"David Fincher's Seven was undoubtadly one of the most unnerving mainstream films of recent memory, and after hearing the great, moody music from the film, I tracked down the soundtrack and was very disappointed. First off, Howard Shore's orchestral scores are more than worth hearing and capture the depressed feel of the film, but the remix of "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails (which played during the opening credits) and David Bowie's "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" (which played during the closing credits) are not present here, which is very disheartening. Gravity Kills' one time hit "Guilty" is here, but other than that there isn't anything else worth hearing. If your a fan of the film and love the two songs I listed above, this is what to do. For the remix of "Closer" is available on the "Closer to God" CD single, and Bowie's song can be found on his "Outside" album. If your looking to buy this soundtrack for one or both those songs, beware, they are not here."
DISAPPOINTED
N. Durham | 10/15/1999
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I love all of the music in the film SE7EN. However, the soundtrack pissed me off. Three very cool songs are missing: Nine Inch Nails-Closer [Precursor], David Bowie-The Hearts Filthy Lesson, and Ren Klyce/Steve Boddecker-Lust. I would have killed for these to be on the soundtrack, but that would never happen. I give it a three-star because I like all of the music, but I wanted so much more.If anyone can find "Lust" for me on MP3 or CD, PLEASE E-MAIL ME!!!!!"
WHY NO OPENING TITLES!
Clark Gable | 11/09/1999
(1 out of 5 stars)
"I was planning to buy this soundtrack, but when I found that the openning titles weren't on it, I changed my mind.Take a hint record producers and re-release the CD with the missing songs"
It's missing the opening and ending credits!
Ilker Yucel (oyucel@annapolis.net) | 08/25/1998
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Nine Inch Nails: Closer (precursor)...from the Further Away/Closer to God CD-single. Featured in the film during the opening credits...best possible choice for the movie. David Bowie: The Heart's Filthy Lesson...from the Outside album. Featured in the end credits...best possible choice for the movie. Neither of these two songs are on the soundtrack CD...why not?! As good as the rest of the music is, without these two songs, how can you dare buy this album?!"
Forget this soundtrack, get the score
Clark Gable | Miami, FL | 11/28/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"While this soundtrack has some worthy songs (especially the Bach piece and the suite), it is completely lacking in actual music from the film. Anyone who has seen this great film knows that it has a great score by Howard Shore. Do yourself a favor, skip this one and go for the score disc, it contains 28 tracks and is running for almost an hour and a half. It contains every piece of score in the film and this is the REAL soundtrack. It's called "Se7en - The Expanded Soundtrack". Unfortunately it is very rare, I seriously doubt if you can find it in a retail shop and I know for a fact that no online shop sells it. I got it from a friend a couple of years ago and it has been one of my most valuable soundtracks to date. Do yourself some good and go look for this one, it's the soundtrack as it was meant to be."