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Flight of the Phoenix [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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okay...i have come that those of you really listening in this movie will know what you are listening to.
For those of you who were sonically intrigued by the scene where Dennis Quaid, Tyrese and others go to find out the real motives of the "nomads". The scene is all blue and "Ian" is trying to speak the language of these men. There is a tantalizing song playing in the background.

IT IS NOT ON THE SCORE.
IT IS BY A GROUP CALLED MASSIVE ATTACK and the song is called ANGEL.
you won't regret this purchase if you liked the way it was used in the movie.

Varese Records and Twentieth Century Fox brings another Marco Beltrami film score to the forefront "Flight of the Phoenix", featuring 19 short cues with aggressive arrangements loaded with action sequences laced with percussion galore ~ director John Moore shows us just what we thought was going on with The Phoenix, his cast for the film is right up there with Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Miranda Otto and Hugh Laurie take their characters to the limit and beyond.

Composer Beltrami who has given us top notch film scores from the past...I ROBOT, JOY RIDE, SCREAM, SCREAM 2, SCREAM 3, HELLBOY, TERMINATOR 3 and BLADE II...as a "film-score-buff"...I am more impressed by this composer's musical capabilities with each score he puts out...his new score is very rhythmic with quite a lot of percussion, it could very well rival anything in film music today...brilliant mix of musicians with Beltrami and Pete Anthony conducting The Hollywood Studio Symphony...orchestrations are totally up there, ethnic vocal solos by Petra Haden, ethnic wind solos by Phil Ayling...let the fur fly with forceful biting and moving themes, perfect score for this film ~ opening "ELLIOT", with fast percussion mixed with echoing strings and brass, shifting to the next track "APPROACHING STORM", very large array of orchestration ethnic instruments and vocal sets the mood and the rest fall into place ~ give a listen to "HEAT STROKE", electric guitars and vocals from the desert breakthrough...from one extreme to the other an enjoyable film score.

The bottom line, this is a very good soundtrack...the last track "HOMEWARD", clearly spells out the defeats and triumphs encountered through the storyline and plot...hats off to Robert Townson, Robert Kraft, Michael Knobloch and of course our composer Marco Beltrami for a film scores dream come true with all the frills...just the way we like 'em.

Total Time: 40:05 on 19 Tracks ~ Varese Records 66628 ~ (12/07/2004)

the Marco Beltrami version of this soundtrack is NOT the movie's actual soundtrack. the original starts with a Johnny Cash song.

This soundtrack provides a rich audio setting for the story. IMHO it is much better crafted than the film itself. Marco Beltrami took calculated risks in composing this. In addition to traditional orchestra, he used eclectic nontraditional instruments for sounds representative of the setting and of the turmoil between the characters and their predicament. If you're an audiophile, this is worth adding to your collection.

Johnny Cash recorded the opening song I've been Everywhere, yet it isn't on the "soundtrack." That should tell you it isn't really a soundtrack but selected music from the movie. Without the title song, the rest isn't worth owning in my view.

As bizzare as it is where's Steve Winwood's/ Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin remix that runs at the beginning of the credits. Somebody must have loved that tracks becuase it is soooo out of place. Great version... this one song is it's better than this emotionally overdone movie.

IN THE MOVIE, THERE IS A PART WHEN THE SURVIVORS ARE REPAIRING THE PHOENIX & THEY ARE LISTSEING TO THE RADIO, AND ONE OF MEN CHANGE THE SONG (dont know the name of the song) IN WHICH THEY START TO DANCE TO THE BEAT OF IT. DOSE ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW THE NAME OF THAT SONG?, AND THE GROUP WHO PLAY's IT?.
OH!, YES... THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE!!!.

THANKS!....

In the movie there was a song played when they were working on the plane. I was disappointed to find out it is not on the soundtrack. I am trying to find out what the song is titled.