“Brooks Was Here”

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“Brooks Was Here” is a musical cue from Thomas Newman’s acclaimed score for the film The Shawshank Redemption, underscoring the poignant storyline of the character Brooks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score track
musical cue
associatedAwardContext The Shawshank Redemption score is widely acclaimed NERFINISHED
associatedCharacter Andy Dufresne NERFINISHED
Brooks Hatlen NERFINISHED
Ellis "Red" Redding NERFINISHED
associatedMotif Brooks’s inability to adapt to life outside prison
associatedPerson Frank Darabont NERFINISHED
Morgan Freeman NERFINISHED
Tim Robbins NERFINISHED
associatedTheme despair
institutionalization
loneliness
tragedy
basedOnAuthor Stephen King NERFINISHED
basedOnWork Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption NERFINISHED
composer Thomas Newman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creditedTo Thomas Newman NERFINISHED
featuredInMedium film
featuredInWork The Shawshank Redemption NERFINISHED
genre film score
soundtrack music
languageOfTitle English
linkedToLocationInFilm Shawshank State Prison NERFINISHED
linkedToPlotElement Brooks’s parole and subsequent suicide
linkedToVisualMotif carved inscription on the prison ceiling beam
musicStyle contemporary cinematic score
orchestral film music
notableFor association with one of the film’s most tragic sequences
emotional impact in The Shawshank Redemption
partOf The Shawshank Redemption (original motion picture score) NERFINISHED
partOfFranchise The Shawshank Redemption (franchise/brand) NERFINISHED
publisher film soundtrack label (various editions)
releaseContext released as part of The Shawshank Redemption soundtrack album
titleReference "Brooks was here" message carved into the prison wall in The Shawshank Redemption NERFINISHED
tone melancholic
poignant
underscoresCharacter Brooks Hatlen NERFINISHED
underscoresScene Brooks’s release and fate after leaving Shawshank State Prison
usedAs dramatic cue
underscore

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The Shawshank Redemption (film score) hasPart “Brooks Was Here”