 a classic soundtrack to a classic movie |
| Review Date: April 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Ivan Orozco, Boca Raton Florida |
| mars attack was awesome a classic the best of the best and so is this soundtrack buy it if your a huge elfman fan you wont be sorry |
Glad I Bought It!
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| Review Date: October 27, 2003 |
| Reviewer: Mojave, California |
| As with the film, the attempt here is to spoof sci-fi works of the 50s and 60s. This CD is a lot of fun. I love that leitmotif--that tadataDA tadataDA march of quasi war music which is played in a few of these tracks. Ungodly Experiments is my favorite and I wish there were more of those tracks of electronic space music, heavy on the thermin. Then at the end, there is a tune of Slim Whitman whom I only recognize from late night informercials, but the song is really campy and cute. First I thought it was a Hawaiian love song, then realized it must be along the line of an old cowboy song. The CD finishes with Tom Jones belting out in his sexiest lounge lizard style. |
Hated the movie... but I ***LOVE*** the soundtrack!!!
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| Review Date: July 25, 2003 |
| Reviewer: San Fran Gruuv Fan, San Francisco, CA |
| I hated this movie. I hated, hated, HATED, >HATED<, >>>HATED<<< this movie. Hated it!!! It was the first time Tim Burton ever really let me down movie-wise. But who cares?! Danny Elfman's wonderous score is movie enough! It stands great in its own even if you haven't seen the film! Ditch the flick and dig the CD instead! Fans of old-time sci-fi music will be in sheer heavenly bliss with this. It single-handedly hauls out every single last bell and whistle from the old 50s and 60s science fiction movies in all their FORBIDDEN PLANET glory. And, of course, it features lots of that famous "spinning top" sound from that era which became so synonymous with such camp. And even though it sounds, well, spaced out (no pun intended) it also can sound... in its own weird, peculiar way... incredibly beautiful. An example is the track "Martian Madame" which has an amazing effect all its own. Love sci-fi? Camp? Nostalgia? Or just Danny Elfman in particular? Then CHECK THIS OUT! |
Elfman's Greatest score to date!
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| Review Date: August 20, 2000 |
| Reviewer: Dylan Staley, Spokane, WA USA |
| This score relives some of film score's greatest period- The 1950's. When Bernard Herrman was doing some of the greatest scores in hollywood. This one reminds us a little of Herrman's score for "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Mars Attacks is also such a wonderful, wity, and scary film. So there is also lots of room for Elfman's beautiful themes, his jumping action themes, and interesting slow-moving themes. Track 4--- The Landing is my personal favorite. It's indescribible how beautiful and interesting this track gets. I loved all of the tracks. This is a sheer milestone in film-music history. |
Elfman Attacks!
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| Review Date: February 19, 2000 |
| Reviewer: Brian J. Johnson, Redmond, OR USA |
| Tim Burton and Danny Elfman together again! (after a brief spat that caused Burton to hire Howard Shore for "Ed Wood".) I have given this album only three stars because much of it really is not just a good listening album; this is one of those that is clearly meant to accompany the movie. I do, however, have nothing but high praise for his Opening Titles, a composition that successfully presents an atmosphere of comic tragedy (if such a mix is possible). The use of one single musical phrase, repeated, re-orchestrated, made louder and more violent, for two and a half minutes is musical creativity at its highest. (Only Ravel and his "Bolero" comes as close to such complex simplicity.) My advice: Find it on sale; used copies at an auction, etc. |
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