4.14.2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey soundtrack
Series: prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy; first of the The Hobbit trilogy
Overall Grade: A-
Fewer memorable tracks than the LotR trilogy, but still Shore's beautiful music vividly invokes the scenery of Middle Earth. Going in I already knew that my favorite track would be 'Misty Mountains' sung by the cast playing the dwarves.
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: soundtrack, media: music, series: Hobbit movie trilogy, series: Lord of the Rings
8.23.2007
The Illusionist soundtrack
composed by Philip Glass, ~47mins
Overall Grade: B+
Almost perfect. This was definitely a movie I sat there, enraptured by both cinematography and music. If only the music wasn't quite so dependent on the film.
Labels: genre: soundtrack, media: music
4.14.2007
Pan's Labyrinth soundtrack
composed by Javier Navarrete, 21 tracks, ~73 min
Listen to the whole thing online @ the official website
Official Grade: B+
B+ because I am enchanted with the lullaby theme found in tracks 1, 8, 20 & 21, but I didn't really find any other tracks too enchanting. Obviously you will recognize some of them if you've seen the movie, but nothing stood out too much besides the theme -ah, I love that theme, end up humming it all day.
Recommended to: people that can't get enough of the haunting lullaby from the movie
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: soundtrack, media: music
10.02.2004
Gattaca soundtrack
~55 minutes
Hastings website w/ track clips
Overall Grade: A
I'm pretty much in love with this music right now. After happily stumbling across at a local B&N while killing time, I am now spinning this almost non-stop. I think the best thing about it is that there aren't really any tracks that I dislike or skip through. Enjoyable, classical-type music the whole way through. However, if pressed I would have to say that 'The One Moment' 'Becoming Jerome' and 'The Departure' are some my favorites.
Hastings website w/ track clips
Overall Grade: A
I'm pretty much in love with this music right now. After happily stumbling across at a local B&N while killing time, I am now spinning this almost non-stop. I think the best thing about it is that there aren't really any tracks that I dislike or skip through. Enjoyable, classical-type music the whole way through. However, if pressed I would have to say that 'The One Moment' 'Becoming Jerome' and 'The Departure' are some my favorites.
Labels: genre: scifi, genre: soundtrack, media: music
