Reviews
"The outstanding score manages to both capture the epic cinematic craziness of Dead Rising while weaving a memorable heart felt theme throughout. I’ve found myself humming along in the shower almost every day."
Zach Lipovsky, director of Dead Rising: Watchtower
*****
"...an overall outstanding soundtrack."
Biogamergirl.com
*****
"4.7 out of 5 stars"
*****
"…a lovely suite, totally unconcerned with anything but its own expressiveness…a disarming charmer, well performed and well recorded."
American Record Guide
*****
"The score beautifully captures the movie's complexity and scope, drawing in the audience and elevating the experience to newer and greater heights."
Tim Carter, writer/producer of Dead Rising: Watchtower
*****
"I'm new to Lozowchuk's music, and I absolutely love it. He has a way with a song, and writes terrific instrumental music as well."
Emily Reese, Top Score/Classical MPR
*****
"For dramatic power alone, the haunting, ultra-dark opening cut "Please Remember My Name” is one of the strongest electronic-based game themes I've ever heard."
Fearnet.com
*****
"Most eclectic soundtrack I have ever heard. And OMG I love it."
Game Revolution.com
*****
"4 out of 5 stars"
GameMusic.net
*****
"Zombie source music has never been this fun...While our tour deceptively starts off like a languid journey through the eighth level of shopping mall Muzak hell, the scorers are soon employing ranchero music, spaghetti westerns, Django Reindhart jazz, cartoon slapstick, ’80’s hairband ramp-ups and a Bratwurst Polka on the stylistic turn of a dime- switches that are deliberately dizzying for this crazy “source” music that’s just as clever as the real undead-pummeling stuff."
*****
"Oleksa Lozowchuk is a name to watch. His music endeavours to bring Heaven to earth, and simultaneously to transmute the earthly into the divine. In Bright Sadness he opens a window that looks both from earth out into eternity, and inwards to the human soul."
Ivan Moody, Composer & Reviewer for Gramophon &, International Record Review
*****
"…Indispensable******"
La Scena Musicale
*****
"…tout à fait originale…une fusion de musique et de spiritualité particulièrement réussie…incontestablement inspiré et même assez touchant par instants..."
Richard Boisvert, Le Soleil
*****
"When I first heard the CD of the score for Oleksa Lozowchuk's Bright Sadness, I was overwhelmed by the sympathetic, skilled writing that fused ancient and contemporary musical idioms in a way that was innovative and exciting. This is a very talented composer."
Maestro James Meena, Conductor of the Carolina Opera
*****
"...a fascinating piece, full of colour and imagination, and extremely well-played and recorded..."
Simon Streatfeild, Conductor
*****
"After hearing Bright Sadness, I was very impressed by the inspired, pure and unadulterated way that Oleksa Lozowchuk thinks about the essentials of composition and by the way he articulates his spiritual and musical vision. His sense of assurance and authority belies his age. Bright Sadness is a very well thought out, performed and produced compact disc, a necessary listening for any musician or music lover who needs to be convinced that music can make a profound difference in our world today."
Christos Hatzis, Composer
*****
"…une incursion mélodique au cœur de l’experience humaine..."
Patrick Ouellet, Voir
*****
"…an absolutely gorgeous piece of music…"
Marvin Rosen, Classical Discoveries
*****
"...brooding along with a precious optimism..."
The Leader Post
*****
"...unabashedly beautiful, uncomplicated and straight from the heart...."
Marjan Mozetich, Composer
*****
"...a well recorded performance of a unique score…"
Robert Cooper, CBC Radio Choral Concert