Edge Of Tomorrow Soundtrack

Christophe Beck, also known for "We Are Marshall"..."Frozen"..."Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief", has done a great job with this score. Beck combines electronic and orchestra together to create the sounds of a futuristic war. This has come to be expected in soundtracks that deal with tales of the future, but as you know, sometimes composers really just give us a bunch of background "music" noise. It might work for the movie, but becomes a little bit more difficult to appreciate on it's own. This particular score, however, is really quite enjoyable as a stand alone work. The electronic effects that Beck uses are very diverse throughout the musical telling of the story and the blend with traditional orchestration is done nicely. Beck has also incorporated some thematic elements throughout the score that reappear in various cues. The soundtrack begins with a very cool track that introduces some of the thematic material and is deserving of a "Main Title". I've always been a little annoyed when you listen to a main title track on a score and it sounds nothing like a main title.The score is obviously very action oriented and the cues here represent that well. I haven't seen the movie but I can just imagine that this thing is probably full of special effects and action sequences. Beck has got this all covered on his end with tons of electronic effects and I especially like his use of percussion in this score. The score also has this "pushing effect" that I really like. Many of the cues give the sense of moving forward..."gotta push through"...there also seems to be this sense of urgency that Beck masterfully captures in the music. Track 19, "Ritaliation", is a good example of this. Listen to those drums!I'm always a little nervous when listening to scores from movies like this. Expecting them to be nothing more than chaotic noise. I am happy to report that this one breaks the mold. It is not over saturated with any one musical part but blends together many elements very well. Repeated themes, varied electronics, and great traditional instrumentation by the Chamber Orchestra of London make for a great sounding score.This CDR made by Amazon is great as always. I'm glad they make physical copies of the CDs and make them available for their customers. They are package well, play well and they contain artwork/liner notes that you'd expect. The score clocks in at 46 minutes. I recommend this one.

Edge of Tomorrow is the recent sci-fi blockbuster starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, which is being hailed as an extraordinary film on almost every level (except for the not-so-spectacular ending). When Major William Cage dies on the battlefield during a war between humans and aliens dubbed Mimics, he is forced to relive the same horrific day over and over again. I won't go into detail about the film (I wrote a separate review for it), but i'll talk about the soundtrack and how it ties in with it.Now, to me, when i heard someone mention Christophe Beck, i thought "that guy who did The Hangover's music" or most comedies around that time. So when i saw he was scoring Edge of Tomorrow, i thought it was going to be a pretty lackluster score. I was dead wrong. Beck calls upon the greatness of big-name composers like Zimmer, Newton Howard, Jablonsky and even Williams. But, the way the score is structured makes me think of "Game of Thrones'" Ramin Djawadi, and it makes sense because Beck replaced Djawadi for Edge of Tomorrow. In the opening track "Angel of Verdun," it starts off with deep bass & synth that evolves into more hopeful-sounding strings and brass that evoke sounds similar to John Williams' score for "Saving Private Ryan," which i have a feeling helped inspire Beck. The second track "No Courage Without Fear" sounds dark and ominous, and not necessarily the 'call to arms' and rallying moment that takes place in the film. The percussion and strings are haunting, and absolutely perfect. "D-Day," the third track, is terrifying. Easily one of the most shockingly intense scenes I've ever seen in a film, it marks the landing on the beaches of France, where the human forces are decimated within seconds. Skipping ahead, the track "Solo Flight" is a mix of somber electronic sounds that move into a darker soundscape, with strings, synth and percussion. My favorite track on the score, though, is the track " Find Me When You Wake Up." The intense, pulse-pounding percussion mixed with synth and electronics was more brilliant than i could have ever imagined. If you've seen the film and visit this track alone, you can just picture Cruise sprinting across the sandy, blood-soaked battlefield taking on the Mimics with brute, exacting force.Edge of Tomorrow marks a defining moment for Christophe Beck, and is definitely a score to add to your collection if you're a collector, or like any of the composers i mentioned above. I really hope this score earns awards because it was truly magnificent.

This score is awesome! Every song on this album is great. Christophe Beck has outdone himself on this one. I loved his Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, but this thematic work is even more powerful. The opening track starts out with this one, low note and then the pulse starts, with a helicopter sound coming in. Then, the main theme starts out with a lone cello, but then the french horns take it over, a heroic and majestic theme. He then uses plucked and sustained strings to set up a unique rhythm, adding the helicopter sound, and then places the main them on top of this, eventually using trumpets to give it that military feeling. This opening track maneuvers us into position for the tracks to come. His use of the orchestra and synthesizer is a seamless, powerful and organic blend. Track 2 introduces us to the alien theme that he has created, low and sinister with a driving beat that is as relentless as the aliens were in the movie. Track 5 is one of my favorites with a funky beat, this is the scene where they are running PT. The movie has some humor in it too, and this is one place where he uses the music to add to the humor. Track 14, Whitehall, is another track where the he uses music to heighten the mood, because the hero has to time everything just right to inter the commanders office. Track 19, Retaliation, is another one of my favorites. It has that Terminator-Transformer feel. The only thing that I did not like about the album was that it is too short. This music is so powerful and great that I wish that I had 70 minutes of music, instead of only about 46 minutes. Oh, well, you can't have everything. Enjoy!

Attention, ceci n'est pas un CD 'officiel'.C'est un CD-R vendu par Amazon ce qui, d'après moi, n'est pas mentionné dans la description du produit.