The Bourne Ultimatum
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Free Music Review: Great movie....same soundtrack...
Hit: 3 Stars
Not quite what we were hoping for in terms of the final installment for the soundtrack series. While the soundtrack maintains its proximity to the film, Powell could have gotten a bit more creative on the music selection (even a little additional tweaking). It's great to have familiarity with the original sets, but at some point, the music has to compliment the brilliant cinematography. For the fourth movie, maybe we'll see Powell craft us new chase music and brilliant originals like "To the roof" from the second Bourne film.Free Music Review: Disappointing, to say the least
Hit: 2 Stars
If you really must get a score CD to one of the Bourne movies then go with Bourne Supremacy. I was expecting good things of this one but after giving it a couple of spins I can see why Varese Sarabande opted out of releasing this one (Decca picks this score up); it's mainly just recycled stuff from the previous films. But don't expect anything as frantic as 'Bim Bam Smash' from second movie here.
My main problem with this score is that is just so generic and random. Yes, the Bourne theme is in there, but it's hardly a masterwork. I feel like anyone who wanted to convey the hectic, unpredictable nature of the movie through music could have come up with this score. Some tracks (the CD is a mere 50 minutes) work alright as an adrenaline burst but don't expect anything even remotely articulate or emotive.
It reminded me a lot of Hans Zimmer's score to Black Hawk Down, but that at least had some haunting sounds to it. Unless you are really desperate to have a new, upbeat version of Moby's Extreme Ways on CD then just give this a miss and pick the CD for The Bourne Supremacy.