing Incantation" is a quiet melody and evocative, but it is unfortunately too short. There are some better, more melodic versions of the same song again on the "Prologue" track.
After mentioning the best songs, two songs that come out of the great disappointments. The first is the living "I Have a Dream", a song harmonica driven, which is pretty forgettable, both melodically and lyrically and do not live up to the old Disney show stopping numbers. The second is the main single "Something I want", which is a fast paced, but always exciting, calculated and a pretty cool song by Grace Potter and would have been a better fit in "Shrek" Flick a song credit for a Disney adventure.
When it comes to scoring, is more or less the same level on the songs. But the use of song in the tail of the score is less evident in this score that Menken in previous works.
As usual, it is good to create a partition for scores sweet, romantic, gay and sad. He still struggles to score a memorable and dynamic moments of adventure and energetic, even though "Mission Impossible" to "escape" cue is a touch of fun. But it is remarkable that many of the music is more guitar-oriented than we usually expect from Menken. Flute "campfire" tune is relaxing, but tracks the melody score is Irish / Medieval in "Dance United" score, which gives you the desire Menken could have used the same style throughout the rest of his score and songs and brings thoughts to "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (now that was a score that Menken really broken and limits itself extended)
And now the lyrics. During his career, Menken has collaborated with several lyricists, each better than the previous. Even if the lyrics by Glenn Slater, are simple and naive, yet playful and fun to listen to.
This is the music of "Tangled". In general, not live to work more wonderful Menken. However, the songs and the score makes it feasible enough to give you an incredible fairy tale and listen to all the fans of Menken. I just hope that Disney will not let go yet Menken.
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