Prince Avalanche (soundtrack)

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Prince Avalanche: An Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Film score by
Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo
ReleasedAugust 6, 2013 (2013-08-06)
Recorded2013
Genre
Length37:35
Label Temporary Residence
Explosions in the Sky chronology
Friday Night Lights
(2004)		Prince Avalanche
(2013)		 Lone Survivor
(2013)
No.TitleLength
1."Fires"1:29
2."Theme from Prince Avalanche"2:22
3."Dear Madison"1:47
4."Passing Time"1:51
5."Rain"1:08
6."Alone Time"4:59
7."Hello, Is This Your House?"4:10
8."Can't We Just Listen to the Silence"1:35
9."Wading"1:38
10."Dear Alvin"1:21
11."The Lines on the Road that Lead You Back Home"2:00
12."An Old Peasant Like Me"3:47
13."Join Me on My Avalanche"3:29
14."The Adventures of Alvin and Lance"1:50
15."Send Off"4:09
Total length:37:35

Reception

Aggregator Metacritic , a review aggregating website gave the album 69 out of 100 from 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [6]

Gregory Heaney of AllMusic gave four stars to the album and wrote "Prince Avalanche is a beautifully subtle and introspective score that highlights the strong points of its composers while serving the needs of the film it was written for." [7] Kevin Stewart-Panko, writing for Alternative Press gave the album three-and-a-half out of five summarizing "Prince Avalanche contains songs that make this an album you can spin even if you have no interest in the film itself while illustrating the versatility of both EITS and Wingo". [8] Andrew Hannah of The Line of Best Fit gave 8/10 to the album and wrote "If David Gordon Green can get performances this good out of Prince Avalanche stars Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch then he’s on to an absolute winner – Explosions In The Sky and David Wingo are already there." [9] Philip Cosores of Paste assigned 7.7 out of 10, to the album writing "Without the confines of making the songs work with the movie, this could be an exciting direction for the band to explore. The willingness to evolve is present, and the skill and vision to do it well are there too." [10]

Anna Wilson of Clash gave the album 7/10 calling the music as "unanchored and tremulous, but it’s still beautiful" and was reminiscent of Mogwai's score for Les Revenants. [11] Brice Ezell of Popmatters also gave 7/10 to the album, saying "As a standalone record, however, Prince Avalanche OST captures a new way for Explosions in the Sky to make instrumental music, even if that requires some circumspection that pulls too tightly on the reins when a looser grip might have been the right move." [12] Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone gave two-and-a-half out of three stars summarising "Explosions in the Sky compact their wide-horizon guitarscapes to fit composer David Wingo's minimalist orchestrations. But as EITS's music for Friday Night Lights proved, they really need a stage as big as a football field." [13] Rating three stars out of five, felt that the soundtrack "works on a smaller scale, capturing fleeting moments in a series of reflective interludes that often pair long, sustained notes over plucked acoustic guitar". [14]

Writing for Drowned in Sound , Dave Hanratty assigned 8/10 to the album, summarising "Prince Avalanche, regardless of what takes the screen, concerns artists returning to their roots. It’s an experiment in construction, its sandbox carefully sparse. Fitting then, that Explosions In The Sky find that elusive spark and thrive in such surroundings." [15] Travis Persaud writing for Exclaim! assigned 6/10 to the album, stating it as "very un-Explosions-like", but "works to not only create diversity in their discography, but also as a moody album that can provide moments of levity". [16] Noel Gardener of NME called "It’s not an essential listen but it does exhibit plenty of moody gravitas" assigning the same score. [17] Brian Howe of Pitchfork gave 6.5 out of 10 to the album, saying "It's still questionable how this pretty, solemn music will work in the quirky context of Green's film, but it makes for a nice little album on its own." [18] In a mixed review, Steven Arroyo, writing for Consequence assigned a C+ score to the album claiming that "this album feels more like a compilation of demos for an exclusive Explosions-David Wingo collaborative studio album than a soundtrack". [19]

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