Narnia: Prince Caspian [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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Free Music Notes for Narnia: Prince Caspian [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Free Music Review: Not as good as the first one.
Hit: 3 Stars
Having listened to this one a few times, I just wasn't as impressed as I was with the first score. The few main themes seem to be a lot more quiet and less inspiring. It just never grabbed me, like the first score did. There were some great areas but they never went the distance and were over before they matured and got into the meat of the tracks. Even the battle music seemed a little flat and disjointed. Not bad, but not great. There are only 3-4 tracks I'll be adding to my favorites playlists. I really hate when they take a score and stick a bunch of lyric songs from pop artists or whatever onto it. If I buy the score, I want more score, not cheesy pop / emo stuff. The last 4 songs on this album are totally a waste IMHO. I gave them a shot and hit the next song button within a minute. If you like quiet soundtracks check this one out, but if you are looking for epic sweeping scores, then this might not be the best choice for you.Free Music Review: Better, but still lacks like the first score
Hit: 3 Stars
This score is an all-around improvement on the original's material, but it still runs short on thematic material and misses some great cues. There is a lot more action, which does make the album more exciting. Unfortunately, it concludes with 15 minutes of pop songs that have nothing to do with the movie, just as its predecessor did. There are many great cues that could have been included instead of these, such as extensions of the "castle raid" sequence.Free Music Review: A soundtrack that can't stand on it's own.
Hit: 3 Stars
Sure, this soundtrack sound great in the movies, but when you buy it and listen to it on it's own, it doesn't have the same feel and emotion, which I think is the mark of a great soundtrack. In my opinion, I don't think it's worth it.Free Music Review: Glorified rehash!
Hit: 2 Stars
In case you have read my review for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, you know that I enjoyed the first score by Harry Gregson Williams very much, and there was no good reason to not expect a similarily enjoyable score for the sequel.
Well, consider me greatly dissapointed. "Prince Caspian" showcases neither thematic innovations, nor a fresh sound, and doesn't even offer a good listening experience.
By now, I'm used to the Media Ventures method of taking a theme and repeating it verbatim ad nauseam, and I was surprised, not to say shocked, that Gregson Williams took exactly this road with Prince Caspian. Where did the composer go that successfully detached himself from aforementioned Media Ventures and ventured (bad pun, sorry) into the waters of highly acclaimed epic scores a la Kingdom Of Heaven?
In every climatic moment on this album, the music is a clone of the first score.
Now, thematic continuity is fine and much desired for a series of classic fantasy epics, and a composer should incorporate established themes, here it comes, if the story allows it!
But Gregson Williams not only took character themes from part one out of context, he also re- and abused its normal underscore.
And he didn't even write a prominent new theme as far as I can see. There's a glorious choral piece at the beginning of "Return Of The Lion", before it segues back into more rehashed material, but I would hardly call that thematic.
Prince Caspian is a new Superman II, the only difference is that Narnia 1 and 2 are by the same composer, which makes it even more astounding.
Between reheated music and nonexistent new themes is atmospheric filler music, peppered with senseless orchestral atonalities, unmotivated choral outbursts and electronic ambient music that is completely and utterly unlistenable. It's even more annoying than similar work in Batman Begins - at least in Batman Begins you can ignore it if you want to.
I don't know which devilish planetary constellation drove Harry Gregson Williams to sleepwalk through this production, but I sincerely hope it passes quickly!
Because there's absolutely no reason to buy this score if you own the first one.
Free Music Review: Very disappointed
Hit: 2 Stars
I borrowed this cd from the library to make sure I wanted to buy it, and I was very disappointed. The songs on this cd are almost cloned from the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the new ones aren't any good. Harry Gregson-Williams did a wonderful job on the first one, but it seems he couldn't create anything new. I gave it two stars because the songs are good, but nothing new. I would recommend buying the first one instead of this one.