"The music really complements the film. It never overwhelms the scenes but helps it along . You can hear the train slowly coming into focus. The music almost becomes the Train rather than the actual engine, especially towards the end. I've watched the film three times and wasn't fully aware of the score because it is so integrated with the action yet, when listening to it alone, it is very evocative of the film and enjoyable."
Great soundtrack
G. Orellana | Brooklyn, NY United States | 01/12/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"An excellent soundtrack to a good movie. It really captures the feel of the western genera, albeit the length of the tracks are short it still makes a good companion to the film or for those who love the nostalgic feeling of western movies through music."
An inteligent score for an inteligent film
Rel Benrey | 02/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"When I watched "3.10 to Yuma", I couldn't stop thinking how well the score captures the ambience of the film, both in action scenes and in the more intimate scenes. I wondered how the music would sound on its own, and I was pleasently surprised. Marco beltrami managed to present a perfect balance between old and modern, intimacy and action, western and mainstream. It takes a great inteligence and a great heart to achieve that, and the result is just a delicacy for the ears. its fresh and stylish, yet very emotional.
Very, very recommended, especialy for those who are tired of those mainstream, predictable hollywood scores.
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Can Music Feel Like A Ghost-town?!
jlo1 | Poughkeepsie, NY USA | 08/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This really seems to, and it's an interesting effect. I agree that the score for this movie was excellent at complimenting the tense dusty minimalist feel of the movie. The movie and score are both reminiscent of the dry and gritty old "Spaghetti Westerns". But there's also something unique about the music here, to which I also agree with other reviews that it doesn't rehash the usual Western genre score techniques at all. It mirrors the intensity and loneliness that the movie emits very well, and allows you to recall that, while listening to the CD. For a remake, the movie turned out very well, and the eerie ghost-town-jangly-spurs feel of the score gets a lot of the credit for that. You can almost imagine the hot dry desert wind blowing on your back while it's playing, no kidding."