Comments on: Reader

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:12:41 +0000

Hmm i dont know if my comment worked.

The reader score is amazing.
I’ve been listening to it nonstop.
keep it up!!
take care
Dan

By: Art

Art — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:57:47 +0000

I downloaded the soundtrack and have listened to it on my iPod. It sounds terrific. But listening reinforces my earlier reaction. As a soundtrack, it has great moments – wonderful orchestration, nice ideas – but it would be so much more effective if melded together into a concert piece with some of the repetitions taken out and some short bridge passages constructed.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:21:56 +0000

I saw The Reader last night, and my reaction was different from Art’s. I didn’t think the film was worthy of the moving and reticent soundtrack. I didn’t much care for the book either, so perhaps that colored my reaction. In any event, I am listening to the music right now and imagining a better film that it might illuminate.

By: Bunny

Bunny — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:42:59 +0000

other readers of Nico’s blog might like to check out this comment on the The Reader
http://newyorklawschool.typepad.com/leonardlink/2008/12/the-reader-a-movie-of-incredible-impact-warning-plot-spoilers.html

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:14:15 +0000

While I am waiting for The Reader to show up near me, I can enthusiastically recommend Choking Man not only for Nico’s essential score but for the extraordinary work of the director. It is not always successful when a director calls attention to his strategies and decisions as obviously as here, but I think it is entirely successful in this beautiful film.

By: Art

Art — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:47:00 +0000

Just saw the movie. Incredibly powerful!!! I went specially to hear the soundtrack, but quickly became so absorbed that I just subconsciously felt the soundtrack until well into the movie, which means that the music did exactly what it is supposed to do – become a part of the overall emotional tenor of the production and not a separate element calling attention to itself.
It would be great to have a soundtrack recording (I generally don’t do downloads), but I think even better if you would extract a concert piece from this. I thought there was plenty of material there to make a very effective concert piece.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:36:18 +0000

When will the score be available on cd?

By: Ravi Kamdar

Ravi Kamdar — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:18:41 +0000

Amazing Music. I don’t know why its soundtrack is not available widely.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:02:55 +0000

Hmmm, this is good news. I went looking for it on Amazon as soon as I saw the preview, and when I couldn’t find it, my solution was to leave the movie site open in another tab …. it’s only one song on repeat, but it was better than nothing… till now. 😛

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:11:05 +0000

I downloaded the soundtrack yesterday morning and listened to it right away. Having read the book, I can imagine how this somberly evocative music might well support the film. But I never really know how to listen to soundtracks as standalones. I suppose that I will have to see the movie, although were it not for the music I don’t think I would have.