Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

John Ottman (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sony Classical
• ASIN: B000Q66IC2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,579 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Silver Surfer Theme

2. Galactus Destroys/Opening

3. Pursuing Doom

4. Wedding Day Jitters

5. Chasing the Surfer

6. Camp Testosterone/Meeting the

7. A Little Persuasion

8. Botched Heroics

9. Someone I Once Knew

10. The Future/Doom's Deal

11. Sibling Switch

12. Outside Help

13. Springing the Surfer

14. Doom's Double Cross

15. Mr. Sherman/Under the Radar

16. Four in One

17. Silver Savior/Aftermath

18. Gunshot Wedding

19. Noren Radd

Editorial Reviews

OTTMAN JOHN LOS 4 FANTASTICOS Y EL SILVER SURFER-OST

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Norrin Radd, June 19, 2007

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This review is from: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

-The album opens magnificently with an almost 5 minute suite dedicated to fleshing out the fantastic Silver Surfer theme which is nothing short of orgasmic. The theme is by far the best thing the album has to offer and it's a shame that no other thing on the album quite lives up to the fantastic theme. Since the Surfer is from outer space Ottman employs some very nice synths to give it an other worldly feel and he pulls it off quite nicely.

-The album does have a lot of skittering action writing which I'm not really a huge fan of. Elfman and Powell can pull that kind of stuff of well but here it just sounds so generic. "Chasing the Surfer" and "Pursuing Doom" are great examples of that kind of writing, but luckily the whole album is jam packed with that and does have a lot of nice melodic writing that provides some great musical moments.

-Tracks like "Someone I Once Knew" are a delight to listen to and once again shows Ottman using the weird little synths very nicely. I love how he blends the synths with this mysterious choir around the 45 sec. mark on that track. Makes it sound so mysterious and creepy. I haven't seen the movie yet but hopefully that great cue won't be ruined by loud sound effects or dialog. We get to see Ottman's romantic side with beautiful cues like "Wedding Day Jitters" and "Gunshot Wedding". Wish we could have gotten more stuff like that but the small ones we get here are nice enough. "Silver Savior/Aftermath" contains some great action and moments where the Surfer theme gets to shine. I'm guessing it accompanies the big, loud CGI battle that we should except at the end of the movie.

-The album finally closes with "Norrin Radd" which contains a choral rendition of the Surfer theme. Really wish it were longer and wish Ottman had done more grand choral writing like that because that was a treat to listen to and easily my favorite track on the album.

-I was never a huge fan of the first FF score and this one isn't perfect either but it is a huge improvement over the first one. It's no match for Ottma's stronger outings like "X2" or "House of Wax" but I still really did enjoy this an awful lot.

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than the first..., May 25, 2010

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Enjolras (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Like the movie Fantastic Four (Widescreen Edition), the soundtrack is better than its predecessor. John Ottman has put together a pretty good action score. I particularly like the Silver Surfer theme and score when he's being tortured - it's pretty eerie.