Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Score [Soundtrack]

Paul Haslinger (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Paul Haslinger
• Audio CD (March 3, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Lakeshore Records
• ASIN: B001QBC438
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,392 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lighten Up Francis (JLE Dub Mix)(Puscifer)

2. Underneath The Stars (Renholder Remix)(The Cure (f/ Maynard James Keenan/Puscifer and Milla))

3. Nasty Little Perv (Renholder Remix)(Perry Farrell)

4. Hole In The Earth (Renholder Remix)(Deftones)

5. Miss Murder (VNV Nation Remix)(AFI)

6. Over And Out (Renholder Remix)(Alkaline Trio)

7. Deathclub (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)(William Control (f/ Matt Skiba))

8. Board Up The House (Renholder Remix)(Genghis Tron)

9. Stiff Kittens (Jnrsnchz Blaqkout Remix)(Blaqk Audio)

10. Broken Lungs (Legion Of Doom Remix)(Thrice)

11. Today We Are All Demons (Beneath The World Mix)(Combichrist)

12. I Want You To (Black Light Burns)

13. Two Birds, One Stone (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)(Drop Dead, Gorgeous)

14. Let's Burn (King Black Acid)

15. Tick Tock Tomorrow (Wes Borland/Renholder Remix)(From First To Last)

16. Steal My Romance

Editorial Reviews

Original score to the 2009 motion picture composed by Paul Haslinger.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the Greatest Underworld Score, February 9, 2010

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This review is from: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Score (Audio CD)

Haslinger has really outdone himself with this one. Although it's short, noisy and to the point... it certainly gets the job done! Bits of classical, industrial, world, metal, ambient and even jazz pop up in this beautifully rendered score. Lucian and Sonja's love story is underscored by dark piano, tortured strings and brutal electronics. Similarly, Sonja's execution is scored to tragic perfection utilizing a heavier string sound than Haslinger has used in this series yet. The action music is up to par with the first two scores and is both intense and wonderfully textured.

I really don't have much more to say on the matter! This is a really good soundtrack, and perhaps the best combination for the series yet!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The lycans rise, December 25, 2009

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This review is from: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Score (Audio CD)

I enjoy both the soundtracks and scores of the Underworld films. I found this score to fit in the others that have preceded it. My only problem is I have seen this film only once and so I do not find the music sequences as identifiable as those from the first two films because I have seen those multiple times. I like the music and find that Mr. Haslinger definitely captures the dark tone of the films quite well. His music absolutely adds to the action and suspense of the Underworld movies, adding more drama to the already intense scenes.

2.0 out of 5 stars Missed opportunity, January 6, 2010

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Jon Broxton (Thousand Oaks, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Score (Audio CD)

The third film in the Underworld series, Rise of the Lycans features a new actress in the lead role (Rhona Mitra instead of Kate Beckinsale), and is effectively a prequel to the original two films, charting the events leading up to the vampire-werewolf war which dominates the first two installments. Essentially a Romeo and Juliet variation, the film tells the story of enslaved werewolf Lucian (Michael Sheen), who has been the property of vampire elder Viktor (Bill Nighy) since birth, and who falls in love with Viktor's daughter Sonja (Rhona Mitra). Their love, Viktor's betrayal by his daughter, Lucien's escape from captivity, and the subsequent execution of Sonja by the vampire lords, sets in motion the centuries-long battle for supremacy between vampire and Lycans.

The film is directed by Patrick Tatopoulos and has an original score by former Tangerine Dream member Paul Haslinger, who also wrote the score for the first film. Haslinger's music, while firmly rooted in the progressive synth style of his work with Tangerine Dream and his own earlier scores, contains an unexpectedly broad and engaging symphonic element; the opening "The Rise of the Lycans", for example, combines the orchestral and electronic elements well, and despite the still frustrating reliance on synth percussion and harsh, but simple industrial rhythms in the second half of the cue, is much more impressive than one might have expected. Similarly, the central action sequences - "The Arrow Attack", "Court Battle Suite", "Storming the Castle" and the conclusive "Per Aspera Ad Astra" - contain much more organic material in terms of orchestral performance than his Underworld predecessor score would suggest, and even work in some sampled choral elements once in a while. It would be interesting to hear what kind of sound Haslinger could create if he left his sequencers at home.

That's the most frustrating thing about Rise of the Lycans: the makings of a pretty decent orchestral action/horror score are all here, but you can't hear them properly for all the synthetic elements obscuring them. "Lucian and Sonja's Love Theme" and "The Most Precious Thing to My Heart" have a twisted, tortured quality to it, pitting booming solo piano chords against a grungy metallic background, and although they by no means conventionally romantic, they will surely appeal to the Goth/Emo/Vampire youngsters at whom this franchise is aimed. Overall, this one should be in the `better than you might think' pile, considering Haslinger's reputation, but it still comes across as a missed opportunity, and could have been so much more satisfying had they gone for a composer with a more traditional Gothic sound.