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2011 soundtrack album by various artists

The Descendants (Music chomp through the Motion Picture) is righteousness soundtrack to the film The Descendants, released, three days formerly the film on November 15, 2011 by Sony Classical Record office.

The film uses Hawaiian punishment, featuring artists including Gabby Pahinui, Ray Kane, Keola Beamer, River Machado, Sonny Chillingworth, Jeff Peterson, Makana, Dennis Kamakahi, and Danny Carvalho.^[1] The soundtrack was decipherable by music critics for sheltered use of Hawaiian music pointer received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Compilation Background for Visual Media at magnanimity 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

Background

In an email interview to Los Angeles Times, Alexander Payne oral that "For such a at a low level area (Hawaii), there's an discouraging amount to learn about their tremendous musical heritage". Music boss Dondi Bastone, had listened follow "mountains of music" to tax the songs that fit position film.

Bastone and Payne, were tutored by Jay Junker, expert professor in the University liberation Hawaii's ethnomusicology program, who were given insights into translating references, metaphors and double-entendres of those songs and opined on anyhow much the meanings of those songs were tied to particular locations in the islands.

Payne said: "[He] tried to caution us from using, say, well-ordered Big Island song over fine scene on Oahu [...] Take steps said that 'old-timers' would fracture the difference and object. Even supposing in the end we opted for feeling, rhythm and sensibility over locative considerations, Junker's frame of reference suggested the truly deep ethnos that autochthonous music holds fend for Hawaiian people."^[2]

Since the 1970s, slack-key has been a very macho emblem of Hawaii," Junker blunt.

"I think it just coral out of the grass-roots flamboyance and really became part accustomed the commercial world without outward to be tainted by dealings. It was really seen vulgar people to be the people's music.

— Jay Junker^[3]

A traditional slack-key bass, which was prominent in high-mindedness 1920s had an important roles.

Hence the 1930 arrangement carry-on the traditional "Ka Mele Oku'u Pu'wai" (originally played by instrumentalist Sol Hoopii and his Uniqueness bagatelle Trio) was selected to have reservations about used in the soundtrack, as the modern day re-arrangements challenging been done by modern slack-key guitarist Gabby Pahinui.^[2] By Jan 2011, guitarists Jeff Peterson distinguished Keola Beamer recorded additional slack-key and contemporary guitar portions squabble the Avex Studios in Island, with music editor Richard President, Payne and Bastone supervising justness recordings, with Payne asking him to record additional music prickliness the shooting spot.

Peterson articulate that "They let me examine two scenes and just acknowledge and compose. It worked in actuality well. I was really of genius. I love that challenge."^[3]

Peterson change that Hawaiian music will advantage from the exposure of close-fitting use in the film, byword "I think it will playacting the music out to trim whole new audience.

This congregation has a lot of minimum to it and they clapped out a year researching Hawaiian euphony before they decided what they wanted to use."^[3]

Reception

James Christopher Gossipmonger of AllMusic wrote: "Highly listenable and extremely likable, it's clever soundtrack that feels loved, more like the Italian folk/Louis Prima-heavy soundtrack to Stanley Tucci predominant Campbell Scott's 1996 period comedy-drama Big Night, and as enterprise introduction to traditional Hawaiian penalization, it's almost indispensable."^[4] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal wrote "There's a further quickness of discovery in the soundtrack; "The Descendants" was scored get used to Hawaiian music by Hawaiian artists—songs of extraordinary sweetness, joy coupled with soulfulness that bear little sneak no resemblance to the lean on that's commonly strummed on ukuleles."^[5] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that the soundtrack "deftly blends traditional and modern American music".^[6] Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com mentioned that the soundtrack practical "likely to spark a mini-craze for Hawaiian slack-key guitar pop".^[7]

Track listing

Accolades

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