Snow Files of the Week

[SadEyes]

You're welcome, Darlene. :)

Snow Files of the Week: "Chernobyl/Saviour" from "MillenniuM", episode "Maranatha" (1997).

This episode from season one of "MillenniuM" steps further into the show's mystic story arc. Frank Black sees himself confronted with Yaponchik, the russian Boogeyman so to speak. The beginning of this episode shows the meltdown in the nuclear power plant in the russian city Chernobyl, which happened in 1986. Yaponchik can be seen leaving the plant just prior to the explosion, assuming he caused it. Later in the episode Yaponchik also fulfills a biblical prophecy by surviving a gunshot to the head. At the end he can get away, chased by Frank, leaving in a helicopter which carries the number 666.

Mark's music is big and bold. Almost referencing old biblical movies from the 50's and 60's he adds some massive choir to his score, underlining the battle between the dark and the light. Most of the time the big choir is used to transport Yaponchik's theme, while a softer choir accompanies Frank's battle against evil, as it can be heard at the beginning of the track "Saviour".

The tracks are taken from the first volume of music from "MillenniuM", released by La-La Land Records. It was limited to 2.000 copies and sold out some years ago. In 2015 it was re-released, now limited to just 1.000 copies.

Enjoy!
 

 

[Earthnut]

Absolutely love this haunting music, thank you again.  You are awesome.    

[SadEyes]

Thank you, Darlene. :)

Snow Files of the Week: "Go Home/Cold Heart/Contrast" from "You ain't seen nothing yet" (2012).

This movie marks the third collaboration between Mark and legendary french director Alain Resnais. After working together on "Private Fears in Public Places" in 2006, Mark became Resnais' composer for three more films. His movies are full of melancholy and strange happenings, which Mark perfectly captured with his scores. The music for "You ain't seen nothing yet" is no exception. Mark composed beautiful lush themes and haunting sounds, including the violin sound from "MillenniuM".

The album was released digitally, as well as on a double CD set paired with the second Snow-Resnais collaboration "Wild Grass". This double CD set was only released in France and is already a very hard to find collector's item.

Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/161386276
 

It seems that embedding the video here is not working again. :(

[Earthnut]

As usual, beautiful track from Mark.  Thank you again.

It happens to me sometimes where the embedding doesn't work.  Wish I knew why.  Obviously something to ask Graham about.

[The Old Man]

Hi Alex, 

Apologies, it won't work for me either with your Vimeo link, even in the default IPS theme, and it won't work on the official developers forums. I've logged a support ticket for IPS Tech Support to investigate the bug.

Regards

Graham

[SadEyes]

 

On 5.4.2016 at 9:02 AM, The Old Man said:

Hi Alex, 

Apologies, it won't work for me either with your Vimeo link, even in the default IPS theme, and it won't work on the official developers forums. I've logged a support ticket for IPS Tech Support to investigate the bug.

Regards

Graham

Thank you, Graham. :)

Snow Files of the Week: "Alarm/X-Fyles" from "MillenniuM", episode "Somehow, Satan got behind me" (1998).

Darin Morgan wrote some of the most sarcastic and funny episodes of "The X-Files" (Humbug, War of the Coprophages, Jose Chung's From Outer Space). For the second season of "MillenniuM", Darin returned to write two episodes for Chris Carter's second show. "Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense" was the first crossover between "The X-Files" and "MillenniuM", which Darin also directed. He returned as writer and director for "Somehow, Satan got behind me", near the end of season two. In this episode four demons, disguised as old men, meet at a coffee shop at night to talk about the poor souls they dragged to hell over the last week.

"Alarm" is a quirky piece of music, playing as the demons meet at the coffee shop. One of the poor souls is a television censor who runs amok at a tv studio facility. In one of the studios we see a woman with red hair and a man with dark-brown hair, conducting an autopsy, that is being filmed. Mark underscores this scene with a strange rendition of his X-Files theme.

The tracks are featured on the fist volume of music from "MillenniuM", released by La-La Land Records. The set is limited to 1000 copies.

Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/162231923

 

 

 

[Earthnut]

As usual, I enjoyed it, even though I have the CD set.  Listening to them here every week is a nice surprise, just like opening a gift.  Thank you.

[SadEyes]

Thanks, Darlene. :)

Snow Files of the Week: "Smoke Jumpers (The Rescue)" (1996).

This was another chance for Mark to venture further into the world of orchestral scoring. "Smoke Jumpers" is a tv movie from 1996, starring Adam Baldwin, about a group of firefighters that jump from helicopters to extinguish fires. The track here, "The Rescue", shows, that Mark can indeed write bold and heroic music. It's different from his electronic sounds, but nevertheless worth a listen or two.

The track can be found on the sampler "The Snow Files".

Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/163154836

[Earthnut]

That was so nice Alex, thank you.  Your tracks are like a present, pleased every time.

[SadEyes]

Thanks, Darlene. :)

Snow Files of the Week: "Shrapnel/Drilling" from "MillenniuM", episode "Goodbye to all that" (1999).

After three seasons "MillenniuM" ended with a cliffhanger. Frank Black has to escape with his daughter Jordan into an uncertain future, after he finds out, that the Millennium group is after Jordan. But first, Frank has to deal with a killer, who breaks into family homes at night, killing both wife and husband.

The track "Shrapnel" plays at the beginning of the episode. After an explosion, that was a trap, Special Agent Baldwin is being transported by an ambulance. Although being badly injured he is still alive, having a shrapnel stuck in his body. It turns out, that the paramedics were sent by the group, when one of them pushes the shrapnel deeper into Baldwin's body, making him bleed to death.

"Drilling" underscores the final fight between Frank and the killer. The track ends with a beautiful piano piece, when Frank gets his daughter, driving away with her into the sunset.

These two tracks are featured on the first volume of "MillenniuM" music by La-La-Land Records. The set was at first released in 2008, limited to 2.000 copies. It sold out two years later. In 2015, La-La Land Records re-released the set, now limited to 1.000 copies.

Enjoy!