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Elektra (Original Motion Picture Score)

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Okay, by now we all have our opinions of the movie. I, personally, was grossly disappointed. So why did I buy this score? As a fan of Buffy, I had a soft spot for Christophe Beck. The review at filmtracks.com of this Elektra score will tell you that this music is a departure for Beck, but that isn't really true. If you've listened to the "Suite from 'Restless'" on the Buffy-Once More With Feeling CD, you pretty much know what you're in for.

Specifically, you're in for 45 minutes of funky percussion, clanging gongs, blasting horns, some other instruments I can't quite identify, and one soft, slow track at the end. So if you like that, then enjoy.

I myself actively like only two tracks: "De Marco's End," which is slightly kick-a$$ but only at the end, and "Insomnia." "Ninjas" has a bit of a James Horner vibe, like "Bishop's Countdown" from _Aliens_. (Of course, the scores for lots of action pictures claim a "Bishop's Countdown"-style track.)

I would have liked the album more if it had a good movie to refer to. Since it didn't, I can't really recommend it on the music alone. But if you like non-traditional scores (or only listen to the second half of _Children of Dune_) this might be worth a spin.

This score CD suffers two-fold. It is based on a sequel that was not well-received from a source movie that was also either loved or hated. That is a shame. I found this score to capture the tone of the film. I felt that Christophe Beck did the best he could to musically showcase the sequences in the film. However, the music is not so distinctive that it is easily identifiable.

I love this score! Every time I listen to it I can picture the scene each song is from!

I like the Film and the Music.
It was super that I get in the U.S.A
Many Regard from R.Cavallaro

This album is great. The music is so deep and relaxing. Only those people with no taste don't like it.