What’s up guys? Shiningbind here with another episode of Shiningbind Band Talk. If you have a free moment, please take that moment by checking out our Instagram and Facebook and hitting that like and follow button @shiningbindbandtalk and make sure to give our partners @timeendsradio a like and follow also. Anyways this review is quite an interesting one as I remember watching this music movie film back in my second semester via film school. Yes, we are talking about Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Anyways, let’s dive in.
As I said before, the first time I had watched The Wall was back in the audio department via film school. I remember my former audio teacher being a huge fan of Pink Floyd and that was when I was introduced to this movie. I will admit, when I first watched it, it was hard to follow as I mainly focused on the sound design and such until we reviewed it in the end. Basically, this movie talks about the main character in that movie mentally building a wall around himself to avoid vulnerability with the emotions. However, it is quite depressing also where because he was building that wall, he fell into drug addiction. In the end overall, it came to where his wall had fallen. Sound wise, it was quite interesting, when in the animated scenes where a lot of sound design and automation was used. However, seeing the fact it was a movie made back in the 80s or so, the sound quality was not the greatest, but then again, it was an old movie.
There was some foley use that didn’t sound as realistic where it sounded and felt more cartoon like than a live action movie. The soundtrack that played throughout the movie was probably the best sounding in the movie than the sound design. It was nice and clear, especially back at that time when it came out. Moreover, it’s the backbone of the movie. If the soundtrack didn’t play, the movie overall would have sucked and the story would have been very hard to follow. When one really looks at it, the music playing tells the overall story in the movie which gets the point straight across. Think of it like Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime album. It’s a concept album where the music tells a story. I can say the same here after watching The Wall.
Overall, I give this music movie a 9 out of 10 because the music in the movie plays an important role in the movie which makes it unique. The story overall speaks for itself. Anyways, I do recommend it to friends and family. Until next time on Shiningbind Band Talk, peace out!
