rofl ^^

1701, July 2, 2005; 2:49 AM

It is a musical sound-scape for zombies.

hammon, July 2, 2005; 9:08 AM

Check out Day of the Dead soundtrack. Great music to eat people by. By far the best zombie soundtrack next to Goblins Dawn of the Dead.

tponder, July 2, 2005; 9:02 PM

We don't get the film over here in the UK for another 2 months, but I imported the score and..... it's okay.

I agree, it's a vast departure frm the previous scores, but with each listen, it grows on me.

I also think the CD could've benefited from some tighter editing, I wouldn't have any complaints from a 40-45 minute release.

But I guess with it being electronic and with no re-use fees and such, Varese thought it best to bung as much on the disc as possible.

And props to them for that, 'cos I'll probably enjoy it more when I can actually watch the Goddamn film in 2 months time.

his_dudeness2002, July 3, 2005; 5:55 AM

Hm,

I should get the score within the very next days or so... quite mixed expectations. I watched the film last night and must say I was a bit disappointed. It might have been the shitty copy I have... so I'll give it a chance in the cinema, IF they show it here in Switzerland. Since that will at least be another 3 or 4 months from now, I decided to watch that really awful quality copy anyway...

From what I could tell, the score was mediocre at best. Both Dawn and Day were tremendous scores (the Goblin geek I am...), so why hire ex-Spliff and ex-The Other Ones? George must have loved "Run Lola Run"...

Ah well, I'll wait and hear what's coming to me. I better lower my expectations (which is never wrong anyway...).

Best,
Burnie


blinddoc, July 3, 2005; 3:33 PM

So...

Got the score today. Oh boy, it is as I was afraid it would be going to be...

In fact, it is like the movie itself (very sadly) is... it lacks character and identity.

I don't like those soundtrack composer newcomers that go right up the "orchestral carnage" alley. Probably it is what the directors and/or the studio seems to want, but it is so uninteresting and inter-exchangable. Not a nice listen imho. As mentioned in posts above, don't even think of comparing it to the Dawn or Day scores. Another fine example that a smaller budget calls for creative solutions that are usually much more daring and hence add a lot of character to the film itself (let alone the pleasure of listening to the score on its own).

I much prefer the Tyler Bates score for the new "Dawn" - which has a similar approach - but has lots more identity and character than "Land".

I never thought I was gonna ever say this - but in my opinion both the music and the film itself have far less character than the "Dawn" remake has. It hurts me saying this - as I really grew up with GAR's movies, but it's the truth to me.

But who knows, maybe repeat viewings of the film and listenings of the score will smoothen this judgement :-)

Best,
Burnie


blinddoc, July 5, 2005; 3:57 PM