The Rock: Original Motion Picture Score
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Composer: Nick Glennie-SmithComposer: Hans Zimmer
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1996-06-25
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
- Hummell Gets The Rockets
- Rock House Jail
- Jade
- In The Tunnels
- Mason's Walk - First Launch
- Rocket Away
- Fort Walton - Kansas
- The Chase
Free Music Notes for The Rock: Original Motion Picture Score
Free Music Review: Awesome!
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm what some might call a 'casual critic' of movie scores. In almost every case with the collection I have at present, I have sat in the theater or at home watching a film completely unaware of who has made the music behind the scenes and events that I'm seeing. All that drives me to buy a score is a small piece of music that's catchy or interesting, and then it's on the web for some previews before I commit to ordering.
In the case of watching 'The Rock' every bit of music I heard was something I'd like to hear again, the movie itself is no longer in my dvd movie collection but the score has stuck with me to this day and remains one of my favorites.
COMPOSITION: 3/5 - The score changes the order of events, ie. car chase happens at the end rather than 2/5 of the way through. - Personally I don't care because the pieces or themes bridge together in a way that works.
CONTENT: 5/5 - Everything from the film seems to be here and more, even if the composition is non-chronological.
MIXING: 5/5 - It's accurate to what you hear in the film. I'd just like to point out that not all scores are an exact match to their film counterparts; composers sometimes add or remove certain things that can drastically altar the sound of the music. I'm glad it's been preserved in this case.
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This Alcatraz-themed potboiler was the final film initiated by the vaunted masters of the action McMovie, producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer; the flamboyant Simpson died of a drug overdose soon after its release. Modern synth-orchestra fusion master Hans Zimmer is unaccountably teamed with Nick Glennie-Smith and Harry Gregson-Williams here, and the results are, well, just McFine. Not surprisingly, Zimmer's done better work on better films. --Jerry McCulleySoundtracks Music CDs
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