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Watchmen: Original Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK]

Tyler Bates (Composer)
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  • Composer: Tyler Bates
  • Audio CD (March 3, 2009)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Soundtrack
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • ASIN: B001PK47CG
  • In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,863 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Most recently heard with the score to The Day The Earth Stood Still, award-winning film composer Tyler Bates offers a powerful, orchestral Original Motion Picture Score for his next blockbuster-Watchmen. Having scored two earlier films from Watchmen's Zack Snyder (300 and Dawn Of The Dead) as well as Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects and Halloween, Bates is rapidly gaining notice as the favorite composer of a new generation of directors.

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Listening Out For The Watchmen, March 3, 2009
By S. Wolfchild "~*Spirit*~" (somewhere on Earth) - See all my reviews
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Should you get this? Absolutely yes. Why? Because it's an accomplished, mature piece of work that captures perfectly the essence of the graphic novel, so even if the movie's no good (although I think and hope it'll be brilliant-out this Friday!!) you could read the book to it.

I'd never heard of Tyler Bates before this but he's definitely someone to look out for. The disc itself is just shy of 45 minutes and features 21 tracks of music that feels like an organic part of the story rather than just bits and pieces of incidental music lifted out of the movie and put on cd.

Whereas the Iron Man soundtrack makes one want to don the suit and kick some bad guy behind, Watchmen is a little less heroic sounding (if you've read the novel, you'll know why) but never fear! The opening track 'Rescue Mission' and 'Prison Fight' later on, do a brilliant job of ticking that box.
Having listened to it a few times now, I'd say that while it has an undercurrent of sweeping glory a la Independence Day, for the most part, it's beautifully almost melancholic, expertly depicting the depairing feel of a world going to hell (don't worry-it isn't really); 'Just Look Around You' conveys that world of darkness, with very little light left, impressively, and coupled with the moving pictures, I'm thinking it'll have major impact.
It's listenable all the way through, start to finish, but there are some eyebrow raisers: 'I'll Tell You About Rorschach' is strangely creepy but possibly that's about the events that created the character rather than a musical portrait. Meanwhile, track 'Edward Blake-The Comedian' totally sounds like something from an adult movie-I imagine, not ever having seen one. No I haven't and wipe that smirk off your face!
Track 20 is a slice of Mozart's Requiem which fits just fine here, and a schmaltzy oh-so-80s 'I Love You' with it's soft strains of electric and acoustic guitars with harmonics and slides, closes the deal.

All (well, hopefully all, you know how soundtracks are notorius for leaving things out) the song songs are on a separate cd featuring giants from before my time such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin: I've heard of the players but am not so familiar with their music so I'm holding off on that other one until I can hear them in the movie.
But do get this score if you are in awe of the graphic novel and into your soundtracks anyway.
THREE DAYS TO GO!!! SMILE!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great music to match a great movie!, March 12, 2009
By Miguel Carvajal (Santa Rosa, CA) - See all my reviews
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I'm a movie soundtrack collector and, after listening to the samples of the soundtrack for this movie, I just had to add it to my collection. After I watched the movie, the soundtrack actually took a deeper meaning as it matched the bleakness of an earlier America. In the past I've enjoyed Tyler Bates soundtrack for the movie 300 and he did a great job once again scoring the soundtrack for Watchmen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE IT, March 16, 2009
gotta say I'm a little bias, I loved the movie, BUT gotta say, through the movie I was thinking 'love the music'.

That being said I love the cd, the music is perfect for the film, I have to say I really like Tyler bates I think he has a real unique view on music. Loved his work on 300 too
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5.0 out of 5 stars Watchmen soundtrack is just as exceptional as the movie
Watchmen soundtrack is just as exceptional as the movie. It is a true must-have!
Published 7 months ago by Mike Cabiness

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty solid score
I think for the most part, it enhances the films atmosphere with some really terrific tracks. Only a couple lackluster ones in the middle, and some that are too reminescent of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Christopher A. Labadie

1.0 out of 5 stars Appalling
Watchmen is, by all accounts, one of the most important comic books - or graphic novels - ever written, a critical watershed in the history of the art, and one which set the... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jon Broxton

5.0 out of 5 stars WHO LISTENS TO THE WATCHMEN?
Tyler Bates has done musically for "Watchmen" what Zack Snyder has done for it in film.
What sets this score apart most from what one might expect for a "superhero" film is... Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. R. Mounts

5.0 out of 5 stars The score to "Watchmen" is excellent!
The score to "Watchmen" is excellent! All of the tracks on here are excellent! I liked them all.

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Published 8 months ago by Kris King

4.0 out of 5 stars Great soundtrack...getting me amped up for the movie
The first thing that I noticed while listening to this soundtrack were the movies or composers it sounded like. Read more
Published 8 months ago by P. Wade Thompson

2.0 out of 5 stars It has its moments
I've never been a fan of Tyler Bates. I think he has no talent whatsoever as a composer. Although, I did enjoy his work on "300" even though it sounded like "Titus". Read more
Published 8 months ago by Warheart

3.0 out of 5 stars I'll Tell You About Rorschach
Don't let the hideously atrocious "Prison Fight" fool you, this is quite a good soundtrack

When it comes to composers, Tyler Bates is as loved by filmmusic fans as... Read more
Published 8 months ago by mikey mike

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