The Rising Place

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The Rising Place: (Conrad Pope) For the directorial debut of Tom Rice, The Rising Place is a simple love story set in the deep American South during World War II, with themes of racial relations, religious connections, and sorrowful loss serving to address the environment of an innocent period. Every aspect of the film's production is saturated with all that is Americana, combining several different musical requirements into one little slice of history and location. The film passed without much attention in 2002, as did the score by Conrad Pope. For a long time, Pope had been orchestrating scores for major composers, including John Williams, but he served notice to the film music community in 2001 that he intended to break into the composing business himself in a big way. That unfortunately may not have happened in the long run, and his score for that year's Pavilion of Women went equally unnoticed by many mainstream fans. Those listeners who had the fortune of hearing that work, however, were almost always positive about its orchestral mastery. The equally thoughtful music for The Rising Place marked the second time that a score by Pope had experienced an album release. It features a strong, pastoral effort from the composer and several songs by Grammy award-winning performer Jennifer Holliday, who reportedly wrote her own songs (and performed new ones) only rarely during this time. Used as source pieces in many circumstances, the songs are an integral part of the film; this is, with the exception of the opening piece co-written by Pope, 'God Bless the Heartaches,' adapting themes heard throughout the score that form the overall work's heart (as well as David Foster's songwriting harmonics), and performed in yearning Country Western format by Kendall Payne. The rest of the vocal performances are by Holliday, whose rich, textured voice best captures the spirit of the South during the era depicted. The songs, spread throughout the score on album, do hinder listeners who are interested in solely focusing on Pope's material, and anyone offended by Gospel songs (which are, in this case, a bit heavy-handed and burdensome in the tiresome topics of God and Jesus Christ) may be frustrated with the listening experience. Many of these performances are, though, effectively solemn reminders of the pains of wartime at home.

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