Deep Rising [Soundtrack]

Jerry Goldsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 1998)
• Original Release Date: January 30, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B000000OKY
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,608 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Underwater Grave

2. Lost Communication

3. Collision Course

4. Boarding

5. Wet Repairs

6. Let's Make A Deal

7. Wall Of Water

8. Leila's Gone

9. E Ticket

10. Hang On

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A poly-tonal extravaganza., July 20, 1998

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This review is from: Deep Rising (Audio CD)

Jerry Goldsmith's score for Deep Rising is far and away one of his most dramtic and original works to date. He steps away from the traditional scores that sport a single, banal, and usually major key, melody throughout the score, and explores further realms of dual-key melodic forms. He uses two separate keys countering each other in the same pieces. Track 6 entitled: "Let's make a deal" is an excellent example of his "poly-tonal-ism's". The use of this technique is virtually impossible to find in the main-stream sountrack genre, so Mr. Goldsmith's introduction of this proceedure is a welcomed and dramatic addition to the Deep Rising score. The dual-key method is also dramatized in his ability to write for the "brass" section of the orchestra. His use of trombones, tuba, and french horns exemplifies the tremendous tension and strength needed to describe the intensity in most of the film. His only departure from the bombastic in this score i! s a tear-rending, lovely melody he chooses for the track entitled: "Leila's Gone." This sweet and melancholy switch from the brass and pounding antics of the percussion is a welcomed and cherished delicacy within this cornucopia of audible exstacy. The only dissapointment to be noted in this gorgeous work is the fact that the "Lelia's Gone" Theme wasn't monopolized and over-used throughout the score. It's hauntingly beautiful melody left you aching for more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good soundtrack., September 26, 2009

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Jeffrey Schlanger "Jeffrey St. Stone" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Rising (Audio CD)

Great soundtrack like so many others by movie music composers. And like every one else says, it's missing one or two tracks, but that should not be a distraction.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great late Goldsmith, September 13, 2005

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Scott Ross (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Rising (Audio CD)

This is one of those Goldsmith scores, like "Extreme Prejudice," that is often cited - by the critics at Film Score Monthly in particular - as an example of Goldsmith at his nadir: overreliance on the drum kit, bombast over substance, etc etc etc (as the King of Siam probably never said.) It's gotten a bum rap, and has become as rare as wit in a Hollywood blockbuster. I could give or take "Extreme Prejudice," but "Deep Rising" is a score that LIVES. When I first found it, I couldn't stop listening to it. True, it doesn't attain the emotional highs and sonic resonance of "The Omen," "Poltergeist" or "The Wind and Lion." But to these ears, it's one of Goldsmith's most exciting, accomplished and inventive action scores, on a par with "Capricorn One," "First Blood," and "Under Fire." Which is to say, among the best ever composed for a movie.