The Secret In Their Eyes
Composed by: Emilio Kauderer & Federico Jusid
Release date: May 25, 2010
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The highly acclaimed Argentine/Spanish murder thriller The Secret in Their Eyes (in the original, El Secreto de Sus Ojos) is the winner of this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. This film has mystery, crime, and revenge. But also a deep, nostalgic love. And that's clearly the main inspiration for the duo of composers for the score, Emilio Kauderer and Frederico Jusid.
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"The Secret In Their Eyes" - Emilio Kauderer & Federico Jusid
"Salt" - James Newton-Howard
Salt
Composed by: James Newton-Howard
Release date: July 20, 2010, on iTunes.
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Salt is a new action thriller, starring Angelina Jolie for more than obvious reasons. The score by James Newton-Howard matches what was expected for such a movie.
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"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" - Patrick Doyle
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Composer: Patrick Doyle
Release date: November 15, 2005
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Amazon users rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
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After composing the scores for the first three movies in the Harry Potter saga (and providing the memorable and famous Hedwig’s Theme), John Williams was replaced by Patrick Doyle for the fourth installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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"Inception" - Hans Zimmer
Inception
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Release date: July 13, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
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Inception is the third collaboration between director Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer. For this score, Zimmer creates a soundscape that is, well, different.
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"The Omen" - Jerry Goldsmith
The Omen
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Release date: June 25, 1976
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Amazon users rating: 4,5 out of 5 stars.
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In the successful The Omen, from 1976, the wonderful score from Jerry Goldsmith garnered him his only and deserved Academy Award.
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"Kingdom of Heaven" - Harry Gregson-Williams
Kingdom of Heaven
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Release date: April 26, 2005
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Amazon users rating: 4,5 out of 5 stars.
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Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, instead of calling for the bombast talents of Hans Zimmer, as in Gladiator, called of a different approach which was handled by Harry Gregson-Williams.
Actually, Kingdom of Heaven can be considered, in terms of instrumentation and mood, a superior cousin of Gregson-William’s more recent Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. This is a very consistent, solid score, from start to end; however, it will take some time to sink in. If you let it though, you’ll be amazed.
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"Inception" - Hans Zimmer - Complete preview and pre-order!
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This score stars sounding more and more like The Dark Knight. The baseline at least seems to have been shamelessly incorporated.
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It will be released July 13, 2010.
"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" - Howard Shore
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Composed by: Howard Shore
Release date: June 29, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 2,5 out of 5 stars.
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The third (and better) book of the Twilight Saga was brought to the big screen through the vision of David Slade (also director of Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night). This movie differs from its predecessors in its faster pace and less melodramatic romanticism. This includes tough decisions about growing up and a big battle at the end. Howard Shore is then more than obviously in his comfort zone to score this movie.
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"Star Trek" - Michael Giacchino
Star Trek
Composed by: Michael Giacchino
Release date: May 5, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
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In the 2009 reboot of the Star Trek franchise, director J. J. Abrams turned to Michael Giacchino to recreate the music for it, something the composer had already done in the third movie of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
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"Crash" - Howard Shore
Crash
Composer: Howard Shore
Release date: March 21, 1997
Amazon users rating: 4,5 out of 5 stars.
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When you talk about Crash, you’re probably talking about the 2004 film with a score by Mark Isham. Well, in this review I’ll talk about a much darker Crash.
It’s David Cronenberg’s Crash, from 1996, scored by the renamed Howard Shore.
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"Edge of Darkness" - Howard Shore
Edge of Darkness
Composer: Howard Shore
Release date: January 26, 2010
Amazon users rating: 4 out of 5 stars.
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The most recent work from Howard Shore in the thriller genre once again proves his ability to make an orchestra feel deep and somber.
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"Inception" - Hans Zimmer (Preview)
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For me, it's sounds a bit The Dark Knight, but at the same time a bit fresh. What do you think?
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"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" - Nicholas Hooper
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Composer: Nicholas Hooper
Release date: July 14, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 3,5 out of 5 stars.
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Returning from the fifth and probably worst entry on the Harry Potter franchise, director David Yates brought back with him his fellow composer Nicholas Hooper.
