Name: Taken [Original Television Score]
Brand: Var?se Sarabande (USA)
SKU: 164870
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Taken [Original Television Score]

Rating

Album: Taken [Original Television Score]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Taken, television score: Main Title - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
2)	Taken, television score: Spaceship - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
3)	Taken, television score: Artemis - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
4)	Taken, television score: Implant Mania - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
5)	Taken, television score: Romans - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
6)	Taken, television score: Mothership Arrival - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
7)	Taken, television score: To the Rescue - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
8)	Taken, television score: Ride - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
9)	Taken, television score: Tom's Revenge - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
10)	Taken, television score: Truth Kills Owen - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
11)	Taken, television score: Allie's Fire - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
12)	Taken, television score: Lift Off - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
13)	Taken, television score: Mary's Dream - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
14)	Taken, television score: Allie's Miracle - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
15)	Taken, television score: Allie Is Gone - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)

Album: Taken [Original Television Score]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Taken, television score: Main Title - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
2)	Taken, television score: Spaceship - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
3)	Taken, television score: Artemis - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
4)	Taken, television score: Implant Mania - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
5)	Taken, television score: Romans - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
6)	Taken, television score: Mothership Arrival - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
7)	Taken, television score: To the Rescue - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
8)	Taken, television score: Ride - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
9)	Taken, television score: Tom's Revenge - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
10)	Taken, television score: Truth Kills Owen - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
11)	Taken, television score: Allie's Fire - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
12)	Taken, television score: Lift Off - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
13)	Taken, television score: Mary's Dream - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
14)	Taken, television score: Allie's Miracle - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)
15)	Taken, television score: Allie Is Gone - (with Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra)

Performer Notes

Original score composed by Laura Karpman.
Personnel: Marcia Dickstein (harp); Miran Kojian, Katia Popov, Alan Grunfeld, Phillip Levy , Julian Hallmark, Mark Robertson , Lisa M. Sutton , Natalie Leggett, Sarah Thornblade, Rafael Rishik, Endre Granat (violin); Shawn Mann, Lynne Richberg, Simon Oswell, Shanti Randall (viola); Steve Kujala, David Shostac (flute); Steve Roberts , John Ranz (clarinet); Leanne Becknell (oboe, English horn); Rose Corrigan (bassoon); Tim Morrison, David Washburn (trumpet); Jim Sawyers, Andrew Malloy (trombone); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (bass trombone); Phillip Yao , David Duke , James Thatcher, Brian O'Connor (horns); Chet Swiatkowski (piano); Alan Estes, Don Williams (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Greg Townley.
Editor: Shannon Halwes.
Unknown Contributor Role: Rose Corrigan.
Composer Laura Karpman does her best to channel John Williams for the Steven Spielberg-produced television miniseries Taken. From the opening woodwind/celeste crescendo, she manages to evoke the fantastical whimsy that he employed throughout his sci-fi heydays. That's not to say that her own voice is muted by Williams' work; rather, it's shadowed and informed by it. She exhibits a light touch on the main theme that only occasionally touches on the descending piccolos and bursts of Vader-esque dissonance that propelled the Star Wars trilogy. The work's highlight is the shimmering "Mothership Arrival," a fresh and exhilarating piece of ear candy that tosses a wonderful brass motif in circles before deflating into a lush field of chords. ~ James Christopher Monger