Search - Christophe Beck :: Elektra (Score)

Weird, but not a complete surprise

Jessica Levai | MA, USA | 06/03/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Okay, by now we all have our opinions of the movie. I, personally, was grossly disappointed. So why did I buy this score? As a fan of Buffy, I had a soft spot for Christophe Beck. The review at filmtracks.com of this Elektra score will tell you that this music is a departure for Beck, but that isn't really true. If you've listened to the "Suite from 'Restless'" on the Buffy-Once More With Feeling CD, you pretty much know what you're in for.



Specifically, you're in for 45 minutes of funky percussion, clanging gongs, blasting horns, some other instruments I can't quite identify, and one soft, slow track at the end. So if you like that, then enjoy.



I myself actively like only two tracks: "De Marco's End," which is slightly kick-a$$ but only at the end, and "Insomnia." "Ninjas" has a bit of a James Horner vibe, like "Bishop's Countdown" from _Aliens_. (Of course, the scores for lots of action pictures claim a "Bishop's Countdown"-style track.)



I would have liked the album more if it had a good movie to refer to. Since it didn't, I can't really recommend it on the music alone. But if you like non-traditional scores (or only listen to the second half of _Children of Dune_) this might be worth a spin."

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Fourlocks | 12/25/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"
This score CD suffers two-fold. It is based on a sequel that was not well-received from a source movie that was also either loved or hated. That is a shame. I found this score to capture the tone of the film. I felt that Christophe Beck did the best he could to musically showcase the sequences in the film. However, the music is not so distinctive that it is easily identifiable."

Great score

Steven E. Rose | 03/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I love this score! Every time I listen to it I can picture the scene each song is from!"