Syriana
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Performer: Kayvan NovakPerformer: George Clooney
Performer: Amr Waked
Performer: Christopher Plummer
Performer: Jeffrey Wright
Performer: Chris Cooper
Performer: Robert Foxworth
Performer: Nicky Henson
Performer: Nicholas Art
Performer: Matt Damon
Performer: Amanda Peet
Performer: Steven Hinkle
Performer: Daisy Torm?
Performer: Peter Gerety
Performer: Richard Lintern
Performer: Jocelyn Quivrin
Performer: Mazhar Munir
Performer: Shahid Ahmed
Performer: Bikram Singh Bhamra
Performer: Roger Yuan
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Syriana
- Driving In Geneva
- Fields Of Oil
- The Commute
- Beirut Taxi
- Something Really Cool
- Syriana (Piano Solo)
- I'll Walk Around
- Access Denied
- Electricity
- Falcons
- The Abduction
- Tortured
- Take The Target Out
- Truce
- Mirage
- Fathers And Sons
Free Music Notes for Syriana
Free Music Review: Not for the real soundtrack fan
Hit: 3 Stars
All right, I liked the movie. It's a tad hard to follow, but I liked it. It's a story that needs to be told, i.e., people in the US need to think about much of the stuff for which our corporations are responsible, etc. It's said to be a docudrama, based on Robert Baer's book "Hear No Evil" which I haven't yet had time to read.
But, truth be told, I like soundtracks that remind me of a film. I even have them of films I didn't like! (For instance, the film "Solaris" with George Clooney didn't do much for me but I found the soundtrack mesmerizing). Usually there's some melodies that evoke memories of the film, or just one that I like. (Another example, the later remake of the film "The Time Machine" I found to be silly, but I do like the music!)
The soundtrack of this film may, sure, be tense, appropriate to the film, etc. But, no, it's not something I can't wait to listen to, to put it mildly. It's not terrible, but you're not going to remember a scene in Syriana by listening to it, and think, "Oh, yeah!" Get it if you lose sleep over the film and just don't have time to watch it over and over. But, if not, get, say, Steven Colbert's audio book. It's more fun.
Syriana Poster
After last year's Girl with a Pearl Earring, this CD confirms the much-deserved rise of French-born composer Alexandre Desplat in Hollywood. The success of this particular score is actually double-edged: It works wonders in the film because it never dictates the mood or imposes a viewpoint; instead, it's in such symbiosis with the images in Stephen Gaghan's political thriller that at times the music's impact is almost subliminal. That's a good thing when you watch the movie, but it also means that on its own, the CD's focus can fade in and out. Desplat tends to follow the less-showy European film-scoring model, i.e. he prefers subtlety to bloated orchestrations and tends to refrain from associating characters to musical themes. Though much of the film's action takes place in the Middle East, Desplat doesn't turn ethnic instrumentation into a clich?. And the way he instills a pervasive sense of dread on tracks such as "Driving in Geneva," "Access Denied," or "The Abduction" should be taught in film and music schools. For Desplat, less is always more. --Elisabeth VincentelliSoundtracks Music CDs
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