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Snake Eyes (Original Score)

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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.

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!

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.

If you like pulsating instrumentals, then this is definitely a must-have album, but it is a must-have in my opinion simply because of the song "Sin City" by Meredith Brooks. If you like Meredith Brooks, then you must add this CD to your collection. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

The music is great and fun to listen to a definet Best seller in my opinion. should fly off the shelves in no time!

The first couple of tracks (ok the first 10 actually) are very similar, so if you don't like one, you proabably won't like the rest. However, Meredith Brooks' "Sin City" is an incredible track and worth the price of the whole CD.