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Duet

posted 8 years ago by svenrufus
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I found my mind being quietly blown by the duet when Charlie joined India at the piano. Incredibly moving. Rousing. Arousing even. What an erotic high point. Brilliantly done. I've watched it again several times, just that scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DwjwDpUams

Wow.

[–] Jameron 8 years ago

Agreed. It is an incredible scene.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e3tGxnFKfE

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[–] xX_Mikey_Xx 8 years ago

You are totally right. That was the main idea - two people "having sex" while playing the piano. The composer did an amazing job. The scene is both beautiful and uncomfortable to watch.

[–] josephmramirez 8 years ago

Just a note for clarity: The composer of the piano duet was Philip Glass, not Clint Mansell, who wrote the score for the movie. The piece by Glass in the piano scene is called "Stoker Piano Duet #1." There's also a "Stoker Piano Duet #2" that is used briefly later in the film.

IMO, Mansell's Stoker score shows some evidence of Glass influence, but I'm not sure if that's intentional or not.

[–] LifeVsArt 8 years ago

IMO, Mansell's Stoker score shows some evidence of Glass influence, but I'm not sure if that's intentional or not.

Well, Glass was originally hired to write the entire score, but was replaced by Mansell relatively late in post-production - not sure why. In "The Stoker" cd notes Park chan-Wook alludes to "the director" (PCK) making confusing, conflicting, layman requests for changing the music that Glass patiently adapted to - but he doesn't go into it any further. I get the sense that PCK didn't feel all of the music worked the particular way he wanted. The piano duet is fantastic and it had to be finished before the actors filmed the scene, as everything centered around that music. Both Mia and Matthew Goode learned and practiced about two thirds of the duet so that they could actually play it in time, perfectly in sync with the recorded music, which really gives the scene a strong sense of reality (as tripped-out as it is).

I thought that Mansell did a superb job and it's quite probable that he wrote music that in part functioned along the lines of Glass, without sounding like Phillip Glass - that is, a hypnotic approach that moves, but at the same time, feels still, with overlaying, interlocking parts. The images and camera work in this film, the way everything flows, is like visual music.

[–] xX_Mikey_Xx 8 years ago

I have tried to search for "Stoker Piano Duet #2" on the Internet but I just can't find it. Maybe you could help me?