I was so pleased that editor-turned-director Stuart Baird found a collaborator in composer Jerry Goldsmith. However, unlike "Executive Decision", which contains a fantastic main theme to listen and sing to, "U.S Marshals" does not have any; only a five-note leitmotif is heard throughout this thirty-minute CD. 'Nuggets & Bullets' is a fine first track that presents that leitmotif, and it is better exploited in 'Following Chen'. There is an interesting piano effect in 'Eyes On The City', and 'Free to Go' closes the album nicely. The action music is quite interesting as well, with good suspense, most notably in 'Sinking Plane' and 'The Front Gate'.
The reason I'm giving this album three stars out of five, is because thirty minutes is not much, especially since there is much more music heard in the movie. The lack of a solid theme is another letdown. At least the action leitmotif in this score is put to better use in "Star Trek: Insurrection".
February 21, 2007Jerry Goldsmith was one of the great film music composers..Think "Chinatown"."A Patch Of Blue","The Boys From Brazil","Mulan",ect,and you are thinking great soundtrack music...This score,however,is just so much action-oriented noise...Don't get me wrong,action-oriented noise ain't bad,but it has to be taken in moderation...To sit through a whole album of the SAME action-oriented noise,cue after cue after cue is just a tad much...Goldsmith was always one to write cues where they were needed,and not one to write cues where the on-screen action could hold its own without his help,so I have to wonder about how BAD this film must have been,if Goldsmith had to back it up with so many of the same sort of loud,brassy cues..If you are a Goldsmith completist then I would suppose that this album is a must,even though it is not an A-list item...Otherwise skip it and buy a really GOOD Goldsmith score..."Legend"..."Bad Girls","The Wild Rovers","Rio Conchos",
"Star Trek-The Movie"are all better bets than this mess.....
September 21, 2006This is a score that you may not like the first time through. But listen to it again and again and it will begin to grow on you. The opening track, "Nuggets & Bullets" quotes Goldsmith's heroic 5 note motif for brass. The remainder of the tracks, with exception to the last one are all action and suspense filled cues with Goldsmith's usual snare drums, rumbling pianos, strings, and brass, along with his ever present synthesizers. "Sinking Plane" is a good action cue with variations of the main theme. "Swamp Search" is a huge suspense led cue with ominous strings and synths, bursting into nonstop Goldsmith action. "The Front Gate" is another sizzling action cue with hard hitting brass and pulsating snare drums. The final track, "Free to Go" is one of the best tracks, if not the best. Here, Goldsmith unleashes woodwinds and brass playing the main theme, which leads into a full orchestral rendition of the theme. If you are a Goldsmith fan or enjoy suspenseful action music, then you will most likely enjoy this score. Otherwise, you probably won't make much of it.
March 1, 2003 |  | This CD is set to Explode |  |
The 9 tracks that are on this soundtrack are all action!
But this is what Goldsmith does--compose awesome film scores like this and soundtracks like Air Force One,The Mummy, and Along Came a Spider, etc. The main theme is simply great. When you listen to this soundtrack you will almost think you are a Fugitve runing from the U.S.Marshals that were in the movie. U.S.Marshals and Air Force One stands out as some of Goldsmith's best work. Try the soundtracks from "The Fugitve","Air Force One".
February 3, 2002| | | This CD is set to Explode | |
The 9 tracks that are on this soundtrack are all action!
But this is what Goldsmith does--compose awesome film scores like this and soundtracks like Air Force One,The Mummy, and Along Came a Spider, etc. The main theme is simply great. When you listen to this soundtrack you will almost think you are a Fugitve runing from the U.S.Marshals that were in the movie. U.S.Marshals and Air Force One stands out as some of Goldsmith's best work. Try the soundtracks from "The Fugitve","Air Force One".
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