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A superb DEXTER

Mark F. Braun | Norridge, IL | 12/06/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Every moody chord of every track of DEXTER emotes the often dark and always rich tone of this outstandingly well-produced series. Put yourself in Dexter's shoes for an hour of exceptional background music (with the excpetion of Any Williams' Born Free track). With more than a little resemblance to the BATMAN 2 soundtrack (remember all of those strings for Catwoman's slinky moves?) and a bit of Tim Burton as well, just, well, more grown up. Did I do a Google on the composers? you bet, and found a rich history of other work that looks worthy of checking out.



It seems less-than-Jake to just call this a soundtrack as much as an iconic album: for a subculture of soundtrack freaks, here's a killer album (good pun). For casual listeners, here's a jazzy aural dose of Dex between episodes and seasons. Artistically, I'd rack it alongside A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS as a stand-alone album. eerie Indian strains weave through classic movie adventure/horror passages: more Trans Siberian Orchestra than tv tunery. A perfect companion for pulling up a great book on a winter's night. It sounds as great on my office boom box as it does on a bigger system: nice bass; rich flavor. This is the art of soundtracking that is 100% perfect.



A few quotes from Dexter's first season make it warmly creepy, and for me, a guy who listens in the car while on those dark, long drives, this is wonderful, wonderful mood music, from Miami's latin sound through incidental pieces.



I'll admit to quickly downloading several tracks from iTunes: if you hate rap as much as I do, skip at least one track: an itunes exclusive rap bit that sounds like a 30 ROCK Tracy Morgan parody... of inane rap. But wished they'd have included these on the CD, GRRRRRRRRRR."

A great TV soundtrack

Melissa Niksic | Chicago, IL United States | 06/21/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The "Dexter" soundtrack is very good. The CD includes the fabulous main theme of the show by Rolfe Kent, plus many other snippets of music and vocal clips from the series. Highlights include the peppy, electronic "Uruapan Breaks" by Kinky; the Latin-infused "Flores Para Ti" by Raw Artistic Soul, featuring Rafael Cortez; the energetic "Con Mi Guaguanco" by Ray Armondo; "Perfidia" by Mambo All-Stars; and the score tracks "Escalation," "Deborah Loves Rudy/The House," "Photo Albums," "Courting the Night," "Hide Your Tears," "Astor's Birthday Party," and "Blood Theme."



Most of the tracks are outstanding. The only minor problem is that the majority of the songs are only a minute or so long, which is a trend commonly found in TV or movie soundtracks. Still, the CD does a good job of capturing the macabre, Miami feel of the Showtime series.



One fun thing to note: The album comes packages in a blood-red plastic CD case, which isn't something you can see on the Amazon.com page. That in itself is pretty funny, and it's almost worth buying the CD just for that reason.



Overall, if you love the show "Dexter," I think you'll enjoy this soundtrack."

Nice!

A. Trotter | New Hampshire | 06/27/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It's a TV soundtrack, so some of the clips aren't full-length songs; some are the same song done different ways; adn not all the music from the series is represented here. That said, it's fantastic. I listened to it several times, and I'm not much for music, so that should tell you something."