The Fountain
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Free Music Review: Flawless...beautiful...haunting...
Hit: 5 Stars
I enjoyed watching "The Fountain", but in my humble opinion the soundtrack far surpasses it.
What Clint Mansell/Kronos Quartet/Mogwai have produced is a work that captures the movie's somber theme in greater detail than the actors could portray.
The soundtrack opens with "The Last Man", which hooks you with a simple, mysterious piano melody and really takes off when the Kronos Quartet hits the same melody with multiple layers on the strings.
"Stay With Me" is another enchanting, bittersweet track where you can really feel the influence of Mogwai's post-rock guitar-work adding a new dimension on top of the string-work of the Kronos Quartet.
The final track, "Together We Will Live Forever", ties together some of the melodies from "The Last Man" and "Stay With Me" to end the soundtrack as beautifully as it began. Another favorite track is "Xibalba".
Free Music Review: Mysterious, creepy, somber, and compelling
Hit: 5 Stars
I have to confess, I did not like the film. It was bizarre, slow, confusing, and painfully artsy. But even while watching THE FOUNTAIN and being annoyed with it, I was captivated by the music.
Now I have the soundtrack CD and just listening to it even the first time through it is absolutely mesmerizing. One of the very best soundtracks I own, second only to Brian Tyler's CHILDREN OF DUNE.
Free Music Review: Great soundtrack!
Hit: 5 Stars
The Fountain original soundtrack is awesome! Without a doubt, I say this has to be one of the best soundtracks ever made for a movie. "Together We Will Live Forever" is one of my favorites, very nice melody with the piano, which plays during the movie credits. It'll either make you happy or sad (or both?). "Death is the Road to Awe" is also my other favorite. Nice quiet melody in the beginning that gradually picks up and gets louder. Overall, the entire album is great! Highly recommend to anyone that likes soundtracks and/or instrumental music! You won't be disappointed!Free Music Review: Music for the Soundtrack Bignners
Hit: 5 Stars
The Fountain was described to me as a piece of artwork filled with perceptions and beautiful art direction. However, no one even told me the exceptional music that played an instrumental role in creating a feel for this movie that made me tingle.
Clint Mansell is truly an amazing composer and a master in his field, I have enjoyed many of his work in many movies such as smoking aces and requiem of a dream! You have to give it all a listen.
Free Music Review: Fantastic soundtrack for a so-so movie
Hit: 4 Stars
I must say I found the film to be a bit pretentious and overwrought. It had some amazing visuals, and some interesting story points along with a nice twist here and there. However, I found it to meander a bit too much and it seemed to be artsy just for the sake of being artsy... hopefully that makes some sort of sense. I enjoyed Pi and Requiem much more than this one.
However, with that being said, I can say that this soundtrack is absolutely astounding. The unique melancholy of the music sets a mood like none other I can think of. This will be in my iPod playlist right next the The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack, and the OST for Last of the Mohicans. I can't remember the last time I said that a sountrack took me on a journey, but that is what I feel like as I listen to it while typing this. Kudos to Clint Mansell in this wonderful achievement.