The Bourne Identity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Composer: John PowellEdition: Music CD
Audio: Dutch (Original Language); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2002-06-11
Music Label: Varese Sarabande
Soundtracks:
- Main Titles
- Bourne gets well
- Treadstone Assassins
- At the bank
- Bourne on land
- Escape from embassy
- The drive to Paris
- The Apartment
- At the hairdressers
- Hotel Regina
- The Investigation
- Taxi Ride
- At the farmhouse
- Jason phones it in
- On bridge number 9
- Jason's Theme
- Mood Build
- The Bourne Identity
- Drum and bass remix [Mix]
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Free Music Review: Excellent Originality The kind that is Bourne not made!
Hit: 5 Stars
Every once in a while you come across music that actually gets better with repeated listenings and it becomes timeless. This is one of them. Any previous reviews that talk about how this doesn't sound like a soundtrack and more like an amalgation of electonic sounds actually speaks to it's strength. Of course, it not only electronic sounds - Labeling it that is a just a simple way to characterize it. Not unlike Jaws, Psycho, or Midnight Express Mr Powell has made music that is both unique and inseparable to the movie he is composing for. The director, in DVD commentary, says as much. This movie would not be what it is without the music.
You will rarely hear a combination of xylephones, drums, basson, bells, owl sounds (Hoo, "Who") and god knows what thrown in for the purpose of creating a unique soundscape. What is also perfect is the movie is about identity, mystery, deception, etc. The music mirrors the basic themes of the movie and all the while keeping an underlying sense solving a mystery in a confusing environment.
The truly amazing blessing is that whether you like this one or not you have the opportunity to see the development of things you do like about it in the future soundtracks that are sure to come out. John Powell's work overall outside of The Bourne Series definitely has a signature and it may be hard to appreciate his music without looking at his work as a whole. You can definitely tell he takes risks that can actually produce work that is exciting and fresh and not just background music. Soundtracks like his augment the excitement and the emotions movies are made to inspire in us whether we are in the theater or outside of it. This soundtrack may actually be ahead of its time.
Again, repeated listenings can have you realize that this ugly duckling of a soundtrack may actually be a Swan and how perfect for a movie about someone searching for their true identity.
The Bourne Identity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Poster
Updated as a contemporary thriller/vehicle for Matt Damon, this second take on Robert Ludlum's classic spy thriller (previously a Richard Chamberlain-starring TV miniseries) may be more interested in action set pieces than faithfulness to its literary roots. But composer John Powell's skillful score goes a long way toward steeping the well-orchestrated stunts and car chases with an aura of mystery and unease. With a résumé heavy in animation (Shrek, Chicken Run, Antz) and spoofs (Evolution, Rat Race, Just Visiting), Powell is obviously adept at parodying the tired McAction score. Here he deftly sidesteps such clichés, delivering up a remarkable, subtle score of restlessly shifting moods and color. The plaintive oboe figure of the "Main Title" segues to vaguely East Asian orchestral motifs, then increasingly prominent use of wily, ever-shifting electronic rhythms and effects. The effect is compelling and almost hypnotic, music that perfectly underscores the lead character's identity crisis and the web of intrigue he's caught up in. Powell spares us the typical bombast and shrewdly lets the visual action speak for itself. This wise composer understands that less can be infinitely more. --Jerry McCulleyPop Music CDs
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