Author: Chan Kwong Wing
Year: 2002
Long before Martin Scorsese of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon's and Jack Nicholson, among others, the real movie about a cop infiltrating the mafia and, simultaneously, a gangster infiltrating the police force was, clearly, Infernal Affairs. With a much larger narrative economy, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak told us in 2002 game of cat and mouse to discover mutually established between an undercover cop (Tony Leung ) and a mobster with aspirations to progress in the police ( Andy Lau). With a large and strong narrative pulse interpretations of the entire cast (completed by actors like Anthony Wong , Eric Tsang Kelly Chen or ) became one of the biggest hits of that year, leading to two sequels and becoming one of the most popular titles and renowned Hong Kong film.
The task of providing musical reinforcement film was to fall on Chan Kwong Wing , a veteran of the cinema of the former colony, who, over nearly two decades, has created hits such as musical accompaniment for Storm Raiders (for which she won an Academy Award Hong Kong), The Warlords or the entire trilogy Infernal Affairs . Turning
comment CD, we must recognize that despite its short duration (only takes 30 minutes just) Chan Kwong Wing gives us a really varied. Cut 1 in which starts the disc (transcribed titles, but are written in pure Chinese!) is the theme that accompanies the opening credits, tense and dark notes that we are preparing for the kind of history with which we will find and musical tone. In most of the cuts are going to deal with dynamic moments, rhythmic, with a generally reduced orchestral and occasional reinforcement of the electric guitar. The impression gained is that of being at an urban story, quick, tense ... The occasional incorporation of Eastern instruments (unusual for a police argument like this) adds an appropriate sense of unease and anxiety. Despite the constant stress, there some emotional moments, sentimental and melancholic cuts 7 and 10 and the theme that we consider primary and most melodic soundtrack. We got a couple of times on the disc, cutting 3 and cut 12. A sad theme played by a solo female voice and that is to accompany the death of one of the positive characters of the script. The end of the album comes with a powerful theme reminiscent of coral carminaburanianas , which seems to represent a certain air of Greek tragedy, this subject appears in the original Chinese trailer for the film and is a powerful way to end play.
As a final conclusion we can say that Chan Kwong Wing offers an interesting soundtrack; that seeks primarily fit the image, ignoring largely the creation of melodies, with the exception of the aforementioned female vocal track and choral theme that closes the disc. We recommend an assessment, and therefore liable for all who are fans of the film.
Rating: 6.5 of 10
Felipe Mujica
