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Day After Tomorrow (Score)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

"The Day After Tomorrow" is a film that could easily have produced a cheesy, cookie-cutter, shallow score. Harald Kloser has done just the opposite--this score goes a layer deeper than it needed to, and therefore is a pleasant surprise.
The main theme, from the title track "The Day After Tomorrow", is unique and beautiful. This theme, which reappears in "President's Speech" with an even greater power at the end, is the reason I bought this soundtrack.
Many of the tracks are not enjoyable to listen to, however. If you have watched the film you are aware of its intensity, which is effectively reflected in the music. However, it isn't exactly relaxing to listen to. Tracks such as "Rio Grande" and "Because Of You" have intensity, but the beats in them make them enjoyable to listen to despite the high intensity levels.
"The Day After Tomorrow" is an amazing score, and it enhanced the film just as every good score should. I think it is safe to say that Harald Kloser will continue to write quality, moving music in the future. I look forward to his next project.

I was counting down the days untill the release of The Day After Tomorrow Score. Its come and gone and I've listened to the score about three times already. Its a very haunting and emotional score from start to finish especially the subtle female vocal in the first twenty seconds. The definate main highlights of this score would be "Tidal Wave" and "The President's Speech" where the use of heroic"ness" and chaos stand out on many levels. The reason I gave the score 4 stars instead of 5 is that the main theme isn't really all that great. I guess my opinion is that I was just looking for more of an impacting main theme (that's all). Other than that, this score is one of the best additions to my collection and can be to yours. A triumphant effort for new-commer Harald Kloser!

Wow.. um what can i say... hmmm. Oh yes AMAZING! I was never really into Kloser before really because I never knew enough about him. When this Score came out, I wasn't sure if I was gonna pick it up. I decided the heck with it. So when i got home i popped it into my cd player, and I fell in love with the cd. The music is absolutly amazing, the sound and quality of the music is unreal. The music puts you in a trance and you become one with the music I can't describe it!!. The best song on the whole track is no-doubt "Presidents Speech" this is the best song I have ever herd. It is such a slow and heart breaking song, i litterly have tears dripping down the side of my cheak while listning to it. the way he does it I don't know. But it always works, and I am a true fan of Harald Kloser.

Mr.kloser i truely thank you for the experiance that you have giving me in your music I can't wait for your next cd to come out I will be waiting for it .....

Clearly, The Day After Tomorrow falls under the category of a disaster film. More than any genre (except, perhaps, the small-minded date movie) these films use stock characters, stock situations, and stock dialogue. What a person can learn from Harold Kloser's score is that there is also a stock film score. There is nothing inherently bad about any of the music to be found on this CD; in fact, the music is altogether painfully adequate. And by adequate, I am also implying that it is forgettable. There are no epiphanic moments of musical splendor. There are merely the stereotypical sound bites that might have been sampled from any number of disaster films ever made.

The glowing exception is the main theme, which is beautiful but, nevertheless, cannot raise the music out of mediocrity. The theme is beautiful and simple and so exceedingly optimistic that I can think of no other film to use it in. I can, perhaps, imagine it playing during a rousing political speech by a charismatic leader. This is both a blessing and a curse. While the theme is more than listenable and certainly appropriate, it is also fairly perfunctory. It is no different from the beautiful theme that blossoms at the end of every second act of every disaster film ever made. I called the theme optimistic, and this is true--it is optimistic to a fault. It somehow manages to breed the sanguinity of a struggling mankind while purging itself of all genuine emotion and feeling. Inevitably, it does not come across as optimism but as the artifice of optimism.

Yet, the score is still worthwhile. It is not groundbreaking, it is not memorable, and it is not moving. But, then again, it has no aspirations to be. The score is as stock as every other component of a disaster film, and so it achieves its ultimate design. I own the score, and I will often turn to its main theme, but the remainder has been done better in better films by better composers than Harold Kloser.

I simply adore this soundtrack!
For anyone familiar with the movie I can safely say that the music matches the scenes perfectly.

My favorite track was Presiden't Speach, the music was powerful and majestic yet understated and leaving you with a deep profound dignity and respect for the forces of nature.


I collect Original Movie scores, and this one is in my top 5, its simply rich, gorgeous, goose bump on your arms music. It becomes more than music, it feels real and it's amazing.

Great purchase you wont regret and you will listen to it again and again.

I went to see the movie the when it first came out to the theaters. When the movie came on, the first thing I noticed was the soundtrack. The main theme came in the very beginning of the movie and it touched me immediately. I'm a french horn player and I love how they have a lot of horn features in the sountrack. I'm not too crazy on the "rough songs" like tidal wave and blizzard, but the president's speech and main theme touched me. It fit the movie perfectly. The music itself puts you in a sense of aw so you can relate to the powerful message of the movie. Over-in-all, it's a beautiful soundtrack and everyone should buy it or atleast buy the movie and listen to it!

I like this soundtrack especially for the following tracks:

1. The Day After Tomorrow - 4/5
14. President's Speech - 5/5

Those tracks give so much depth to the scenes... They are beautifully dramatic. The rest of the tracks are action tracks, not very memorable. I strongly suggest getting the album for these two tracks.

I thought the composer did a SUPERB job scoring this film! After I heard the "Tidal Wave" and "Blizzard", I keep humming it to myself and just keep seeing the scenes from the movie on how much danger they are in. I also enjoy "President's Speech", for it is a beautiful piece on how the storm is over. The music written is just simply AMAZING!!!

At first I was skeptical of this movie soundtrack because it was only like 38 minutes. But after I started listening to it, I began to like it. I never saw this movie in theaters, but I bought the soundtrack during it's theatrical release. So I had a soundtrack to a movie I never saw until it was released on DVD. After watching the movie, the soundtrack seemed to sound better. I absolutely loved the main theme from this movie. Bravo, Mr. Kloser.

I loved this movie so much. In fact I saw it twice in 2 days. The score comtemplates the movie very well, but without the movie it seems out of place. Harald Kloser has made a great soundtrack, its short, but its refrain is very very very catchy, emotional, and makes me recall Sam being half naked after the telephone incident. I love that track, Body Heat. My favorite though is Presidents Speech, gives that hopefull tune. Well overall its worth 13.50 here on amazon, Aquisition (free). Well have a good time listening.