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Soundtrack Review: Red Riding Hood (2011)

Reviewer: JØrn Tillnes

Red Riding Hood Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the film score Red Riding Hood by Brian Reitzell and Alex Heffes.

"All I know is this: I am intrigued"

I remember the story well. The little girl with a red hood going to visit her grandmother. The problem was that it was a wold dressed up as her grandmother. The famous children story has become a part of the grown up crowd with the latest movie. They have tried to make it attractive to teenagers while making it scary enough for even older kids to enjoy. The movie itself seems a bit meh to me, but the score by Brian Reitzell & Alex Heffes certainly got my curiosity peaked.

Track List

1. Towers of the Void	*****
2. Kids	****
3. Dead Sister	***
5. Mt. Grimoor	****
6. Tavern Stalker	***
7. Grandma's House	***
9. Wolf Attack Suite	***
11. The Reveal	***
12. Finale	***
13. End Suite	*****

While Alex Heffes has been busy as of late, it's been a long time since we heard anything from Brian Reitzell. I know him mostly for his horror score "30 Days of Night" but that was 4 years ago. The time has come to step out in the limelight once more and this time with colleague Alex Heffes who recently scored the horror movie The Rite. It starts off very well with 'Towers of the Void' that is more intriguing an mysterious than the movie will ever be. It get's weirder, but still good, with the cue 'Kids' who sounds like a mix of electronic ambient mixed with some youthful exuberance midway through.

Famous

The story of Red Riding Hood is very famous here in Norway. I remember being told it as a child, and it is a very scary story. The wolf who successfully portrays itself as the grandmother of young Red Riding Hood is a bit of a laugh, but the tension was always there. When you are young, you don't think about these things. At that age, I never thought about the soundtrack, should a movie ever be made, but I certainly didn't expect this.

I would describe Red Riding Hood as very experimental, and not just the score. The odd songs from Fever Ray and The Big Pink sounds totally out of place, but perhaps that's the meaning of it all. It probably won't capture young hearts like Vampire Diaries or Twilight, but what do I know? I have lost touch with the kids of today

anyway.

Is it only me that is truly baffled by this score? I can't get my head around it. I like it, but I can't see the connection with the movie at present, yet it certainly has a lot of mystery. There is just not enough to keep me entertained throughout.

Conclusion

I can only recommend it if you are either a fan of Heffes and Reitzell, or fan of the movie itself. Even if you like experimental horror scoring, which is what this is, I am not sure you would find this interesting. I did however, but my interest is based in the choice. Why did they make it like this? Is the movie perhaps Twilight on acid? Then maybe this is just perfect. Until then, I reserve judgment, but all I know is this: I am intrigued.

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