The Bourne Supremacy [SOUNDTRACK]

John Powell (Composer)

Product Details

• Composer: John Powell
• Audio CD (July 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0002IQI3I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,489 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Novelist Robert Ludlum's amnesia-plagued, tough-as-nails spy/assassin Jason Bourne again proves that success begats sequels, be they literary or cinematic. As he did for the saga's initial big screen installment, composer John Powell concocts an electro-orchestral fusion score that seasons its tense, bristling rhythms with dollops of melodicism, synth-atmospherics and staccato string figures. Those welcome touches hearken back to composer's similar work on the '03 action-thriller The Italian Job, with Powell initially evoking the film's exotic locales by employing a savory synth pop-meets-Eastern European palate. The tension-building rhythms and percussion flourishes familiar from Powell's other action-centric scores are the score's musical pulse -- even if they eventually upset the finely honed balancing act by boiling over into the familiar explosive cliches of all too many thriller scores. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of those rare film scores which actually fit the film, January 12, 2005

By	D. COLLIER "Doug Collier" (Brownwood, TX United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This film score compliments the movie as much as any orchestral piece would compliment a ballet. But there's more to John Powell's upbeat and unconventional film score than just that (though that alone does place it above the average film score).

If one were to listen to this music, not knowing anything about the film, one would hear the music of a heart-pounding action movie, an emotionally-charged drama, and an edge-of-your seat suspense thriller. What I like best is when Powell takes two or three of those themes and weaves them into the same track. He does this best with the opening track, "Goa," "Funeral Pyre," "Nach Deutschland," "To the Roof," and "Alexander Platz/Abbotts Confesses".

I especially love the way the soft, mellow sounds of "Atonement" follow right after the extremely upbeat "Bim Bam Smash". It provides a fitting end to the scoring part of the soundtrack; and ending finally with "Extreme Ways" by Moby.

Other action film soundtracks I'd recommend include THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, and, of course, THE BOURNE IDENTITY.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For fans of "The Bourne Identity" soundtrack, July 30, 2004

By	HMVincent (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

For fans of the last film's soundtrack, of whom I am one: this one is similar, perhaps too similar. There are no surprises here. If you are new to John Powell's music for the "Bourne" films, you will enjoy this album, but those who already have the older one can safely skip this one: it is as if the older film's music has been retaped with some little extras (guitar, percussion) tossed in. It IS nice that the Moby track is included on this disk.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Looking for the Moscow Club track???, August 8, 2004

By	Carebie - See all my reviews

If you have bought the soundtrack and have discovered that the song from the Moscow Club scence where the russian assasian is sitting with the ladies, Fear not! It's called "Intothinair" by Mocean Worker and can be found on his album, "Aural & Hearty".