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Syriana Soundtrack

Alexandre Desplat (Artist) Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Syriana
2 Driving in Geneva
3 Fields of Oil
4 The Commute
5 Beirut Taxi
6 Something Really Cool
7 Syriana (Piano Solo)
8 I'll Walk Around
9 Access Denied
10 Electricity
11 Falcons
12 The Abduction
13 Tortured
14 Take the Target Out
15 Truce
16 Mirage
17 Fathers and Sons

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Product Description

Based on the novel See No Evil by Robert Baer, the film was written and directed by Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, and stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Amanda Peet and Christopher Plummer. The score is done by Alexandre Desplat, who's score is very heavy on the strings and percussion, and features exotic solo instruments to weave a rich texture together that supports the intrigue and suspense shown on screen. Sony Classics. 2005.

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After last year's Girl with a Pearl Earring, this CD confirms the much-deserved rise of French-born composer Alexandre Desplat in Hollywood. The success of this particular score is actually double-edged: It works wonders in the film because it never dictates the mood or imposes a viewpoint; instead, it's in such symbiosis with the images in Stephen Gaghan's political thriller that at times the music's impact is almost subliminal. That's a good thing when you watch the movie, but it also means that on its own, the CD's focus can fade in and out. Desplat tends to follow the less-showy European film-scoring model, i.e. he prefers subtlety to bloated orchestrations and tends to refrain from associating characters to musical themes. Though much of the film's action takes place in the Middle East, Desplat doesn't turn ethnic instrumentation into a cliché. And the way he instills a pervasive sense of dread on tracks such as "Driving in Geneva," "Access Denied," or "The Abduction" should be taught in film and music schools. For Desplat, less is always more. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Arabic, English, French, Persian, Urdu
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ SONY MASTERWORKS
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2005
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 46 minutes
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 30, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ SONY MASTERWORKS
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000BSZA2Y
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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  • Elizabeth T
    5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2013
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    Great movie! Great Soundtrack. I have always been an Ennio Morricone fan, and now I am enjoying Alexander Desplat as he creates his own sound-"track record".
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  • Daud X. Mohammed
    5.0 out of 5 stars Syrania Names That Tune in Arabic, Farsi and French (with English subtitles)
    Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2006
    Remember the portrayal of Jim Garrison by Kevin Kostner, and Donald Sutherland playing the role of a

    deepthroat-type character sitting on the park bench? and "Mr. X" explaining the Naval Intelligence

    connection to the Kennedy assassination? Sutherland named the tune.

    Like a Jazz composition without a melody line or a chorus we get to hear - like outa nowhere, the actors

    in the Syrania movie break from one solo to the next held together by a constant real life drum beat we

    already know from OPEC-related gas lines in the 1970s, $3 per gallon gasoline this past summer, and now our

    winter heating bills. Oil and drugs now, or water of the future. Listen: You can hear the soundtrack

    from Traffic, the 2000 heroin movie.

    Each actor in this Syriana ensemble interprets the line with a careful ear to what the other players are

    saying. During Syriana, one cameo role actor (William Hurt), leans to the Syrania CIA

    agent (George Clooney), and out of audience hearing range whispers the name of the tune - an old standard

    entertainment prone news junkies learned from Three Days of the Condor (the 1975 movie)

    or Six Days of the Condor (the book by James Grady).

    Syriana, as a movie is in fact a close re-make from just one break-out scene in Three Days of the

    Condor; picking up from the downstairs meet between Turner (Robert Redford), the "Alsatian gentleman"

    Joubert (Max von Sydow) and "The CIA mastermind" Atwood (Addison Powell), and when the name of the

    mastermind's tune is revealed. Then much to Turner's surprise, Joubert kills Atwood. Shoots him right in

    the head with a gun equipped with a silencer.

    Add to this Three/Six Days and/or the Syriana stack the 1953 overthrow of Mossadeq. The Mossad

    assassinations of the Munich terrorists. The Beirut Barracks Bombing (which Mossad had a video of, but

    didn't bother to warn the 220 Marines and 21 other U.S. service members killed that day).

