Advantages: A great main theme Disadvantages: see op.
...orchestrators. The music of The Rock, I think, would be accurate in describing as "symphonic rock" in its constant onslaught of synthesized percussion with much electric guitars combined with an orchestra. In a film of this type this approach really works quite well but unfortunately some of these composers also tend to use this same approach with less than appropriate movies. Apart from these considerations, the main theme is really great. It by ... ...that caught my attention when watching the movie for the first time. BUT THOSE SYNTHESIZERS, effective in the movie, not so much outside. It is these that ultimately will date this music like the pop rhythms and purely synthetic music written in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
This is not to say that the album is bad. Quite the contrary actually. But it is a little too lengthy for its material, the relentless synth percussion wearies you down in ...
berlioz 21.04.2004 (20.03.2005)
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Advantages: Great, Powerful Score Disadvantages: Not terribly original
When I saw the film "The Rock", the thing which stuck in my mind was the music. I went out and bought the (frankly very expensive) import CD of the score from HMV, because at the time it wasn't released in the UK. It was worth every penny, though - I like Hans Zimmer, and this score doesn't disappoint.
If you already have other Zimmer scores (The Peacemaker, Broken Arrow etc.) then you will know what to expect. The music is very powerful - definately ... ...a review which said that Hans Zimmer uses every instrument as percussion, and that applies here. It may not be Beethoven, but it has remained a firm favourite of mine for a few years now, and is one of the few CDs which I listen to regularly. ...
Big-Al 01.09.2000
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