The Bourne Identity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Free Music Review: Not all that...
Hit: 2 Stars
I am frankly puzzled by the rave reviews of this CD. I have listened to it several times and while it makes for good background listening (I have used it to track into my home videos), it's not all THAT.
John Powell has done much better, more interesting work and while his string arrangements and interesting orchestrations here do deserve some attention, the score as a whole comes across as decidedly un-memorable.
Free Music Review: Oruginal ending song
Hit: 2 Stars
I'm pretty sure that a song in original ending is by Leonard Gohen, but I can not figure out which song. Does anybody know?Free Music Review: Bourne Identity Soundtrack Review
Hit: 5 Stars
I absolutely love the music in the soundtrack. I never thought string instrument and percussion music could have so much energy and emotion. I have also seen the movie, and I think I would enjoy the soundtrack regardless. It's great music in the mornings to help a person wake up and face the day.Free Music Review: Great CD to Have In Your Car...
Hit: 4 Stars
Powerful, engaging music. And just perfect for a long drive in the car. At times, gets your heart racing and others the tempo slows and the violins carry you off somewhere far away, relaxing you. Free Music Review: Powell out-Zimmer's Hans...
Hit: 4 Stars
I've been a fan of John Powell's work since his "Face/OFF" soundtrack. Sure Hans Zimmer is the granddaddy of the "big drum" movement that he brought to the movie screen with resounding success; Zimmer's "Backdraft", "Power of One", "Crimson Tide", and "The Rock" represent, IMO, the best and most varied examples of his work. Other scores such as "Gladiator" are so badly ripped from far superior material (Holst) that they cause me to cringe when listening to them. Other students of the Zimmer-esque technique that pretty much bore with every listen are Baldt, Bates, Gregson-Williams, and even Rabin (even though he does do some fine work from time-to-time).
However, Powell is just plain intelligent in his note and melodic attentuation of the most basic 5, 6, and 7 note themes. There are not a whole lot of themes present in this score, but the limited melodies are put through their every pace as complex counterpoint and rhythmic structure define further examples as they explore practically every facet of their simplistic nature.
Propulsive but very organic is the best way I can describe this material. Powell uses a lot of synthetic and sampled elements but they are so perfectly layered that they help fill-out orchestral sections; in lesser hands this marriage of electronic and acoustic suffers from excessive bombast and plain uninspired 1-4-5 or 1-5-6-4 chordal arrangements. The best part about this soundtrack is that Powell's OST for "Supremacy" and "Ultimatum" just get better.