While the movie definitely improved over the last one, the score continues to be too little given that this is a Harry Potter movie. There’s just not enough density in Hooper’s composition and orchestration.
Hooper’s second entry on the franchise continues to be poor when compared to prior scores, but it’s an improvement over the last one in terms of thematic development.
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"Basic Instinct 2" - John Murphy
Basic Instinct 2
Composer: John Murphy
Release date: April 18, 2006
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Amazon users rating: 3,5/5 stars.
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After 14 years of troubled production, Basic Instinct 2 was here. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones, this late sequel lost everything that made its predecessor a classic: a titillating direction by Paul Verhoeven, a much younger and sexier Sharon Stone as main star, and a superb score by Jerry Goldsmith.
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"Bram Stoker's Dracula" - Wojciech Kilar
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Composer: Wojciech Kilar
Release date: November 24, 1992
Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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Polish composer Wojciech Kilar was hired to score Francis Ford Copolla’s strange Bram Stoker’s Dracula and created a score that is darkly melancholic, but most of the time the darkness or the melancholy is more audible.
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"Twilight" - Carter Burwell
Twilight
Composer: Carter Burwell
Release date: November 21, 2008
Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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The debut chapter on the Twilight Saga was scored by Carter Burwell, who usually collaborates with the Coen brothers.
However, 2008’s Twilight is not a Coen brothers movie, and the music reflects the quality of the movie. Therefore, Carter Burwell can’t be the only one to blame for this very-less-than-average score.
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"King Kong" - James Newton-Howard
King Kong
Composed by: James Newton-Howard
Release date: December 13, 2005
All About Soundtracks Review: Replacing Howard Shore in the scoring duties for 2005 Peter Jackson's epic King Kong, James Newton-Howard had only 5 weeks.
No one would guess it based on the result of his hard work.
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Twilight Saga: Eclipse - Preview
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Preview of all the tracks from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse score, composed by Howard Shore (in some tracks, with the collaboration of Metric's vocalist Emily Haines).
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"Mission: Impossible 2" - Hans Zimmer
Mission: Impossible 2
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Release date: June 13, 2000
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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The score from Hans Zimmer to the second Mission: Impossible movie is a two-face one.
On the one hand, Zimmer's use of electronics goes here to levels of mere, irritating noise.
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"Lady In The Water" - James Newton-Howard
Lady In The Water
Composer: James Newton-Howard
Release date: July 18, 2006
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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James Newton-Howard usual collaboration with M. Night Shyamalan brought to film music another piece of excelence.
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"The Last Airbender" - James Newton-Howard
The Last Airbender
Composer: James Newton-Howard
Release date: June 29, 2010
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Another collaboration between Newton-Howard and M. Night Shyamalan, The Last Airbender is planned to be the first movie of a trilogy based on the animated Asian series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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"The Ghost Writer" - Alexandre Desplat
The Ghost Writer
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Release date: February 23, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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All About Soundtracks Review: The combination of a Roman Polanski thriller and an Alexandre Desplat score could have only been great. Still, this is a surprising achievement by the french composer.
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"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" - Harry Gregson-Williams
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Release date: May 25, 2010
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All About Soundtracks Review: Another Remote Control Productions score, this time for the new adventure movie from Disney, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Don't worry - not as bad as Clash of the Titans.
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"Titanic" - James Horner
Titanic
Composer: James Horner
Release Date: November 18, 1997
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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All About Soundtracks Review: This collaboration between the two James (Horner and Cameron) resulted in a undeniably successful and popular movie.
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"District 9" - Clinton Shorter
District 9
Composer: Clinton Shorter
Release date: August 25, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 4/5 stars.
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All About Soundtracks Review: Newcomer Clinton Shorter delivers something great for the innovative, emotional and memorable sci-fi movie District 9.
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"Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)" - Steve Jablonsky
Nightmare on
Elm Street (2010)
Composer: Steve Jablonsky
Release date: 7 May, 2010
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All About Soundtracks Review: In the fashion of rebooting classic franchises, Nightmare on Elm Street is another failure. One of those movies that are a shame to Hollywood, it deserved precisly a score that would be a shame to film music. Being the movie produced by Micheal Bay, it was expected that Steve Jablonsky would be hired to score it. And so he was.
