The Bourne Ultimatum
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Free Music Review: It's a great soundtrack, but missing a lot of music from the movie
Hit: 4 Stars
First of all, before any of you say to yourself, "I don't believe you" I swear to you I'm telling you the truth. PLEASE read this review. I like Bourne movies. Not a Bourne-hater. But there's a reason why I gave 4 stars instead of 5.
I liked the movie and also liked the music within the movie, but like most of John Powell's soundtracks, a lot of the music that was actually in the movie isn't on the soundtrack. If you watch the Waterloo sequence again in theaters, you'll notice that a HUGE portion of that music isn't on the soundtrack. Don't believe me? Watch the movie again. When the assassin runs away after shooting the journalist, none of that music [which is GOOD music] appears on the soundtrack.
Another example: The music for the entire Morocco chase scene between Daniels, Desh, Bourne, and Nikki Parsons does not appear on the soundtrack.
Yes, I'm aware that this is a "soundtrack" and not a "score", but I feel like I wasted my money. I thought that there would at least be music from the scenes I actually enjoyed most in the movie.
Free Music Review: Some good, some eh
Hit: 4 Stars
I agree with William Smith on nearly every point of his review re this soundtrack. My only counter is that the redux of Extreme Ways is excellent during the first half of the song, capturing the mood of the scene of the movie perfectly (in fact, if you listen carefully, you can hear the Bourne theme blended perfectly into the intro)...lending itself to imply that there is a new history of Bourne to follow. The downside of this newer version is the female backup singer(s) in the song. Once she/they start/starts "singing/screaming/whatever you call it", she/they ruin/ruins the rest of Moby's masterpiece.
I say, Moby, please "redux the redux" once again! Extreme Ways is a classic and we love what you have done to update it but PLEASE, lose whomever sang backup.
Overall, I like the soundtrack. I certainly loved the movie and music's timing/emotion in each scene. My recommendation? Buy the soundtrack...it is good.
Free Music Review: Decent
Hit: 4 Stars
This CD has the edge-of-your-seat music so fitting of the movie. I only looked into this soundtrack for the last song, Extreme Ways by Moby, which is a very catchy tune. The rest of it is good, but I personally don't enjoy listening to action-movie music without the action movie part of it. Certain soundtracks, like that of Requiem for a Dream or Braveheart, are beautiful and enjoyable to listen to on their own. This isn't my cup of tea, but it is definitely well-written music.. especially the Moby jam. ;)Free Music Review: Good soundtrack to a Great film
Hit: 4 Stars
The shortest and weakest of the 3 soundtracks, but that's not saying much. John Powell is a brilliant song writer, and while he sat back on this one, he still crafted a few great new songs for it. Tracks 1,2, and 4 our my favorites. Tangiers is especially brilliant. This is a dark and satisfying conclusion to one of the best, most tense trilogy soundtracks I have ever heard.Free Music Review: Good, but the same
Hit: 4 Stars
The music in the Bourne Ultimatum is excellent... unfortunately, it is almost exactly the same as the first two Bourne movies. I'm not complaining, because it is good.