Album
Watchmen (Original Motion Picture Score)
2009 · Stage & Screen
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Watchmen (Original Motion Picture Score) is a Soundtrack & Scores album by Tyler Bates, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.
About
Some fans of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original <i>Watchmen</i> graphic novel have groused that <i>300</i> director Zack Snyder's much anticipated film adaptation largely eschewed the source material's rich, genre-spanning musical references. But such concerns shouldn't distract from the film's eclectically moody soundtrack by composer Tyler Bates, music that's charged with an entirely different dramatic task anyway. "Rescue Mission" effectively anchors the score, a deft fusing of Danny Elfman's Batman-music-past histrionics, choral flourishes and contemporary electronica that prefaces an even broader musical palette. "Silk Spectre" recalls some of Don Davis' post-modern <i>The Matrix</i> verve, while "American Dream" evokes a seamless wedding of the pastoral and synthetic, before "Edward Blake - The Comedian" successfully reinvents the Tangerine Dream/Vangelis ouevre for a new era. Expansive centerpieces like "Just Look Around You" and "All That Is Good" revolve around a similar musical axis (punctuated by a snippet of Mozart's "Requiem" and capped by the Pink Floydish "I Love You"), yielding a hypnotic soundscape of subtle distinction.
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Tracklist
- 1Rescue Mission2:12
- 2Don't Get Too Misty Eyed1:35
- 3Tonight the Comedian Died2:42
- 4Silk Spectre0:58
- 5We'll Live Longer0:56
- 6You Quit!0:39
- 7Only Two Names Remain1:39
- 8The American Dream1:56
- 9Edward Blake - The Comedian2:40
- 10The Last Laugh0:57
- 11Prison Fight1:45
- 12Just Look Around You5:51
- 13Dan's Apocalyptic Dream1:17
- 14Who Murdered Hollis Mason?0:55
- 15What About Janie Slater?1:34
- 16I'll Tell You About Rorschach4:10
- 17Countdown2:46
- 18It Was Me1:23
- 19All That Is Good4:58
- 20Requiem0:55
- 21I Love You2:41
Sound DNA
- Soundtrack & Scores
- Orchestral Score
- dense
- foreboding
- cinematic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Agostino CastagnolaTENOR VOCALS
- Alan GrunfeldVIOLIN
- Aleta BraxtonALTO VOCALS
- Alex IlesTROMBONE
- Alice MurrayALTO VOCALS
- Alma FernandezVIOLA
- Alvin CheaBARITONE VOCALS
- Alyssa ParkVIOLIN
- Amick ByramTENOR VOCALS
- Amy FogersonALTO VOCALS
- Ana LandauerVIOLIN
- Andrea RobinsonSOPRANO VOCALS
- Andrew DucklesVIOLA
- Andrew ShulmanCELLO
- Ann AtkinsonBASS
- Ann WhiteALTO VOCALS
- Bill EdwardsBARITONE VOCALS
- Bill ReichenbachTROMBONE
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 10 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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