Snake Eyes (Original Score) [Soundtrack]

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 4, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 11, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Hollywood Records
• ASIN: B000009HEI
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,505 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Snake Eyes

2. Assassination

3. The Hunt

4. Julia's Story #1

5. Tyler And Serena

6. Kevin Cleans Up

7. You Know Him

8. Blood On The Medals

9. Crawling To Julia

10. The Storm

11. Snake Eyes(Long Version)

12. Sin City - Meredith Brooks

13. The Freaky Things - LaKiesha Berri

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Divine Sakamoto; dreary pop, February 11, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Snake Eyes (Original Score) (Audio CD)

Save the annoying, obligatory pop songs (included to snag a wider audience, no doubt), this is an alternately fun and lush score to the underrated and visually stunning film. Sakamoto's haunting theme (best on extended track 11) is a loving tribute to Morricone and Herrmann and the cheesy '70s gangster film thrill/scare cuts are a hoot. Another great score by today's most diverse film composer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool Stuff, July 12, 2003

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This review is from: Snake Eyes (Original Score) (Audio CD)

I'd never heard of Ryuichi Sakamoto before seeing this movie and since then I've never seen anything else scored by him which is a real shame because he's very good.

Snake Eyes instantly begins with an awesome theme played out on lush violins. It echoes Bernard Herrmann classic scores to Hitchcock movies. And seeing as how with this movie Brian DePalma was paying tribute to Hitchcock it's only fitting that Sakamoto would be such a sport. Usually when a score imitates another movie it doesn't stand on its own. But Snakes Eyes sounds soooo cool. Track 10 'The Storm' is worth buying the CD on its own.

Ignore the meaningless songs tacked on at the end. Sakamoto's score ends with the beautiful 'Snake Eyes-Long Version'. It's a shame that this came out in the modern day. If this score accompanied a classic movie it would have been well-remembered. Find a copy and buy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sakamoto does it again, November 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Snake Eyes (Original Score) (Audio CD)

With orchestrations evidently heavily influenced by Stravinsky, this album is definitely overlooked because of the box-office flop of the movie. Be sure to pick this album up at the record stores.