    See the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, blamed on Syria. See the inadvertent

    transfer of a Stinger missile to the wrong guys. See the death of the Shah, or King Faud, and their

    respective offspring. Take your pick.

    See the historic CIA support of Usama bin Laden's boys in Afghanistan, in their war against the Soviets.

    See the CIA support of the MKO terrorists in the 1980s, and now again in 2005 - against the founders and

    followers of Imam Khomeini's Islamic Revolution.

    See today's headliner, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the Iranians Moving Ahead with Nuke Production.

    See the mysterious plane crash last night that killed Ahmad Kazemi, the commander of Iran's Pasdaran

    Revolutionary Guards.

    Not unrelated, see British Lawyers Linked to $1m Payment for Favours at the US Congress, and

    The DeLay-Abramoff Naftasib Oil (Russia) Money Trail.

    Don't forget who "they" is. They Tried Twice to Assassinate Venezuela President Hugo Chavez.

    Or, as movie critic Bruce Kirkland says, "The C.I.A. seems to be serving the interests of the U.S. oil

    industry" and "Syriana is several parallel plot lines running concurrently..."

    If you want to see the past and present, or where the tune is going, Syriana (the movie) is a two hour

    plus ticket that goes lightning quick, and like The Matrix (1999), Syrania should be seen a half dozen

    times to get it just right.
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  • Sara Eff
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tight, haunting, complex
    Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2006
    As the product description states above, this score mirrors the film by being appropriately understated and nuanced. The title track is both melancholy and haunting, a feeling which runs through the entire soundtrack. Other parts have quite a bit of tension. One gets the feeling that there is always something bubbling under the suface here -- nothing is as it seems, which of course, is the intention of the film. Alexandre Desplat did a stellar job.
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  • Patrick
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good thinking music.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2013
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    This is not something that would be good just randomly appearing on your playlist. It's not for casual listening.
    You have listen to this album on purpose.

    My favourite tracks are "Fields of Oil" and "Syriana (Piano Solo)".
    I wish most of the tracks were 5 minutes or longer, but the track lengths in this album are not unusual for soundtracks.

    The recording and overall sound quality seem good to me.
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  • Kevin C. Li
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tense and really exciting
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2006
    This is a good soundtrack. When I listen to it, I was just feeling that I was being into a tense place in it. Especially, track 1, 5, 7, 10 brought me to the real experience for it. So, if you love the movie, I bet you must love this too. Well done.
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  • Robin Ray
    4.0 out of 5 stars Electronica/Orchestral Score
    Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2009
    Would I be considered a purist snob if I say I like my electronic separated from my orchestral stuff? This film score combines the two ala Hans Zimmer, et al. I can just picture the recording sessions in my head: Alexandre Desplat sitting in front of a synthesizer in a big recording studio alongside the Hollywood Studio Symphony awaiting cues from a conductor. Maybe he's positioned behind the first violins or in the front where a piano normally sits for a concerto. The engineer Charles F. kettering once said, "Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier." Fine. I can live with that. I've listened to Ravi Shankar's Concertos for sitar and orchestra and they're works of sheer delight. I see there is a concerto for steel pan & orchestra but I have yet to acquire it. It must be interesting. Also, if I can find a symphony or concerto that uses Turkish or Greek instruments that would also be a joy. Syriana does push the envelope a bit. Not only are you getting a symphony with electronica but you also get middle eastern percussion and flute. I guess I'll enjoy this frontier for now.
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  • Media Lover
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Understated Score
    Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2007
    Desplat does what few can in "Syriana," mixing the adrenaline of a John Powell score and the extremely understated compositional style of Philip Glass. With Syriana, Desplat has proven his worth as a truly contemporary film score composer, using high quality sounds and music to not only back up a film, but to actually work with it simultaniously. Even if you haven't seen the film, Desplat's score is still a work of art to be purchased and enjoyed.
    Highly reccomended for avid film score listeners.
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  • Mr. Warren M. Fisher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Minimalist Magic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2011
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    Austere, stripped-back minimalism from Desplat - fit to be compared with the master, Philip Glass. Bleak and haunting, this is film scoring of the highest order.
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