Scores like The Red Canvas by newcomer composer James Peterson are all too rare. Accompanying a little-known film about underground mixed martial arts, Peterson's score is filled with panache and reckless sophistication, with a thoroughly symphonic construction which impresses with its depth and elegant classical beauty even as it thrills with its raw power and churning energy.
Powerfully Robust Drama Score by James Peterson
Beginning with a bass-rich introduction in the form of "Out of the Darkness," the score quickly establishes itself as one of powerful drama and extremely robust stature - the tearing crescendos in this cue are nearly awe-inspiring in their towering, brass-laden frenzies (indeed, the expanded brass section's function in the score as a whole reminds favorably of Elliot Goldenthal's similarly terrifying applications). If an orchestra could flex its muscles and beat its chest, this is undoubtedly how it would sound.