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"The Da Vinci Code" - Hans Zimmer
The Da Vinci Code
Composed by: Hans Zimmer
Release date: May 9, 2006
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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In the first film adaptation of a Dan Brown novel, Ron Howard got Hans Zimmer to score The Da Vinci Code, a story so extraordinairly famous that introduce it is needless.
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"Clash of the Titans" - Ramin Djawadi (& Neil Davidge)
Clash of the Titans
Composed by: Ramin Djawadi (& Neil Davidge)
Release date: March 30, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 3/5stars.
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All About Soundtracks Review: Another entry in the 3D Hollywood frenzy, Clash of the Titans (a remake, actually) was, as expected, trashed by critics. As many other action flicks on contemporary cinema, it relies too much on CGI effects and wall-to-wall action, rather than character development, which, of course, asks for a type of music so bombastic that it almost seems entertaining.
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"Basic Instinct" - Jerry Goldsmith
Basic Instinct
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
1992 Album
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2004 Expanded Album
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(Rating: 5/5 stars)
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All About Soundtracks Review: Second collaboration between Jerry Goldsmith and director Paul Verhoeven, Basic Instinct is a 1992 erotic thriller about a fascinating, sexy and dangerous blond writer. Her books, all about sex, violence and death, tend to have connections with real-life events. That's why she gets to be the main suspect of an ice-pick, in-bed, cold-blooded murder. She is the unforgettable Catherine Tramell.
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"Drag Me To Hell" - Christopher Young
Drag Me To Hell
Composer: Christopher Young
Release Date: August 18, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 5 out of 5stars
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All About Soundtracks Review: Master of the horror-movie genre, Christopher Young gets in Drag Me To Hell both his fourth collaboration with director Sam Raimi and his opportunity to deliver a remarkable, unique and unforgettable score. Which he does.
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"Angels & Demons" - Hans Zimmer
"Angels & Demons"
Composed by: Hans Zimmer
Release date: May 12, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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All About Soundtracks Review: After the ethereal yet subtlely agressive orchestral effort in The Da Vinci Code, Zimmer returns, as expected, to score its follow-up, Angels & Demons.
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"A Single Man" - Abel Korzeniowski & Shigeru Umebayashi
"A Single Man"
Composers: Abel Korzeniowski, Shigeru Umebayashi.
Release date: January 5, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 5/5 stars.
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All About Soundtracks Review: The score for Tom Ford's directorial debut has two composers, though Abel Korzeniowski is responsible for the majority of the tracks.
This score was reportedly recorded without click track and with solo violinist standing up while playing. This all made the music sound more natural, which just highlights its emotional depth.
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"How To Train Your Dragon" - John Powell
How To Train Your Dragon
Composer: Jonh Powell
Release date: March 23, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 5/5 stars
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John Powell was the one who got the unique chance to score this amazing 3D movie.
The album opens with a track (This is Berk) that pretty much defines what is coming: Irish tones, joyful melodies, bits of action/adventure and a very sentimental touch.
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"Avatar" - James Horner
Avatar
Composer: James Horner
Release Date: December 8, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 4,5/5 stars
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Collaborating once again with James Cameron, James Horner delivers a wonderful, epic score to Avatar.
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"The Dark Knight" - James Newton-Howard & Hans Zimmer
The Dark Knight
Composers: James Newton-Howard, Hans Zimmer
Release Date: July 18, 2008
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Amazon user's rating: 4,5/5 stars.
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After their elegant effort on Batman Begins, Newton-Howard and Zimmer join forces again to the second installent in the series with the direction of Cristopher Nolan.
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"The Wolfman" - Danny Elfman
The Wolfman
Composer: Danny Elfman
Release Date: February 23, 2010
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Amazon users rating: 4/5 stars.
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Well-known for his work on fantasy movies and dark movies, Danny Elfman was as obivous choice to score The Wolfman, which has both fantasy and darkness.
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"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" - Alexandre Desplat
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Relase date: November 20, 2009
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Amazon users rating: 4/5 stars.
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French composer Alexandre Desplat delivers something unexpected, given his usual works: energy. Power.
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