U. S. Marshals: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Jerry Goldsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000060EH
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,525 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nuggets and Bullets - Jerry Goldsmith

2. Sinking Plane

3. Heading for the Swamp

4. Swamp Search

5. Eyes on the City

6. Airport Locker

7. Following Chen

8. Front Gate

9. Free to Go

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars stinkeroo, September 20, 2006

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Charles H. Levenson "chubbybuns" (new jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U. S. Marshals: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Jerry Goldsmith was one of the great film music composers..Think "Chinatown"."A Patch Of Blue","The Boys From Brazil","Mulan",ect,and you are thinking great soundtrack music...This score,however,is just so much action-oriented noise...Don't get me wrong,action-oriented noise ain't bad,but it has to be taken in moderation...To sit through a whole album of the SAME action-oriented noise,cue after cue after cue is just a tad much...Goldsmith was always one to write cues where they were needed,and not one to write cues where the on-screen action could hold its own without his help,so I have to wonder about how BAD this film must have been,if Goldsmith had to back it up with so many of the same sort of loud,brassy cues..If you are a Goldsmith completist then I would suppose that this album is a must,even though it is not an A-list item...Otherwise skip it and buy a really GOOD Goldsmith score..."Legend"..."Bad Girls","The Wild Rovers","Rio Conchos",
"Star Trek-The Movie"are all better bets than this mess.....

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is set to Explode, January 30, 2002

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E -Man (Panama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U. S. Marshals: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

The 9 tracks that are on this soundtrack are all action!
But this is what Goldsmith does--compose awesome film scores like this and soundtracks like Air Force One,The Mummy, and Along Came a Spider, etc. The main theme is simply great. When you listen to this soundtrack you will almost think you are a Fugitve runing from the U.S.Marshals that were in the movie. U.S.Marshals and Air Force One stands out as some of Goldsmith's best work. Try the soundtracks from "The Fugitve","Air Force One".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This Shoulda Been Better, February 20, 2007

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Luis M. Ramos "Soundtrack and Film Freak" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: U. S. Marshals: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I was so pleased that editor-turned-director Stuart Baird found a collaborator in composer Jerry Goldsmith. However, unlike "Executive Decision", which contains a fantastic main theme to listen and sing to, "U.S Marshals" does not have any; only a five-note leitmotif is heard throughout this thirty-minute CD. 'Nuggets & Bullets' is a fine first track that presents that leitmotif, and it is better exploited in 'Following Chen'. There is an interesting piano effect in 'Eyes On The City', and 'Free to Go' closes the album nicely. The action music is quite interesting as well, with good suspense, most notably in 'Sinking Plane' and 'The Front Gate'.
The reason I'm giving this album three stars out of five, is because thirty minutes is not much, especially since there is much more music heard in the movie. The lack of a solid theme is another letdown. At least the action leitmotif in this score is put to better use in "Star Trek: Insurrection".