The score for the 2007 children's fantasy Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium teams composers Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman, a yin-yang proposition that pairs the darker, more raucous sensibilities of the former and the lighter, more heart-tugging approach of the latter to fine effect. Although the liner notes fail to delineate which composer wrote what, it's fairly obvious that the more fantastical cues belong to Desplat and the more ethereal themes to Zigman, and given the limited stylistic and emotional palette of most contemporary film scores, the extremes of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium make for a refreshing change of pace. That being said, however, the individual themes originate from such different perspectives that the score as a whole lacks cohesion -- at nearly one hour in length, it's a sometimes frustrating listening experience, and much less than the sum of its myriad parts. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
11/13/2007 | Varese Sarabande
All Music Guide Review
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Track Listing
Credits of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
- Robert Townson
- Executive Producer
- Brad Warnaar
- Orchestration
- Aaron Zigman
- Conductor, Producer, Orchestration, Liner Notes
- Bruce Babcock
- Orchestration
- Gernot Wolfgang
- Orchestration
- Patricia Sullivan Fourstar
- Mastering
- Steven Juliani
- Music Preparation
- Peter Rotter
- Contractor
- Alexandre Desplat
- Liner Notes, Orchestration
- Lindsay Fellows
- Executive Producer, Executive in Charge of Music
- Jerry Hey
- Orchestration
- Dan Higgins
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