Search - Trevor Jones :: Arachnophobia

Peculiar soundtrack

Charles H. Levenson | 10/23/2000

(1 out of 5 stars)

"When I bought this, I was expecting the score from the moviewhich I fell in love with. Boy, was I [upset]. There are a few tracks from the score spewed lazily throughout, with lines from the movie tied in at the end of them. What the [heck] were they thinking doing this? Then there are songs from the movie making up the bulk of the album. It's annoying. Very annoying. Who's idea was it to compose this album of score and rock? It didn't work."

SO?

Charles H. Levenson | new jersey | 06/22/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"So this album combines rock tunes with the score...So what?It would not be the first time and it will most certainly not be the last..Most strictly score-oriented albums fail..a sad fact but true..the public seemingly does not care about the music contained on most score-oriented soundtrack albums..And most soundtrack albums are aimed towards the 18-25 year old crowd,notorious for thier MTV-inspired lack of attention...to expect most of these buyers to have the attention-span needed to actually sit down for an hour or so and listen to a full-score is to expect the impossible...the big corporations know this,which is why most decent score-oriented albums are manufactured in limited quanties by obscure and speciality labels...This album DOES contain some of the score..it also contains dialouge and novelty songs..As a novelty item it works just fine...but it is NOT a full-score soundtrack album,and those expecting it to be will be disappointed..."