Bourne Identity [Soundtrack]

bourne identity [soundtrack]

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The Bourne Identity, film score
Composed by John Powell
Performed by Hollywood Studio Symphony, Sandy De Crescent
with Edward Cole, Bunny Andrews
Conducted by Pete Anthony

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Updated as a contemporary thriller/vehicle for Matt Damon, this second take on Robert Ludlum's classic spy thriller (previously a Richard Chamberlain-starring TV miniseries) may be more interested in action set pieces than faithfulness to its literary roots. But composer John Powell's skillful score goes a long way toward steeping the well-orchestrated stunts and car chases with an aura of mystery and unease. With a résumé heavy in animation (Shrek, Chicken Run, Antz) and spoofs (Evolution, Rat Race, Just Visiting), Powell is obviously adept at parodying the tired McAction score. Here he deftly sidesteps such clichés, delivering up a remarkable, subtle score of restlessly shifting moods and color. The plaintive oboe figure of the "Main Title" segues to vaguely East Asian orchestral motifs, then increasingly prominent use of wily, ever-shifting electronic rhythms and effects. The effect is compelling and almost hypnotic, music that perfectly underscores the lead character's identity crisis and the web of intrigue he's caught up in. Powell spares us the typical bombast and shrewdly lets the visual action speak for itself. This wise composer understands that less can be infinitely more. --Jerry McCulley

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Bourne Identity [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

Excellent
Excellent Originality The kind that is Bourne not made!
Great score!!
Bourne Identity Soundtrack
It's not exactly a score...It's more like an IDEA.

Bourne Identity (Score)
John Powell
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000068FWA
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Amazon.com

Updated as a contemporary thriller/vehicle for Matt Damon, this second take on Robert Ludlum's classic spy thriller (previously a Richard Chamberlain-starring TV miniseries) may be more interested in action set pieces than faithfulness to its literary roots. But composer John Powell's skillful score goes a long way toward steeping the well-orchestrated stunts and car chases with an aura of mystery and unease. With a résumé heavy in animation (Shrek, Chicken Run, Antz) and spoofs (Evolution, Rat Race, Just Visiting), Powell is obviously adept at parodying the tired McAction score. Here he deftly sidesteps such clichés, delivering up a remarkable, subtle score of restlessly shifting moods and color. The plaintive oboe figure of the "Main Title" segues to vaguely East Asian orchestral motifs, then increasingly prominent use of wily, ever-shifting electronic rhythms and effects. The effect is compelling and almost hypnotic, music that perfectly underscores the lead character's identity crisis and the web of intrigue he's caught up in. Powell spares us the typical bombast and shrewdly lets the visual action speak for itself. This wise composer understands that less can be infinitely more. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-05-31

If you are a Jason Bourne fan...as I am...this soundtrack is a must buy! The quality of this production is excellent, as it takes you back to the scenes of the movie...in your imagination. The music to this movie was beautiful and now you can showcase those memorable sounds in your own soundsystem.

Excellent Originality The kind that is Bourne not made!.......2006-11-05

Every once in a while you come across music that actually gets better with repeated listenings and it becomes timeless. This is one of them. Any previous reviews that talk about how this doesn't sound like a soundtrack and more like an amalgation of electonic sounds actually speaks to it's strength. Of course, it not only electronic sounds - Labeling it that is a just a simple way to characterize it. Not unlike Jaws, Psycho, or Midnight Express Mr Powell has made music that is both unique and inseparable to the movie he is composing for. The director, in DVD commentary, says as much. This movie would not be what it is without the music.

You will rarely hear a combination of xylephones, drums, basson, bells, owl sounds (Hoo, "Who") and god knows what thrown in for the purpose of creating a unique soundscape. What is also perfect is the movie is about identity, mystery, deception, etc. The music mirrors the basic themes of the movie and all the while keeping an underlying sense solving a mystery in a confusing environment.

The truly amazing blessing is that whether you like this one or not you have the opportunity to see the development of things you do like about it in the future soundtracks that are sure to come out. John Powell's work overall outside of The Bourne Series definitely has a signature and it may be hard to appreciate his music without looking at his work as a whole. You can definitely tell he takes risks that can actually produce work that is exciting and fresh and not just background music. Soundtracks like his augment the excitement and the emotions movies are made to inspire in us whether we are in the theater or outside of it. This soundtrack may actually be ahead of its time.

Again, repeated listenings can have you realize that this ugly duckling of a soundtrack may actually be a Swan and how perfect for a movie about someone searching for their true identity.

Great score!!.......2006-06-28

This is a fantastic action score. One of my favorites. It really gets me pumped up. This is the score of the movie. Don't rate it low because you are looking for a song from the movie. Write reviews based on the merits of the score!

Bourne Identity Soundtrack.......2005-08-18

The movie Bourne Identity was not a unique concept. It was based on a well-known novel by Robert Ludlum. The concept of a reluctant hero is not unusual. But the concept of a hero who "woke up" from his violent past and tries to create his own better future is somewhat unique. I think the soundtrack for this film is just as unique. There is such a catchy theme that starts right from the beginning under "Main Title" that threads it's way through the remainder of the tracks. You can catch bits and pieces of this theme in commercials on TV and some television shows. Overall a wonderful listening experience.

It's not exactly a score...It's more like an IDEA........2005-07-20

Don't get me wrong, this music is good, but if you listen to the Bourne Supremacy and then this, you get a strong feeling this score was an idea conjured up in Powell's head that he didn't quite figure out how to communicate in a composition. Powell didn't exactly KNOW what he was going for, he just took a shot in the dark and hoped it hit something.

And it did. The music in The Bourne Identity is an oddball because the tempo, and mood in a song can change from pensive to frantic in seconds (not that it's completely a bad thing). Although periodically the eletronics added sometimes make one twitchy listening to this music, this is a good album. Sometimes the string solos (not accompanied by drums, eletronics OR guitar) are really nice. They make your ears happy.

Altogether, this is a good c.d. It's like a stray puppy that follows you home. At first, you're strongly considering giving it to the pound, but when you look into it's puppy-dog eyes and see what it really is, you decide to keep it.

Tracks that I like from this soundtrack:

Main Titles: Purty cool. The basoon is slightly hypnotic. Good start to the c.d.
Treadstone Assasins: This is a neat track because it's sounds almost James Bondish...But then it's not. Really cool. One of my favorites.
Bourne On Land: Beautiful, wandering. This one is my favorite.
Escape the Embassy: Cool. It's good.
Drive To Paris: This is a cool down from Embassy. It's nice, and the vocals blend in well with the strings.
Hotel Regina: Short, but clever.
The Investigation: Read the above.
At the Farmhouse: Good. What else is there to say?
Bridge Number Nine: My other third favorite. This is a very very smart track. The quiet to loud, running pace blends in nicely together.

All in all: The Bourne Identity is a good IDEA of a score.

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Average customer rating:

A good value
The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
Good mix of film music
A mixed collection of movie music
Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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In Session: Film Music Celebration
The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
Music In Film (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium)

ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

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