Terminator 2 - Judgment Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK]

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 13, 1991)
• Original Release Date: August 13, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000014SG
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #35,487 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Capturing the mood of the apocalypse, July 17, 2000

By	Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

With the scoring of the soundtrack to 'Terminator 2', Brad Fiedel gloriously succeeded in expanding, updating, and intensifying his original work in the first 'Terminator'. Almost all of the music from the first film was synthesizer tunes, and had a bit of that dated 80's pop/new-wave style to it. Even though the synthesizer is used extensively in the 'T2' soundtrack as well, it has a more timeless feel to it. Even most of the drums and percussion is performed this way. It's also performed in a military and/or industrial style, setting the mood of the movie perfectly. In many tracks, the percussion becomes the dominant section, which is a rare thing in soundtrack scores.

But, being one to find something wrong with anything and everything, I do have one little gripe about this release: where's the songs that were heard in the flick? All that's on the disc is the score. Dwight Yoakam's 'Guitars & Cadillacs', George Thorogood's 'Bad To The Bone', and Guns 'N' Roses's 'You Could Be Mine' are absent from this recording. I guess I'll just have to deal with it...

'Late...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most original big movie soundtracks to be release, December 22, 1999

By	Robert Martin (mosc0w, russia) - See all my reviews

Be warned, this is not a traditional sounding soundtrack to say the least. The opening song of this cd is probably the most normal of the disc. I think it's safe to say it's the "terminator" theme.

I'll describe the entire soundtrack's overall feel to me in one paragraph -

A mix of synthetic low atmospheric drones and squeeling sounds that combine to make menacing tones ( mainly used for the T-1000's music ). Eerie churchbell loops , synthetic snaredrum marching music with sampled cellos and live(?) dissonant horns. If you watch the movie and then listen to the soundtrack you'll like it alot better.

One of the best things I liked about the soundtrack though is that what I thought ( when I watched the movie ) were sound effects dubbed in were actually part of the soundtrack. Like the part where the terminator pulls the wheel out the T-1000's hand in the truck and it flips over the sound of the metal squeeling on the ground is actually part of the soundtrack! It's really amazing that such a bizzare and eerie soundtrack worked for this movie so well.

I give it 5 stars for it's originality and excellent continutity with the movie.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TERMINATOR 2 SOUNDTRACK RULES!, September 5, 2000

By A Customer

Wooohhhh, this is an awesome soundtrack! Way to go Brad Fiedel. This one of my best soundtracks i have and i have alot. The theme alone makes it worth buying. But also the other tracks are cool, i can only recommend it to all Terminator-fans.