Customer Reviews

Face/Off

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Under the guidance of Hans Zimmer, John Powell created a melodramatic, sleek and thematic score for the movie Face/Off. Unfortunately for fans of the music, it's not presented very well on this CD.

Mosty, it's just noise. Hardly any of it is exciting and all the best cues from the film are absent. The inclusion of a clip from 'Messiah' in the first track is truly awesome. And, few seconds of awful noise aside, Track 1-Face On(?) is the only track that's decent all the way thru.

Some of the track titles are stupidly named and give no clue as to what part of the film they occur in. Even tho most tracks are a badly assembled mixture of random parts of the movie. I mean the music that booms during the Hummer/Airplane and speedboat chase is called Furniture on this CD? What's THAT supposed to mean?

Most Media Ventures scores released onto CD are this way. If the Face/Off soundtrack gave all the music from the movie (about 80 minutes say) in chronological order then it would have been a big hit. But it's not. It's arranged in randomly assorted suites with silly track names with the great music replaced by noise and sound effects.

After seeing the movie (face/off) I bought the soundtrack and got used to hearing the music. Once I was familiar with it, I watched the movie again and appreciated it more. I have listened to a lot of soundtrack music before and this is by far the best action/adventure music ever made. The music is heart-pounding and pulse-stopping. I reccomend track 3, 6, and 7 for true action music.

I was specifically looking for the track during the seige at the loft when the little boy had the head-phones on. Its not on this recording.

Face/Off is one of those CDs that the main theme stays in your head a long, long time. John Powell seems to becoming a great composer and this being his first. A great cd, besides the length, it's only about 45 min. unlike Hans Zimmer's soundtracks which are over 60 min. The theme is simply one of the great themes out there and the best part is that it sounds just like a Zimmer score. Alot of his scores you can't get, (also with Zimmer and Mark Mancina) like "Chill Factor" and with Mark Mancina I can't seem to get a hold of the "Bad Boys" soundtrack. I can't wait for his next score!

I had never heard of John Powell until FACE/OFF. His magical symphonies bring joy to my living room from the gentle opening credits to the main theme of Castor Troy. I could listen to the last track for hours. Truly a masterpiece of modern music. One to sit nicely beside a Hans Zimmer classic.

This movie has such a beautiful theme to it. I don't know how anyone could trash this soundtrack. John Powell did an excellent job scoring this flim. It perfectly matches the mood and scenes in the film.

This Soundtrack is one of the best for an action movie, specially the opening titles, because the relations between father and son (Travolta and the kid) near with this opening titles is very heartbraking, and in the action escens is very amazing. EXCELLENT WORK MR. POWELL

I agree with doron. Its good but there is stuff missing. The stuff doron named and the music from the explosive shootout in Caster Troy's gang's apartment (when the whole swat team desides to drop in). But it was still worth the buy.

There are too many noises in this CD and not enough theme. There was more theme in the film and God only knows why it's not on the CD. But what theme there is is quite good.

Note: I have the score as mp3 files.

The soundtrack for Face/Off is really good. The action theme (which for whatever reason, is track number 3, when it should be the penultimate track), is excellent, and it concludes appropriately enough with the music heard at the end of the movie (and why is it called Ready For The Big Ride, Bubba?) Odd names given to the tracks, but that's my only complaint.