[Review] OST. August Rush

what makes a movie a favourite is when they come with fantastic soundtracks. as happened to Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Carribean, Romeo and Juliet, Phantom of the Opera, and many more.

here's one to be added to that list of mine. August Rush.

since the movie was mostly about music, it would be a shame not to have good music and songs in it, wouldn't it? and so our ears were caressed with beautiful tracks in this album. the scores by Mark Mancina and Kaki King are simply beautiful. Mark Mancina with the calmness and the divine classical sounds, and Kaki King with the up-lifting modern day movie scores met gorgeously in this album. and the songs are simply superb. the songs that caught me the most are Moondance, sung by the lead actor himself. no, the other one, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. clearly his voice had matured since Velvet Goldmine, and to hear him singing a few line from this song, accompanied with the harmonica sound had decided me to use this on my wedding day. or wedding night. whatever. if ...

another song that fascinated me was La Bamba by Leon Thomas III. it was fan-bloody-tastic. smooth, calm and sexy.

well, i think i will listen to it some more now.

[Review] August Rush

my first acknowledgment of this movie was few months ago, when i saw the trailers and clips on the television. ever since i fell in love with it. yes, because of Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Freddie Highmore factors, indeed. moreover to know that both of them would play guitars and Jonathan would provide his singing voice, once more after the fantastic Velvet Goldmine. i didn't quite catch the storyline of it at first, but the visuals (apart from the beautiful people in it) were beautiful. and Robin Williams also stars in it. this should be one good movie.

and finally, i watched it few days ago with my sister. at home. what i've got from it was more than "good". it's better, warming and beautiful.

it was a very long time ago i've got my chest warmed from a movie called Evelyn, and the very same feeling came rushing again as i watched this movie. the casts gave superb performances. the visuals were gorgeously captured, every second, every minute went perfectly well with the storyline. and the soundtrack ... the music, the songs ... spectacular.

August Rush tells a story about a young boy named Evan Taylor, who was craving to meet his parents again, by following the music his parents made and from voices he hears around him that could connected him to them. Evan was blessed with the gift to hear the "sounds" around him as "music". he was the one who could listen to the sounds made by the noisy traffic in NYC as a spirited bold orchestra. and i envied him for it.

itw as in NYC, where Evan got his name August Rush. a street artist (looked like a cowboy Bono, and portrayed amazingly by the great Robin Williams!) gave him that name when he found that Evan got a fantastic gift with music and sounds, and he would do good as a busker, or a performing artist even.

Evan's parents, Louis and Lyla, met on a beautiful full-mooned night on a rooftop of a building. they were escaping from the party downstairs, and instead found each other. serenaded by the song Moondance from a harmonica played by a local busking artist, they spend the night there. and i envied them (well, her mostly, really!).

i really love the contrast between Louis and Lyla, from musical background, as the movie was mostly about music and the life of Evan. Louis was the lead singer and guitarist of an indie rock band, as Lyla was a cello player from Jilliard music school in an orchestra. it was divine how his ruggedness and her elegance collided.

the ending was a bit predictable, but i really like how the director visualised it.

next, i would review the soundtrack. i'm so in love with it.