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 | Composer: Tyler Bates Label: Warner Music Group Release Date: 2009-03-03 Producer: Tyler Bates Conductor: Tim Williams Performer: Hollywood Studio Symphony Buy this soundtrack:   |   |
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| 01 Rescue Mission (2:13) 02 Don't Get Too Misty Eyed (1:36) 03 Tonight The Comedian Died (2:44) 04 Silk Spectre (1:00) 05 We'll Live Longer (0:56) 06 You Quit! (0:39) 07 Only Two Names Remain (1:42) 08 The American Dream (1:56) 09 Edward Blake - The Comedian (2:41) 10 The Last Laugh (0:57) 11 Prison Fight (1:45) 12 Just Look Around You (5:51) 13 Dan's Apocalyptic Dream (1:17) 14 Who Murdered Hollis Mason? (0:56) 15 What About Janie Slater? (1:34) 16 I'll Tell You About Rorschach (4:10) 17 Countdown (2:47) 18 It Was Me (1:25) 19 All That Is Good (4:58) 20 Requiem (0:55) 21 I Love You (2:41) Total Length: 44:53 | |||||||||||
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Reviewed by Scott - Grade: C The Watchmen soundtrack has finally arrived and I will be blunt that I expected more. Maybe it is the anticipation that Watchmen will be the biggest blockbuster of 2009, possibly with the hopes of attaining near Dark Knight achievement at the box office. After all, it would be two years running for Warner Brothers to have the most
profitable film of the year. And it goes without saying that I am a big fan of Tyler Bates so I was hoping this would be a triumphant achievement for him. But the soundtrack to Watchmen is as ecclectic as the mixed bag of characters that dot the story's universe. As I was listening to the score, I couldn't help but think if you mashed the theme from Elfman's Spider-Man,
Jablonsky's Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and oddly enough, Vangelis' Blade Runner, what you got out the other end of the grinder was Watchmen.
The opening track 'Rescue Mission' creates a great introduction to the world and is a solid attempt at creating a graphic novel atmosphere. The problem is, the following tracks don't carry the thread of this theme. The track 'Edward Blake - The Comedian' is almost identical to Blade Runner's 'Wait For Me'. It is scary how similar the two tracks are. Except for the addition of some guitar riffs. Shame on Bates for using that as "inspiration" or shame on whomever told him to mimic that track (Snyder?). If it was unintentional, so be it, but listen for yourselves. The reason I point this similarity out is because the instruments used in this track are so far different from the rest of the score. It seems so out of place. The rest of the score is really a mixed bag. I think that 'Silk Spectre' is by far the best piece in the entire score and I was hoping that this theme would have emerged more throughout. That is exactly the problem. The best pieces of of this score are very short. Any track over one minute in length is unimpressive at best. Sorry Tyler. Your brilliance came out in less than one minute chunks. So if you like short gems of powerful moving music, I would definitely recommend this score. If you are expecting the same blend of heart pounding percussion and power of 300 you will be sorely disappointed. As stated, I must also subtract points for the complete rip off of from Blade Runner. One final note, I went back and compared some of the action hero cues to that show Who Wants to be a Super Hero and realized that the Watchmen score really fits in great for that show. More Movie Soundtracks
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