Search - Graeme Revell :: Aeon Flux [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Cool Modern Score

snowleopard | Oregon | 11/18/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Greame Revell is a pretty diverse composer, moving between electronics and orchestra pretty skillfully for twenty years now, and has been quite successful along the way. It's my opinion that Graeme is at his best on when his scores are rhythmic and electronic. This goes back to Dead Calm, through his work on CSI Miami, The Crow, Red Planet, etc., and now Aeon Flux. Not to say his other scores aren't good, as most all of them blend these skills to one extent or another, just that I think his strength lies in scores like this.



Recently he scored Daredevil and The Fog, two scores that offer a good comparison. Both of those have orchestral and electronic pads, and atmospheric sounds, noises even. They worked fine on screen, and offer interesting listens now and then, but on their own, they neither make for cool listens, or good background music to my ears. Aeon Flux however, does.



An added bonus, the CD booklet has some lovely photos of the gorgeous Charlize Theron from the film. Considering that the soundtrack can often be found cheap, this may make it worth purchasing instead of just downloading to some people.



In closing, if you're like me and tend to like Graeme's scores that are on the electronic and rhythmic side, you'll like this. There are good melodies and song structures here too, and sections of orchestral passages as well. If you're a fan of his more conservative orchestral, or music bed work, this may not be for you."