The most eagerly anticipated movie of 1999, if not the decade, The Phantom Menace was also a mouth-watering prospect for soundtrack fans. Star Wars, after all, has become arguably the best-known and most influential movie score ever written, so a new instalment from John Williams, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, was always going to be a cause for celebration. And if the ...
Give thanks to the folks behind Training Day for aiming a little higher on the musical food chain and actually putting together a collection that has more beef than filler. The meat is represented by an eclectic array of talent--everyone from underground champs Gang Starr to P Diddy, whose hookup with David Bowie's "American Dream" bites off more than it can spit out. On the plus side ...
Final Fantasy is one of the most enjoyable explosions of noise film composer Elliot Goldenthal has detonated. Characterised by snarling and menacing brass alongside heavenly romantic strings, his style has been pleasingly identifiable among so many Hollywood clones. On a sci-fi fantasy like this, the style constantly intrigues the ear by forming complex rhythms and instrumental collisions ...