Mission Impossible 2: Music From The Motion Picture Score (2000 Film)

Film scorer Hans Zimmer, who helped pioneer the seamless technological merging of electronic and acoustic instruments in film scoring, has long had an interest in musical fusion. But in scoring director John Woo's action-sopped Tom Cruise star vehicle, Zimmer has concocted a wildly uneven stew of electronica, flamenco, rock, medieval, and world music that's about as subtle as Cruise's career ambitions. There are moments of surprising tranquility (Zimmer's duet with Heitor Periera on the Spanish-guitar-driven "Nyah") amid the pulsing beats and blaring samples, and even a few passages reminiscent of his other summer 2000 blockbuster, Gladiator. But as a musical stew, this one could use another dollop of simple meat and potatoes; it's certainly a long way from The Lion King, The Thin Red Line, As Good As It Gets, or any of his other best scores. --Jerry McCulley Amazon.com

Great

Great soundtrack overall with only a few shortcomings. It successfully mixes classic Spanish style with the Mission Impossible theme and Zimmer's traditional "grandiose movie epic" style.

The tracks Hijack, Seville, Injection, and Bare Island are, by far, the best. Among these Injection is probably the most well done and powerful. A good movie soundtrack, by my measure, must not only stand on its own as a good composition, but also bring the plot and emotions of the point in the movie it was played back to you. Injection succeeds at this in a way that few soundtracks can claim.

The only real failings are Bio-Techno (which serves more to grate on the nerves than sound like a well put together composition) and Mano A Mano (while not hard to listen too, it is something of a let down for a final climatic theme in the conflict between Ethan and Ambrose).

Despite these shortcomings I highly recommend the soundtrack for any fan of Mission Impossible or Hans Zimmer's work. 4/5 Stars.
January 4, 2007

Brilliant but...

This score is remarkable. It manages to use so many cliched ideas and yet seems so original. Hans ZImmer has done a masterful job on creating such a blockbuster and enjoyable score. My favouriote tracks are "Injection", "Ambrose", "Nyah and Ethan", "Seville" and "Mano A Mano", most of which contain either wonderful spanish flamenco guitar played by Heitor Periera or the sublime vocals of Lisa Gerrard.
My only problem with this score is the MI:2 theme itself which reduces the tension and atmosphere of all the music it comes in contact with. It is one of the most revolting pieces of music I have ever heard!
But you can always do what I did. Rip the music off the Score and edit it not to contain the theme. :) September 18, 2005

best score ever

This is one of those cd's that you never seem to forget. this is my favourite score ever. it has a chilling sence of emotion and gives me goosebumps every time i hear it. close youre eye's and listen to mano a mano. it has an amazing sence of emotoin. anyone who is a fan of the movie or just likes scores should go and buy this masterpeice right now. it's that good!! January 21, 2005

Different, fresh, and exciting Zimmer...

For starters: I wrote a review for this score (along with numerous others) here on Amazon.com about 3 years ago, and if you look carefully, it's like #25 here... As I laugh (or cry) at my naivete (and poor, poor writing skills), I am also bewildered at how I actually gave this score 2 stars. My guess is I never went in with an open mind and gave it a chance.

This is a hugely entergetic score that offers a bit of everything and is probably one of Zimmer's best albums of the 90's. I despised the film when I first saw it (and haven't since), but nonetheless this is a great listening experience. It contains explosive synthesized action tracks like "Hijack", wonderful Hispanic flavored beats and guitar work in "Zap Mama" and "Seville", awe-inspiring choral work as heard in "Bare Island" (the first half of this track is probably one of the best pieces of music Zimmer has ever written), and some completely entrancing music heard in the likes of "Injection", which absolutely soars. In short, a totally diverse musical selection that sounds inspired and exciting.

These past few years haven't been very kind to Zimmer, and, now that I think of it, he hasn't really written this good 'a score since... Well, OK, Black Hawk Down, I suppose, but that's it (and even so, it didn't make for quite the successful album transition). Anyway, if you want some genuinely tasty Zimmer funk, dig in! January 2, 2004

A Great Score..

I was amazed when i saw the movie..but i was shocked when i heared these soundtraks!!the movie is so great..& hans zimmer also is a great composer that can touch our feelings with his scores...i like him so much!!
thanks April 24, 2003

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