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Hollow Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)

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The music scored for this movie was great! I also enjoy the song that is played on the radio in his car when he escapes. It is called "Charlie Big Potato" and it is by Skunk Anansie

Jerry Goldsmith and Paul Verhoeven seem to be made for each other. First there was Total Recall then there was Basic Instinct and now there's Hollow Man. Those first two have become Goldsmith classics and this score must surely join them.

If you've come expecting warm themes and comfy atmosphere stay away. But if you like your film music imaginative, challenging and uncompromising then this is the ticket.

The music is mysterious, haunting, disturbing and finally balls-out violent all befitting of this story of an invisible man that becomes progressively more insane. There are moments of optimism and discovery in the early cues but watch out! Things turn dark and scary in a flash and before you know it Goldsmith has cornered you with his modernistic and intense brass and strings and subtle synths. The nearly 10 minute "Bloody Floor" is classic suspense/action scoring. And it never relents even in the final two cues, "The Elevator" and "The Big Climb".

Not for everyone but if you are a serious film music fan you can't pass this up.

This is not one of the big and bold thematic scores like 13th Warrior or Star Trek: Insurrection. Hollow Man is a thriller score with great action elements (try track 11,12 & 13) evoking some of the best Goldsmith has written in years in this genre. There is no bombastic theme to rely on, it's all in atmosphere and mood, an exciting and unusual score plus you certainly can hear how great Goldsmith writing was back 20 years ago. Electronic effects are splendid, the playing is superb. This is good old Goldsmith!

Jerry Goldsmith is responsible for more than 200 film scores. Some are classics, Planet of the Apes, for example. Some...aren't.(*cough The Haunting*.) "The Hollow Man" serves as the main title cue in which we are introducd to what is to be the film's main theme. Played with a flute when the mouse was eaten by Isabelle, played with strings during the rest of the movie, it doesn't matter, it was great. "Linda and Sebastian" added a bit of light, semi-romantic music for the sub-plot that seemed pretty cheesy in the beginning but played more of a role in Sebastian's jealousy and insanity. "This is Science"...played during Sebastian's transformation from Mr. Now You See Him...Now You Don't. It starts out kind of mellow then..THE CLIMAX! He begins to disappear. YES! The perfect spot for enormous horn blast. "What Went Wrong?" begins with a light synth and leads into a quiet, almost surreal take on the film's theme. Plenty of time passes before "The Big Climb", the big, cliche finale which my friends said was obviously taken from "Deep Blue Sea". But there was a difference. In "DBS", the climbers were trying to avoid fireballs from falling on them. In "Hollow Man", they were trying to avoid fire from roasting their behinds. Anyway, my favorite part of "The Big Climb" was when the elevator is falling back down and the string section just plays little squeaks that echo and seem like they're getting lower and lower. Jerry Goldsmith is a genius there is no doubting that and this score really shows that.

This has got to be Jerry Goldsmith's best score of all the 300 some odd films he has done. He writes magnificent themes that sound like they will eventually be classics. However, given the disrespect the movie has recieved, they probably won't be. Also, some adrenaline-pumping orchestral music near the end is there giving the listener that uncomfortable feeling of listening to a suspenseful and thrilling sci-fi score. At the end of "Bloody Floor' when Elizabeth Shue sets Kevin Bacon on fire, the French horns blare so to emphasize the pain he must be feeling. Another noteworthy cue is the middle of "The Elevator from the scene where the lab blows up. The drums just bang continuously in a slow rhythm aside from the French horns blaring at the same rhythm.

The only complaint I do have is that it is missing a few cues, because Jerry Goldsmith didn't want them all on there. While most of the cues aren't major cues, I wouldn't mind Varese Sarabande releasing a "Deluxe Edition" of it some day. Other than that, it's wonderful. It is arranged beautifully. It is like there are primary cues and secondary cues. The primary cues are the well-thought-out cues that sound great even when not on an album. The secondary cues are the small ones, and the ones that are written specifically to fit the scenes and would sound awkward just on an album (and so they were not included). I am assuming that is why Goldsmith excluded them.

People say it sounds too familiar like it's a bad thing. That is the reason why it is so good. It incorporates all of Jerry Goldsmith's famous sounds (i.e. razor-sharp trumpets, pounding percussion, mid/high-pitched strings, blaring French horns, and of course the techno sounds setting the rhythm for some cues) If you like Jerry Goldsmith, then do not pass this up!

Nevermind what others say because this score rules!!!!Track one through 13 are great but the best ones are 9 through 13.Jerry Goldsmith really out did himself here in MY opinion and he puts together some new sounds and tunes together in this soundtrack that we havn`t even heard before but only in our dreams so this is really a great sounding cd!This is just a sample that Jerry Goldsmith can make the greatest music in 2000 and later! I strongly suggest you get the Hollow Man and listen to this great music that Jerry Goldsmith mastered!

The song when Kevin Bacon is driving his porsche is called "Power Struggle", is by the band: Sunna and is on the album: One Minute Science.

The song when Kevin Bacon scape the lab is Charlie Big Potato the Skunk Anansie's.

Is very god song............

Last summer Mr.Goldsmith wrote two good score The Mummy and Hauting. But this summer 2000, there are only One Goldsmith's score. Such a great movie with another collaboration with director Paul Verhoeven (Verhoeven alternate with his two composers Goldsmith and Poledouris). Now, Goldsmith returns to his Old '80 style with his electric sound like The Burbs or Gremlins... The music doesn't like his predecessor. It's not the same STYLE like The Hauting, or The 13th Warrior. it's a Mature score. Then, we have a great orchestration but the main theme are particular quite LESS. Track #1 is Beautyful and outstanding, with incredible strings.The first track is the best moment on this album. Probably one of the best NOTES Goldsmith ever wrote until 5 same years I agree with our friend Mr Staley, this is a great score. But even the main theme are ''abandonné'' the rest of the album is an energytic music from the Master of FilmMusic, Mr. Jerry Goldsmith.

There Is the song that is in the car when hes in hollow form but whats the song at the beginning of the movie when he is on his way to the lab?