[.ca] Tomb Raider [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Chronique amazon.fr:
En sus du triomphe de l'album pop, le film Tomb Raider nous a offert un autre aspect musical : la partition complètement déjantée du compositeur néo-zélandais Graeme Revell. Appelé à la dernière minute par le metteur en scène Simon West, Graeme Revell (connu pour ses expériences en matière de musique psychiatrique) nous offre une oeuvre colossale où tous les aspects de la musique de films sont représentés. Des l'ouverture - "Tomb Raider Main Titles" - le compositeur malaxe la rythmique techno, des choeurs grandiloquents et une thématique impressionnante. Telle Lara Croft, Graeme Revell semble se moquer du danger. À chaque morceau, il tente des combinaisons qui font toujours mouche. Cela donne une bande originale folle ("Lara Battles Stone Monkeys", "Siberia"), qui passe d'un solo de piano - "Lara Dreams Of Her Fathers" à une poursuite trash sans que cela gêne quiconque. Au bout d'une heure, il nous semble avoir connu autant d'aventures "musicales" que la belle jeune femme. Épuisante mais revivifiante, cette B.O.F nargue par sa contemporanéité bien des partitions symphoniques et impose une vision techno-rock à la musique de films. Dieu, que ces pages font du bien ! --Didier Leprêtre

Put this one in the tomb:
Composers that were first signed on to do the score were John Powell, video game composer Nathan McCree, and Michael Kamen. As the premiere got closer, Kamen got off the project and that left someone to compose the music for the score in 10 days! That person is Graeme Revell. Since only 10 days was the time needed to write the music, Revell used mainly electronics with a little bit of orchestra. The result: nothing even remotely exciting. This is not Revell's fault though as he even said in an interview that this score disappointed him, as he felt it did not represent his best work. I definitely agree with him. The music itself is mainly annoying electronic pulses with orchestral and choral effects. "Main Title" is one of the best cues on the album, with a fully orchestral theme for strings and piano. Most of the remainder of the tracks consist of pulse pounding electronics. Tracks like "Home Invasion", "Lara Battles the Stone Monkeys", "Angkor Wat", and "The Letter" consist of techno beat rhythms which give you a headache very fast. Another track that I wish we could hear more of is "The Planetary Alignment" as it contains great choral and orchestral elements in it. Overall, unless you like techno pounding electronic music, I suggest that you stay away from this score and go for something better. A good effort by Revell given the time constraints, but a disappointed listenings worth.

very good:
This soundtrack really grew on me. After the first listen I thought it was lacking, but after 2-3 hearings, I discovered bits and pieces that are very nice and unique, and very pretty adding new dimention to the score. it's a cool soundtrack,worth keeping.

Yay for Revell!:
I really like the music for this film becuase it portrays little bits of the movie and as you listen to it you can see the movie go on in your head. This is a great buy and I highly recommend.

SUPER ! THE MUSIC IS ORIGINAL!:
I LOVE THIS MOVE SCORE! YOU WILL LOVE IT!

It's Kinda All Right:
I'm not a fan of scores. I bought this CD because, a while earlier, I had downloaded an MP3 off of WinMX called Tomb Raider Main Theme Techno. It sounded awesome, so I assumed that it was the main title theme from the movie. This was after I had seen the movie in the theaters, but I didn't remember the theme. I bought this CD, thinking that I'd get more of the same. However, as I found out, the actual movie theme is different. I listened to the entire album, but only tracks 6, 8, 11, 12, and 13 are engaging. Tracks 1 and 14 have chanting in them and are kinda cool. The best way I could describe this album is that it's like the video game music. It's good for having something playing in the background if you don't like silence, but it's not for serious listening. If you like the games' music, you'll like this score. Just don't expect a version of the games' title theme.

• Tomb Raider Main Titles
• Lara Croft at Home
• Powell and the Illuminati
• Lara Dreams of Her Father
• Clock
• Home Invasion
• Alex West and Mr. Wilson
• Letter
• Journey to Cambodia
• Angkor Wat
• Lara Battles Stone Monkeys
• Brahman
• Siberia
• Planetary Alignment
• Lara Defeats Powell