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| | The Perfect Storm: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 2000-06-20 | | Store Price : | | $8.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Coming Home From The Sea
2. The Fog's Just Lifting...
3. Let's Go, Boys
4. To The Flemish Cap
5. The Decision To Turn Around
6. Small Victories
7. Coast Guard Rescue
8. Rogue Wave
9. There's No Goodbye...Only Love
10. Yours Forever (Theme from The Perfect Storm) - John Mellencamp
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Incredible Soundtrack
Submitted on: 2009-08-26 |
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| I have quite alot of film scores,but only once in a great while do I come across one that is everything I hoped it would be; The Perfect Storm Soundtrack by James Horner is everything I hoped for and more. To be honest,it is one of the most serene and moving scores I have ever heard. I would recommend it to anyone who has a love for good music. |
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Excellent soundtrack
Submitted on: 2008-10-11 |
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An excellent soundtrack have always considered it one of James Horner's best and one of my favourites. Some of the tracks do resemble the soundtrack of Apollo 13 so if you enjoy this one I recommend listening to Apollo 13 as well. The inclusion of acoustic and electric guitars throughout the score gives it a very unique and different sound to other Horner soundtracks. Throughout the album there is a good contrast of melody, the last song sung by John Mellencamp blends in well with the rest of the album.
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Horner's best score the best part of a bad movie.
Submitted on: 2007-02-14 |
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IMHO, this is James Horner's best score by far. Its filled with gorgeous melodies, brilliant orchestrations, exciting uses of percussion and unusual mixes of instruments. (Where else have you heard full symphony orchestra with electric guitar and a prominent celtic drum? Amazingly, all these work together beautifully when featured together in two of the tracks.) The wonderful melodies flow from the orchestra in quick succession, changing from one melody to another seamlessly - the mark of a true genius composer. This is not a non-stop exercise in 'pretty-pretty' music, like so many of Horner's music. This score bursts with excitement, action and bravado. And unlike Titanic, the synthesizer is almost non-existent.
I listened to this score today for the first time in several months, and it brought tears to my eyes in a few moments and I got shivers down my spine for most of the CD. Yep, for me its that good.
What a pity that James Horner's most recent works have not been anywhere near as good as this one. He seems to concentrate on 'pretty music' these days; music that is easily digested with a first listening, then forgotten about once you have learnt the score. This magnificent score, on the other hand, is in one section moving and glorious, then the next moment dramatic and all mayhem.
The Perfect Storm could possibly stand as the peak of James Horner's creative achievement. What a pity such effort went into the music for a movie that was such rubbish.
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 Adventure without pretense
Submitted on: 2006-10-12 |
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This is needed in any James Horner enthusiast's collection. Horner is definitely one of my favorite musical 'artists' of the 20th century, no question, and though I've been fairly apathetic of late getting familiar with all of his individual works, 'The Perfect Storm' is one of the last that I took fully to heart.
Here's the gist of it: Horner creates a wonderful sense of Americana with a classy theme, but the album -- pounds -- it over your head for the first half an hour. Literally, crushes, to the point of suffocation; little variation or dynamic, utterly monotonous, and, in the end, a warm and dreadful experience.
Midway through track four, though, Horner's already demonstrated (a million times over) ability to write bracing themes and motifs for vivacious situations shines through. The orchestrations nor the performances within the ensemble might not be able to compare to some of his earlier, more inspired work ('The Rocketeer'; Don Bluth's animated 'An American Tail('s) and 'The Land Before Time'), but the bottom line is that he writes such elaborate, exciting music with amazing drive and passion, melody and a captivating sense of drama. He is a composer, especially this day in an age when, if asked to, how many composers could truly write a symphony if asked to? Half of Horner's scores could be described as such, and that's one reason I consider him one of my most treasured musical talents I've ever come across. This music could have been written without any subsidiary motion picture, and the (melo)dramatic emphasis on the particular subject and themes found here would be expressed with ease.
So basically, if you've heard and taken to some of Horner's intense scores within the genre ('action' is such a vague term), don't go without this score, even if it never really garnished much attention (and was lambasted by critics for its place within the film). Swirling strings, momentous brass, stirring bells... Work with it rationally, in this order; tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and you're in for a pretty enthralling ride. And, if you want to hear how brilliant this man truly is at exposing the reality of Human emotions, just listen to 'Rogue Wave', meditating on the underlying text: the crew's final, desperate attempt to override the death-bringing wave of the storm; then, -- near 2:35 -- the unbelievably HEAVY understanding that Life, as they are soon to know, is over. It's done.; lastly, the gooey, romantic gates of acceptance open for those left (this one could have been done without, but it's still lyrical and, damn if I'll resist its sentiment, lovely.
Horner is a genius. |
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One of Horner's Best!!
Submitted on: 2005-09-15 |
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'The Perfect Storm' is what I consider one of James Horner's best. He has the talent of expressing the emotions that is portrayed in the film through his music. The first track on this CD is a perfect example(no pun intended). Listening to it, I can see fishing boats pulling into and out of the harbor. I've lived by the ocean and James captured the feeling beautifully.
This is a must-get soundtrack. The whole CD contains beautiful and brilliant music that will just captivate your mind. |
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