X-Men

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Author: Kamen, Michael

Format: Soundtrack

Release Date: 11-07-2000

Details: Amazon.caFrom Brazil (1985) and Highlander (1986) to Frequency (2000), composer Michael Kamen has proved no stranger to the darker side of fantasy. His X-Men score is, like the film itself, stylistically far removed from previous superhero adventures, the closest precedent being perhaps Danny Elfman’s Batman Returns (1992). This is night-shadowed music, « Death Camp » opening with a clear pianistic echo of John Ottman’s score for director Bryan Singer’s debut feature, The Usual Suspects (1995), rising to a peak of coruscating fury and setting the scene for an implacable fusion of post-Wagnerian drama, hard-edged atonality and unsettling electronics. Early cues mix sombre suspense writing with romantic glitter, later titles such as « Museum Fight » add a tormented violin voice to the restless string orchestra rhythms and biting brass. All hell breaks loose in « The Statue of Liberty » before the more emotionally centred « Final Showdown » leads to the uncertain romance of « Logan and Rogue ». Kamen has crafted an exceptionally bleak score for a film designed as a mainstream summer blockbuster and his music certainly won’t appeal to every taste. However, those who appreciate either imaginatively constructed, melodic horror-film music or the scores for particularly dark thrillers will find much to accompany happy nightmares. –Gary S Dalkin

UPC: 028946727027

EAN: 0028946727027

Model: 6 3 04672702

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood