soundtracks

If you like to set a mood at your next party — an ominous mood that something’s not quite right and at any minute someone will jump out of the darkness and rip the heads off your guests — then you might enjoy this soundtrack. Read More

When I listen to this collection, I can't help thinking about those grand movies from the early sixties. There are plenty of strings and horns, punctuated by a lot of percussion in the especially expressive moments. To enjoy this, you have to be in the Read More

The release of the Coen's latest film, A Serious Man, gave composer Carter Burwell the opportunity to create one of his darkest and most suspenseful scores. The 30-minute soundtrack features 17 tracks by Burwell, as well as three tracks from '60s/'70s Read More

John Woo’s epic Chinese film, Red Cliff, has a score that seems to hold strongly all the way through and doesn’t break its grasp on you. Intense when it needs to be and calm when it can be, the Red Cliff soundtrack is one of the best I’ve ever Read More

In addition to the Original Motion Picture Score reviewed yesterday, Black Dynamite also has an additional musical score, Black Dynamite (Motion Picture Soundtrack), compiled by the film's Music Supervisor, David Hollander, from an extensive collection Read More

What makes Black Dynamite such a successful parody of and homage to traditional Blaxploitation films is the near-obsessive attention that Younge and the Black Dynamite production team paid to the details of the film, including both the soundtrack and score. Read More

The soundtrack to one of the wackiest episodes of any Batman animated series, ever. Read More

The Gamer soundtrack is an eclectic compilation of new compositions and old "classics" that will leave listeners scratching their heads. Whether the collection works for the film is a discussion for another forum; however, it does seem fitting that such Read More

Even though I did not have the chance to see this film in theaters, my attention was grabbed by the score, wonderfully written and produced by Danny Elfman. It really captures the essence of the era of Flower Power and awesome rock 'n' roll. Read More

The Trick ‘r Treat score is written for an 85-piece orchestra and children’s choir, the combination of which adds nicely to the celebratory nature of the soundtrack. And Trick ‘r Treat certainly is a celebration; the soundtrack is at all once huge and Read More

The entire Drag Me To Hell score is replete with a sense of foreboding that is frequently rewarded by an emotional rollercoaster of heart-pounding highs and calming lows punctuated by the delicate, beautiful additions of both violins and pianos. Read More

Calling this album a soundtrack is a bit of a misnomer, as one would consider a "score" and a "soundtrack" to be two separate bodies of music used to tell the same story. For a story that is as musically centered as The Time Traveler's Wife, the utter Read More