Piercing The Celluloid Veil

Track Listings
1. Dogged Pursuit    
2. Big Sky    
3. Wistful Disappointment    
4. Wondrous Journey    
5. Ethical Dilemma    
6. Farewell    
7. Serpentine    
8. Unseen Terror    
9. Credo    
10. The Test of Time    
11. The Slasher    
12. A Pensive Moment    
13. Innocent Facade    
14. Piercing The Celluloid Veil    
15. Chase    
16. Fanfare    
17. Elegy    
18. Dance    
19. Corridors (A Concerto for Orchestra)    

Editorial Reviews
Tom Hoover - Soundtrack Station.com
From Mark Wolfram comes 'Piercing the Celluloid Veil', an orchestral journey that stands toe to toe amongst several of the major soundtrack releases this year.

Jon Burlingame - DAILY VARIETY
"...a powerful emotional experience - a soundtrack without a film, using the mind's eye as a projector"

Piercing The Celluloid Veil

Piercing The Celluloid Veil, Music, Mark Wolfram, Mark Wolfram, Trio Puhallus, The Sinfonia of London, Chamber, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Orchestral Music, Over 50 minutes of rich orchestral textures with dramatic cinematic hues. "This is a soundtrack without a film, using the mind's eye as a projector." - Jon Burlingame, Daily Variety
Piercing The Celluloid Veil
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Movie Moods Extraordinaire!
  • Wolfram provides the score - you provide the images
  • A Wolfram Wrightwood Winner!
  • Ears Only?
  • The Veil Was Pierced
Piercing The Celluloid Veil

Manufacturer: Wrightwood
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004Z0M2
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

  1. Dogged Pursuit
  2. Big Sky
  3. Wistful Disappointment
  4. Wondrous Journey
  5. Ethical Dilemma
  6. Farewell
  7. Serpentine
  8. Unseen Terror
  9. Credo
  10. The Test of Time
  11. The Slasher
  12. A Pensive Moment
  13. Innocent Facade
  14. Piercing The Celluloid Veil
  15. Chase
  16. Fanfare
  17. Elegy
  18. Dance
  19. Corridors (A Concerto for Orchestra)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Movie Moods Extraordinaire!.......2001-11-21

This CD is a wonderful compendium of music that sounds like it could have come from some terrific motion pictures - a true potpourri of styles. The orchestral music is rich and lush, evocative of romance, terror, sadness, excitement and joy. Unfortunately, since amazon took down the sound samples, you can't hear any of that here.

5 out of 5 stars Wolfram provides the score - you provide the images.......2000-11-08

I love the title of this CD - and it fulfills its promise, actually "piercing" the veil of movie-music and making us realize it stands alone. Better yet, it brings its own imagery. Films without music would be amazingly empty. But it turns out music without film is surprisingly full - at least it is when Mark Wolfram composes it. He has the gift of truly great composers - the ability to translate emotion into music, and when we listen, the emotions course through us. Anyone who loves film score CDs will love this and play it over and over again, whether as background for a lovely evening, or as a listening adventure in your favorite recliner. The most visual musical experience you can imagine, this CD has it all! The listener is transported from the tense jeopardy of a crime drama to the soothing amblings of a long awaited trip home. He takes us through every genre - modern crime, historical, science fiction, soap opera, epic, and everything in between. It's as though we journey from Siberia to the great American plains, from the high Rockies to down and dirty streets. Wolfram takes us from contemporary symphonic passages to historical interludes to futuristic sojourns; from tension to humor, from macabre to benign. Is there anything Mark Wolfram CAN'T compose? I suspect not. I wonder why we don't see his name more often on the big screen? I know we will.

5 out of 5 stars A Wolfram Wrightwood Winner!.......2000-10-11

Mark Wolfram has scored a real winner with 'Veil'. Musically and emotionally, it can be turbulent and - more often - soothing all at the same time. Its impact is very similar to what I experienced the first time I heard the score for 'The Piano'. 'Veil' is what you want to listen to in a darkened room while wrestling with a problem, or simply unwinding after a long day. My only criticism is that the cuts are too short. I'm left wanting more! Please hurry with your next offering, Mr. Wolfram.

5 out of 5 stars Ears Only?.......2000-10-03

Close your eyes and listen to Mark Wolfram's Piercing the Celluloid Veil and you are at the movies, sitting in the third row on the left. Eminently evocative, stimulating to the imagination, wholly engrossing, and productive of many images, this CD will take you away with vision after vision.

5 out of 5 stars The Veil Was Pierced.......2000-09-27

Listening to this recording was an astonishing experience for me. I followed the suggestions in the liner notes, turned off the lights, added candles and just listened. I am a writer, though not a screen writer. Immediately a story began to play in my mind's eye. I got characters, action, a plot and everything. In fact, I am going to write that story and dedicate it to Mark. Bravo! And thanks for the inspiration.

Track Listings:

  1. Rachmaninov: Concerto for piano in Gm; Medtner: Sonata for piano in Em
  2. Rimsky-Korssakov: Scheherazade, Antar [Import]
  3. Roma [Soundtrack]
  4. Rondo: Works For Violin & Organ, Vol.2
  5. Sempre Libera
  6. Six Suites for Violoncello Transcribed for Guitar
  7. State of the Union 2.001 [Box set]
  8. Suk: About Mother; Moods; Song of Love
  9. Symphonies 3 5 6 & 7 [Import]
  10. Tangata

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