Simon Boswell - Hardware 1990 Film (18 tracks) +Album Reviews

Great movie (with an even better soundtrack)

azrael racek | seattle | 12/03/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"the PIL song on this and the bits with Iggy Pop are what make this albumn fun at the club. but for a scary soundtrack(with/without visuals this cd is hard to top..(such a feeling of remorse/decay permeates this whole disc."

Beethoven dropping acid with Jimi Hendrix!

synder_cat | Brighton, UK | 08/06/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This soundtrack takes an average film and turns it into watchable art (almost!). Were it not for the dodgy killah-robot, it could be a really nice piece of cyberpunk cinema. With a few more character monologues and a storyline that covered something a bit more existential, this could have been a great movie. Thankfully we have the soundtrack to evoke some of the better images and a nice - unobtrusive - mixing of samples from the film. Out of nearly 25 tracks there is only one dodgy one, which spookily enough is the 'ATTACK OF THE KILLAH-ROBOT'. Its not called that, but you know the type, lots of crashing discordant keyboard chords while a deranged midget hammers scrap metal in the background! The rest of the album is pure poetry though. If you like your 'light' in hues of sodium yellow, and your air to taste of industrial effluent, then HARDWARE by Simon Boswell is the soundtrack for you. Remeber... the future is disposable."

Great soundtrack, so-so movie.

Ryan Ferguson | Sanford, FL | 02/04/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This soundtrack is a real standout for the time period it was recorded in. The music is outstanding, doesn't follow any particular form and is a blend of high-tech and slide guitar. Various effects. Excellent listening. You'll be surprised, try it!"

Music Makes or Breaks Movies

C. A. Luster | Burke, VA USA | 02/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Some movies that would be mediocre become classics or works of art because of the inspiration of great musicians. This movie is good, but what made it stand apart from many low budget Sci-Fi movies is the music. Some of the best edgy tunes you could put together. I like all types of music so when this movie came out I immediately bought the VHS and cassette. I'm sorry to see both the movie and soundtrack is hard to come by because they are both out of print. We can only hope they put it on DVD and re-release the CD soundtrack."

Soundtrack for this Indie Sci-Fi movie Rocks

SRFireside | Houston, TX United States | 08/04/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hardware, the movie, was a very impressive low budget movie that was mired by a few issues that keeps from being one of may favorites. At least that's my opnion. However the soundtrack is a different story. Simon Boswell comes up with some really moody music in this movie and the soundtrack captures the best of that along with some other music that appeared in the movie.

Boswell's contributions go from moody guitar tunes reminiscent of the old west to mega sweeping ambient synth music to really tripped out opera music. Boswell runs the gamut. Some of the tracks are more sound bites from various notable bits in the movie like the Reno's Reindeer Steaks commercial and Iggy Pop's radio announcement. Other tracks are definitely like background music to what was seen on the screen. While I won't say I like every track I admire the work overall.

You also get a couple tunes from the goth/punk scene like Ministry's Stigmata (very hard core) and Public Image Limited's The Order of Death. PIL's song is what got me wanting this Cd in the first place. Very brooding and appropriate.

The CD is very hard to find. I'll admit that. I was one of the lucky ones I suppose when I got it soon after the movie was released. If you do find this CD at a reasonable price and like avantgarde industrial music then I recommend going for it."

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