Allies

MovieScore Media storms the beaches and infiltrates the forests with its latest release for Dominic Burns’ [m]Allies[], a stirring WWII drama scored by French composer [c]Philippe Jakko[]. The versatile orchestral underscore ranges from epic battle set pieces (”Opening,” ”Forest Battle”) to nervous ambience suspense (“German Camp”) and touching, lyrical moments (”Brothers,” ”Harry and Catherine”), celebrating the beauty of humanity in the middle of the war.

While the music clearly favors the lower range of the orchestra with a heavy reliance on celli, alti, double basses, horns and snares engaged in furious ostinati, a handful of lyrical moments heighten the emotional impact with a choir as well.