The Dust Brothers - Fight Club: Original Motion Picture Score

great music for a great film

The Dust Brothers do an outstanding job at bringing this film to life. Anybody who is a fan of wild, experimental techno or if you are a big fan of the movie then you should pick this up. June 9, 2007

Nice Sound

This soundtrack has a nice sound to it. Good beats, good base, fun to listen to for any fan of the movie or someone who just wants to chill to some music. March 24, 2007

fantastic soundtrack

i have to say that this is possibly the most interesting and enjoyable movie soundtracks i have ever heard. it is good to hear something that is fresh, modern, and soulful, unlike all those Stravinsky-clone orchestral soundtracks out there. don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good ones out there, but after a while they all start sounding similar. it is great to have here in Fight Club a soundtrack that highlights the destructive and modern/urban nature of the film itself.

another interesting feature here is that the tracks on this cd are not in original film order. they are in "general" order by themes, but all of the miscellaneous cues and tracks from the film are arranged into the various themes (as indicated by the track titles). for example, the track "Marla" contains multiple cues within the track that happen during scenes that concern Marla herself. also, the very first cue from the movie, during the "fear center" opening credits, does not occur on the cd until the tenth track. i think this is a great idea, as rather than being a "perfect pristine this-is-exactly-as-the-film soundtrack", here we have an album that accentuates the dust brothers' music itself. it would most likely not be as interesting if it were all in order.

and to all those others who complained about the lack of the pixies and tom waits: if you want the music of tom waits, GO BUY A TOM WAITS ALBUM. i also personally hated that "where is my mind?" song from the end of the movie. December 24, 2005

Fleeting electro-rock themes and jungle rhythms at least worthy of a twice-over.

The fleeting nature of this album's themes initially frustrated me, even though I had some respect for its uniqueness. Most electronic music I had come across beforehand was repetitious, so this was a nice surprise. Even now, I do wish many of the themes would not be so brief, or at least that they'd return later in a song. But there does need to be some music like this which doesn't approach things like everything else. Also, I initially felt that alot of this album was filler material, but I've come to appreciate it now. Surprisingly, this cd captures the attention of my parents and their friends, people who I'd have thought this was off-limits to, with its modernistic and dark style. Whether they'd purchase a copy of it, as opposed to having just a few minutes' fling with it, is another matter. But this music is at least curious, and worth knowing of its existence.
The production on this album is pretty much as perfect as it gets. I didn't know who the Dust Bothers were at the time, but the production quality was evidently the best I'd ever heard. Some of the themes here are absololuetly amazing. They have kick-ass riffs with jungle beats and the nice balance of electronica and distortion rock. Of course they play with the suround sound, as sound engineers would be expected to. They fade one instrument out whilst another fades in. I love how they distort the piano parts aswell, with the low notes disappearing into nothing but crackles under the heavy treatment. Many of the themes here would make for great hit songs if they were given that reptitious approach and a passible rock singer. I don't know how much of this they composed themselves or how much was culled from elsewhere. But either way, it is amazing and unique.
All the frequency levels are catered for here. Piercing high pitches, low rumbles, distorted whats'it's and everything inbetween. The drums are varied as can be. Bongos are everywhere, as are the contemporary drumsets. As for the melodies and themes- there are nursery rhymes, perverted by the urban Fight Club persona, jungle rhythms all by their lonesome, and heavy rock, semi-metal riffs with electronic tomfoolery to give it its unique edge. I find this album to be a good reflection of the film's mentality. Just as in the film, the fights are in context to psychological issues and quirkiness, this music's kick-ass riffs are also only in context. Only one track really give you a fix on a theme, and that is the opening sequence souundtrack for the film. I'd have prefered there to be more of that throughout this album, but the fact I, and my friends and family members, haven't gotten tired of it suggests there's rhyme and reason to its fleeting nature. Or some may simply put it down to the creators being on drugs and incapable of keeping their attention-span in check. Either way, this is a unique outing which I've found nothing like elsewhere, despite having thouroughly looked. October 9, 2005

5 star music and film, looses a star for oversights...

AWESOME. The Dust Bro's do a wonderful job adding to the layers of dementia, dark humor, sensuality and catharsis in the film. Those guys sampled everything. I even heard a smidgen of music from the game "Starcraft," one of the creepy Zerg background themes: it echoes during the scene where Norton not-so-subtly threatens his boss with disgruntled attention...

now tehn, everyone points out the Pixies omission; "Where is My Mind," from their second album, Surfer Rosa. It closes the film brilliantly when the buildings are collapsing... Great tune, excellently used, ends the movie perfectly! BUT. No one seems to recall the use of Tom Waits' "Goin' Out West," fom the scene where Tyler, jack and Co. are walking through the bar (steady-cam?), down to the basement. Great song, from his '92 album, Bone Machine. Both songs would have been nice for the mix, as would some of the great dialogue. This is, afterall, a film that positively overflows with classic quips and one-liners. And the one-liners are more like Zen koans than one-liners! Looses a star cuz it could have been better, more comphrehensive...

That said, this is a great collection of ominous beats and weirdo-freaked out, instrumental funk. Great Cd to work out to. Even though, as the man says, "Self improvement is masturbation..." Yeah, but that's easy to say when you're Brad Pitt, and you've got Brad Pitt's abs...
February 28, 2005

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