Christopher Young - Entrapment Original Motion Picture Score (20 tracks) +Album Reviews

Great ideas, but...

Eero Nevalainen | Nurmijärvi, Finland | 02/01/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The music was one of the main reasons why I went to see "Entrapment" over and over again in a movie theatre with a good audio system. The piano score (as on track 3) is indeed a beautiful work of art. Therefore, I obtained the soundtrack CD, expecting quite a lot of it. However, I was quite disappointed to find out that the music of the film was not composed - or at least not included on CD - in more length than was present in the final cut. Brilliant ideas are chopped to tracks that are about a minute and a half long, first impressing you, then letting you down as everything ends abruptly. The result is not really a complete album - it is like a musician's scratch book - full of sequences of notes that never made it into a complete song. Don't get me wrong - this has its moments, but they are way too brief to be completely enjoyable."

One of the greatest.

Eero Nevalainen | 01/06/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"You'll see, when you sit down and listen to the soundtrack for the first time you'll love it. I admit it is a bit short but when you listen to track number 3 you'll understand why it is such a beautiful soundtrack. I would recommend this soundtrack to anyone who is a contemporary classical fanatic."

Short and Sweet

Carl M. Rusk | Highlands Ranch, CO USA | 04/17/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I would agree with some of the other people who reviewed this CD. The music is absolutely wonderful, but far too short. There are several tracks that have that hauntingly beautiful main theme but under different titles. Tracks 3, 10, 15, 18, and 20 should have been combined into one continuous cut. All in all, still enjoyed the music."

Fairly disapointing

Brandon Cutro | 11/04/1999

(2 out of 5 stars)

"After I saw this movie, and heard the music there, I was eager to purchase the soundtrack (Too eager, I paid more to purchase it at the music store than here at Amazon). But when I got it I was disapointed. The music that I had remembered hearing, and liking so much, was barely on it (Just tracks #18 and 20, and scattered various other places), and a lot of the music was themeatic, and not as good apart from the movie as it was in the movie. There is a lot of variety to the tracks though, as well as a wide number of internationial sounding tracks. So I don't know if I'd recomend against getting it, but just know that it's not a beautiful score, and I personally was disapointed with it. But others may (And obviously do) like it. One note, the last part of track #20 is one of the most annoying pieces of noise I've heard on a soundtrack. Definitely skip past that when you get there. Coulda' been better, coulda' been worse. Two Stars, maybe two and a half."

The trap is set

Brandon Cutro | Tyler, Texas United States | 03/15/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"When Christopher Young gets the opportunity to score an action film, the results are nothing short of greatness. Here, Young utilizes an interesting mixture of instruments, such as tin whistles, Celtic drums, serenais, and gamelon gongs. Young's usual synth pad grooves are also present in the score. "Entrapment" contains lots of suspense, introducing us to the ride we're about to be taken on. The synthesizers function well with the orchestra, providing a contemporary sound to the music that an orchestra cannot. I always enjoy Young's action music and in cues such as "Saints and Sinners", "Millennium Countdown", and "Try, Then Trust", he lets the orchestra and electronics rip. "Bright Moments" contains lots of bright moments with pulse pounding brasses, as used in Hard Rain. "The Dancing Jars" introduces a piccolo into the music and "Wondering Aloud" introduces an electric guitar. A love theme between the 2 main characters in the film can be found in "La Fleur De La Musique" and the final track, "Thank God". As Christopher Young has primarily been composing music in the horror genre, it's nice to see him break away from that and write music like this. As director Jon Amiel says about the score: "Chris Young's magnificent multicolored score always tells the truth. At times it twines itself through the fabric of the movie like ivy through an iron railing. At times it is the railing on which the scene is hung. Sometimes it lies hidden like an alligator in a swamp waiting to bite you, hard. The result is big movie music at its very best - huge but never grandiose, emotional but never sentimental." Prepare, the trap is set."

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