Boxer [Soundtrack, Import]

Maurice Seezer, Gavin Friday | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: February 24, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack, Import
• Label: Mca Int'l
• ASIN: B0000062XY
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,162 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > Imports > Soundtracks

Track Listings

1. In the Shadow of a Gun

2. The Holy Family I

3. To the Peace Line

4. The Boxer

5. Twelve Noon

6. You Broke My Heart

7. Semtex

8. Night Band

9. Peace

10. The Fight's Over

11. Angus Dei

12. Funeral

13. The Holy Family II

14. End of Story, Peacemaker

15. Boxer (Finale)

16. Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's as the editorial review says..., March 26, 2000

By 

Chris Conroy (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boxer (Audio CD)

This is a wonderfully atmospheric score; Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer are possibly the most underrated thing in music. If you can find their three albums (EACH MAN KILLS THE THING HE LOVES, ADAM 'N' EVE, and SHAG TOBACCO), do so. But where each of those albums had at least one tour-de-force piece of music to rally around, THE BOXER lacks one -- just as is mentioned above. "In The Shadow Of A Gun" is powerful, but sounds just like every other intense movie theme song, and "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" is almost obnoxiously uninvolving. The instrumentals are varied and fascinating, but almost all end before their chance at greatness. A beautiful but frustrating soundtrack.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Soundtrack, June 20, 2011

By 

David A. Smith "Tic'Tic2012" (Webberville, Mi, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boxer (Audio CD)

This is a great cd, it is fun and enjoyable to listen to. the best songs on this cd are all of them. If you have not listened to this cd then i recommend you do

4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but still gritty and beautiful, December 25, 2002

By 

Scott Sweet "Music Freak" (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boxer (Audio CD)

We've come to expect dramatic film scores to have an Oscar-nominated love theme. So, when we don't get one, it feels like the score fell short of its potential. Still, the depth of mood and funkiness of the beats keep this album from being mediocre. Friday and Seezer take some liberties with the score, and I wish they'd left in some of the briefer cues (such as Danny's reunion with Ike). Of course, I'm being a stickler because "The Boxer" is one of my all-time favorite films.

The inclusion of film dialogue is a definite plus, and most effective in track nine ("Peace"). It isn't done as well in "You Broke My Heart"; they should've used Maggie's full soliloquy. It's almost like the "Moulin Rouge" soundtracks - the music worked as is onscreen, so let it be. I'm just glad they didn't resort to the loathsome techno-remix ploy that pops up on some soundtracks.

This score strikes a good balance between orchestral melancholy and urban trip-funk. Sometimes, the two styles merge ("Everything's Gonna Be Alright," "In The Shadow of A Gun"). The purely orchestral pieces have an Anne Dudley appeal.

It's pretty hard to get your mitts on this disc. If you enjoy Baz Luhrman's scores and/or Gavin Friday's solo work, the "Boxer" soundtrack is worth the hunt.