Reign of Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

Edward Shearmur (Composer), Ed Shearmur (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Edward Shearmur, Ed Shearmur
• Audio CD (July 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000069HJJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,680 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prologue

2. Enter the Dragon

3. An early harvest

4. Field attack

5. Marauders

6. Meet Van Zan

7. Archangels

8. Dawn burial

9. A battle of wills

10. The ruins at Pembury

11. Inferno

12. Return to London

13. Magic hour

14. Rebirth

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening; Action-Packed; Excellent!, July 29, 2002

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DJ With The Fire (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reign of Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Edward Shearmur did an excellent job at composing "Reign of Fire." He fuses strings, synths and heavy brass with a treat of choir here and there to create the final product of an amazingly action-packed score. It's complete with a mournful theme and a frightening composition of brass and choir to magnify the dragons and their destructive power. Here are my song ratings:

1) Prologue - 4.5/5 the first half starts out eerie and mysterious and the second half is the low brass theme of the dragons; good track
2) Enter The Dragon - 6/5 by far one of the best tracks of the album with frightening choir and brass creating one of the most intense tracks I've ever heard
3) An Early Harvest - 5/5 one of the best tracks ending with a creepy choir build up leading directly into the next track
4) Field Attack - 5/5 starts out very intense and leads into an action-packed track
5) Marauders - 5/5 I can see this track appearing in a trailer for a war movie in the future; a great military-style theme
6) Meet Van Zan - 5/5 the main theme (or theme of Van Zan) incorporated into another military-style track
7) Archangels - 5/5 starts out with an awesome techno style drum section and then gets into the action; intense track!
8) Dawn Burial - 5/5 this is one of the warmest tracks on the soundtrack with the gorgeous theme and music for the tension between characters
9) A Battle of Wills - 4.5/5 the very beginning of the track gets a little annoying but the rest of the track is great - especially the ending
10) The Ruins at Pembury - 5/5 this is another one of those intense tracks that starts out slow and then goes straight into the action
11) Inferno - 5/5 a good track; extremely intense and frightening
12) Return to London - 4/5 nice and creepy track; nothing too amazing though
13) Magic Hour - 6/5 this is probably my favorite track which goes with my favorite scene of the movie; definitely the most intense with scary strings and heavy brass
14) Rebirth - 5/5 a very happy track that gives a feeling of relief; a great ending track for the movie

I do think this is one of those soundtracks where you either love it or hate it and I get the sad impression that I'm one of FEW who really enjoyed this soundtrack, but if you like choir and loud brass or frightening scores, be sure to pick up a copy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of fire and reigns at the top, January 8, 2003

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Brandon Cutro (Tyler, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reign of Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

I have not been familiar with Edward Shearmur's scores until this one. I decided to give it a try just for the fun of it and I was blown away. This is awesome music that really burns. For the most part, the music contains tons and tons of brass, eerie electronics, wild string passages, wailing woodwinds, and tons of militaristic percussion, especially the snare drum. There is plenty of exciting action music, heroic passages, and driving rhythms in this score. A lot of what is heard in this score is similar to what Elliot Goldenthal writes largely because the orchestrator of this score, Robert Elhai, Goldenthal uses in just about every score. The London Metropolitan Orchestra performs this very difficult score with remarkable stamina and courage. Knockout and I do mean knockout action music can be found in "Enter the Dragon", "Field Attack", "Marauders",
"Archangels", "Inferno", and "Magic Hour". "Field Attack" contains some exciting and rhythmic string passages, along with driving and militaristic snare drums. "Meet Van Zan" contains the main theme which is found in other tracks as well. It is a majestic and noble horn motif played around a militaristic percussive rhythm. "Magic Hour" and "Rebirth" contain music that is more toward the lighter side, as the other tracks mainly focused on the darker side. The incredible brass fanfare main theme closes out the soundtrack in "Rebirth" that ends things in a heroic fashion. If you are into Elliot Goldenthal or like the score to The Matrix by Don Davis, then you will absolutely love this. This is superb and outstanding film music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reign of Sound, July 16, 2003

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Christopher Girvan "wolfgirv" (Menzies Creek- Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reign of Fire [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Edward Shearmur has again surprised us with an enormous sounding score to the underrated genre film "Reign of Fire". There is no pretty romantic themes here, not even a chance to take a breath during this recordings mass of pure action cues. If you enjoy well performed powerhouse orchestral music that hits you like a black metal band then this is for you. Certainly this score is not for everyone but if you are like me and saw the film and was taken by the score then what you heard in the film is what you get here, 50 minutes and 40 seconds worth of Fire- Breathing Sound