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(18 customer reviews) 26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Sweeping film score one of Giacchino's best yet,
March 6, 2012 Colby "Colbster901" - See all my reviews
This review is from: John Carter (Audio CD)
I was pretty stoked to listen to this one. The film looks to be promising and now even more so, based on the quality of this film score by Michael Giacchino.
His latest effort that I can recall (M:I: 4) left my throat a little dry, but I had faith in him and embraced this score with open ears. For the most part, its pretty darned awesome.
It exudes a sense of otherworldliness not found in, say, even a score to an alien movie. At times the score truly takes you somewhere, and the longer length of some of the songs is barely noticed.
The opening track, A Thern for the worse, (Giacchino is again naming songs with his trademark sense of humor) sets the stage nicely for what will be the entire listening experience, though its not as good as the next track, Get Carter. Track 2 actually surprised me: its just a good, fun song, and it can easily be used to show Giacchino's level of growing talent here. The man is getting better at what he does, which is making...Read more
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Journey to the Thark Side,
March 6, 2012 This review is from: John Carter (Audio CD)
Michael Giacchino not only aimed high with John Carter, he shot an absolute bullseye! Viewing this as a chance to create something no longer seen in this Remote Control-dominated era of Hollywood scores, he delivered the goods- John Carter is big as life, bold as anything, a little bit scary and a lot of fun. It stands tall as a true Swords & Sandals Epic type of score, the likes of which we haven't heard in far too long.
John Carter's theme is comprised of 11 notes: a-B/cdE-F/g-H/iJ-k. Giacchino gets a lot of mileage out of it, deploying it in various forms, a testament to its versatility. He states that his way of testing a theme is seeing if it can be turned into a jazz piece, a waltz or something classical. If it can be adapted, then he'll use it.
The scope of the John Carter score is Middle-Eastern, something that Giacchino described as simply the right feel for the piece. In an interview he cited Lawrence of Arabia as one of his inspirations for...Read more
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
One of his best!,
March 6, 2012 matchbox5 - See all my reviews
This review is from: John Carter (Audio CD)
I have to say that Michael Giacchino ismy favorite soundtrack composer. To me he is up there with the likes of John Williams. His latest effort does not disappoint! John Carter is by far one of his strongest offerings, and I am now really excited to see this movie! This soundtrack is one of the most intense, epic scores I've heard in a while, yet it still is able to tell a story. Michael Giacchino has done it once again!
