Movie-ish Music

I've always been a fan of movie scores. Sometimes, the soundtracks, but I prefer the orchestral music that sometimes hides behind the actions of a scene, fixing the emotions to match the interaction on screen. Think John Williams and the approach of the shark in Jaws. Think Ennio Morricone as the lone gunman Blondie runs into the bandit Tuco in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. It's this music that brings you back to the movie whenever you hear it.

And I've recently found a music group that writes and performs such music -- only without the movie. E.S. Posthumus manages to evoke the same cinematic feel with their songs. When I fist listened to Kalki, the first track on their Makara CD, it reminded me so much of an epic, swashbuckling action film (complete with clashing swords on Unstoppable) that I went online to look for the movie from where the music came, only to realize that no such movie existed. I think this is the first time I've ever felt that someone should make a movie simply to fit the music! And each song -- even their versions of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and J.S. Bach's Saint Matthew Passion -- evoke the same response with me.

I definitely going to find more of their albums so thank goodness CD Baby carries quite a few of them.