Carter Burwell’s Contribution to “the Coen touch”
Composer Carter Burwell started his career in cinema on the Coen Brothers’ first film Blood Simple (1984) and made the soundtracks of all their films so far, except Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). A journalist went so far as to call him “the third Coen brother” (Greiving, NPR, 2016), which in fact refle...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:miranda_37021 https://doi.org/10.4000/miranda.37021 urn:doi:10.4000/miranda.37021 en https://journals.openedition.org/miranda/37021 2021-04-09T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ic72 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Carter Burwell’s Contribution to “the Coen touch” Miranda Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2108-6559 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/miranda Assouly, Julie music film genres Western Carter Burwell Coen Brothers Coen touch dark humor ironic counterpoint musical films original scores soundtracks Western genres musique de film Carter Burwell Coen touch contrepoint ironique frères Coen humour noir bande originale Composer Carter Burwell started his career in cinema on the Coen Brothers’ first film Blood Simple (1984) and made the soundtracks of all their films so far, except Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). A journalist went so far as to call him “the third Coen brother” (Greiving, NPR, 2016), which in fact reflects both the professional and the spiritual connections that have developed throughout the last thirty-six years between the three men. Sorting the Coens’ films into three categories based on the nature of their soundtracks - scored, musical and hybrid films - this paper proposes to emphasize Burwell’s contribution to the Coens’ cinematic world. It will dwell specifically on what Roger Ebert, among others, called “the Coen touch”, a mix of dark humor and irony, sometimes resulting from a counterpoint created by contrasting the music and other features (image, dialogue), sometimes resulting from a sparse yet meaningful soundtrack. Carter Burwell a débuté au cinéma en composant la musique du premier film des frères Coen, Sang pour Sang (1984) et a depuis composé les bandes originales de tous leurs films à l’exception d’Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). Un journaliste l’a même surnommé les troisième frère Coen, ce qui reflète bien la connexion professionnelle et spirituelle qui s’est construite entre les trois hommes au cours de ces trente-six dernières années. Cet article propose de mettre en exergue la contribution de Burwell à l’univers cinématographique des frères Coen en séparant leurs films en trois catégories s’agissant de leur accompagnement musical (musique majoritairement originale, préexistante ou hybride). On s’attardera en particulier sur ce que Roger Ebert, entre autres, nomma la « touche Coen », ce mélange d’humour noir et d’ironie résultant tantôt d’un contrepoint obtenu par un contraste entre la musique et une autre composante (image, dialogue), tantôt d’une musique discrète mais pleine de sens. |
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Composer Carter Burwell started his career in cinema on the Coen Brothers’ first film Blood Simple (1984) and made the soundtracks of all their films so far, except Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). A journalist went so far as to call him “the third Coen brother” (Greiving, NPR, 2016), which in fact reflects both the professional and the spiritual connections that have developed throughout the last thirty-six years between the three men. Sorting the Coens’ films into three categories based on the nature of their soundtracks - scored, musical and hybrid films - this paper proposes to emphasize Burwell’s contribution to the Coens’ cinematic world. It will dwell specifically on what Roger Ebert, among others, called “the Coen touch”, a mix of dark humor and irony, sometimes resulting from a counterpoint created by contrasting the music and other features (image, dialogue), sometimes resulting from a sparse yet meaningful soundtrack. |
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