Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl - Original Soundtrack

Klaus Badelt has mostly written music for a number of small German films, his first high profile assignment being the 2001 score for The Time Machine, which remains his best effort todate. Pirates of the Caribbean marks his first foray into the world of blockbusters, but with varying results. There are three basic themes in the score. The first is for Jack Sparrow that graces the score for a few times (most notably in "The Medallion Calls"), but does not figure quite as prominently as one would expect. Secondly is the theme for the Black Pearl that really can be considered as the main theme ... more

When watching a movie at the cinema, the visual spectacle often outweighs the soundtrack to the point that the music itself becomes insignificant: not so with the music from "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." This soundtrack is a perfect accompanyment to the movie itself, and remains as memorable - its one of the few movies of recent years where I've left the cinema and commented at how good the music was, and how well it fitted. "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is a good old fashioned pirate movie - an action-romance full of swashbuckling high ... more

The Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack is fantastic! Usually I'm not really into Classical music but this compilation of music has great atmospheric features from such a great pirate film revival. I found that some films didn't have the same elements as the better ones do. However its a soundtrack that would be great even if you hadn't seen the film. I personally play the soundtrack from the sheet music I bought and found having the soundtrack really useful for that to help pick out where you are whilst playing. From Klaus Badelt this soundtrack is perfectly intune to the pirate genre and the ... more