End of the Spear: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Ron Owen (Artist), BarlowGirl (Artist), Steven Curtis Chapman (Artist), Nicole C. Mullen (Artist), Mark Schultz (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Word Entertainment
• ASIN: B000CS45Y2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,954 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. No Greater Love, song

2. River Requiem

3. Darkness Falls

4. Aftermath

5. Fleeing

6. You Led Me, song

7. Father and Son

8. Mincayani

9. Jaguar Hunt

10. Vengeance

11. Bibanka

12. Amazon Heights

13. Flight of the Wood Bee

14. Deception

15. Tears in the Sand

16. Search

17. Loss

18. Always Love You (as used in the film End of the Spear), song

19. Confession

20. Moving On

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, September 10, 2006

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Benjamin Jones (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: End of the Spear: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Instead of writing a lengthy review, I will get straight to the point. There are many beautiful pieces on this soundtrack, but two of the MAIN themes were not included. These two pieces were the primary reasons that I bought the soundtrack, and was extremely disappointed when I found out they were not included. The first is the song used in the movie trailer and was also contained in the movie itself. The closest rendition of it can be found at the end of "Jaguar Hunt," but it only resembles the original theme at best. The second was used for the "Beyond the Gates" trailer and was also contained the movie. It was the one where the male vocals sound like they are chanting "Yo-Jim-Bo."

Neither of these pieces were included in the soundtrack, which I believe to be a terrible oversight, considering that most of the tracks on the CD sound very similar. Again, there are some beautiful themes included, but expect to hear much repetition. I simply warn others so they will not be disappointed as well.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ronald Owen spears a bulls-eye, March 9, 2006

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Sam Van Eerden (Mukwonago, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: End of the Spear: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

So if Owen hit a home-run with this soundtrack, then why I am only giving it 3 stars? The answer is simple, but quite unfortunate. While Owen wrote and conducted several beautiful music for this movie, the lack of instruments and implementation of electronics and synthesizers really detracts from the melodies (however beautiful they are).

The "Family" theme of Steve Saint and his Dad Nate is quite a touching piece which reappears (in many forms) probably more than any other, but shines the most in "Father and son." The jungle theme, which also doubles as Mincayani's theme, is featured prominently in (the soundtrack's best cue) "Jaguar Hunt." Unfortunately, the action pieces really suffer from a lack of a large orchestra that can really flesh the sounds out. Instead (because of a low budget), Ron Owen had to depend on vocals and rapid bass synthesizers to thump out the action. The end result is a choppy, over-powering, but ultimately VERY cheesy sound (aka) "Vengeance."

There are a couple other excellent themes here. The first instrumental track "River Requiem" is gorgeous, with some stunning vocals. "Fleeing" delivers the single-most sweeping theme of all, but it is sadly short. Which is another problem with the production of this album. There are 70 minutes of music here, spread out over 30 tracks (and 5 of those are CCM pop songs). So, unfortunately, whatever good themes that are there are continually being reproduced because the tracks are too short to develop anything more stunning then what we've already been given. To his credit, though, Owen (a young film composer) knows the effect of the human voice, and gives it full reign on the score's longest instrumental cue "Tears In The Sand;" played as all 5 missionaries are being murdered. This is very similar to what Debney did for "The Passion of the Christ" in 2004.

So in the end, "Spear" contains a few very beautiful themes, but these are lost beneath a slush of other poorly mixed and recorded cues.

Owen's underlying music deserved better packaging.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast shipping. "Perfect" condition., March 28, 2010

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D. Dias "Carpe diem in Christ" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: End of the Spear: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The CD came exactly as described: in perfect condition except for a little "defect" on the case.

The most impressive part was the delivery though. I couldn't believe how fast I got the CD. I ordered it on Thursday and on Saturday it was waiting for me in my mailbox.