As a son of one of the 20th century's most important musicians, it's understandable that Sean Lennon has kept a somewhat low profile and not tried to tangle with a legacy nobody could be expected to match. He appears to have hit upon something in recent years with scoring films: specifically, those of his friend Jordan Galland, who had Lennon exercise his orchestration muscle for the Shakespearean vampire satire Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead. Galland's 2012 film Alter Egos—in which superheroes are plagued by the day-to-day worries of mortal men—gives Lennon another opportunity to play with a variety of styles from incidental movements to lightweight retro-pop and dance grooves, with vocals from Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori. Snatches of dialogue filter through and are used strategically, setting up the spaghetti western/surf rock of "Emily Vs. Claudel" and the blackboard-jungle '50s-styled guitars of "The Dance Pt. 1." Rather than attempt grand statements, Lennon does well when he's messing about with and adding to other people's ideas.
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- 1998