1 |
Time
To Get Out |
2 |
The Palio |
3 |
Inside Man |
4 |
Bond
In Haiti |
5 |
Somebody
Wants To Kill You |
6 |
Greene & Camille |
| 7 |
Pursuit At Port Au Prince |
8 |
No
Interest In Dominic Greene |
9 |
Night At The Opera |
10 |
Restrict
Bond's Movements |
11 |
Talamone |
12 |
What's Keeping You Awake |
13 |
Bolivian
Taxi Ride |
14 |
Field
Trip |
15 |
Forgive
Yourself |
16 |
DC3 |
17 |
Target
Terminated |
18 |
Camille's
Story |
19 |
Oil
Fields |
20 |
Have
You Ever Killed Someone? |
21 |
Perla
De Las Dunas |
22 |
The
Dead Don't Care About Vengeance |
23 |
I
Never Left |
24 |
Another
Way To Die - Jack White & Alicia Keys |
ALBUM REVIEW:
Don’t fool around with the blonde Bond, he is one serious dude who will kick your ass if you dare piss him off. Daniel Craig perfectly personifies this angst ridden character so well, you can only feel his pain (both physical and emotional) while watching his second outing as the Ian Fleming’s famous secret agent. And accompanying this angst is the music score from David Arnold, whose compositions will again bring listeners on a roller coaster ride after 2006’s Casino Royale.
The 61 minute soundtrack album wastes no time setting up the action by throwing you onto the fast paced “Time to Get Out” straight from its first track. With just a few seconds of breathing space, “The Palio” continues the action with its commandingly orchestrated string based beats. Some ethnic setups are introduced in “Bond in Haiti” and “Somebody Wants to Kill You” – tracks which are aware not to lose its signature Bond suaveness. The highlight of this album comes in the form of “Pursuit at Port Au Prince”, a six minute cue that starts off with a suspenseful introduction before gradually building up to a powerhouse brass and techno heavy peak. The adrenaline filled track ends off nicely with a sophisticatedly smooth conclusion that allows you to catch your breath.
Quieter moments of the album come from tracks like “What’s Keeping You Awake”, “Forgive Yourself” and “Camille’s Story”. Though these self explanatory cues allow listeners to take a break from the gusts and blasts of things, they hint at something melancholically dark. And that appropriately reflects the haunted characters of the movie.
At first listen, there are obviously no recognizable main themes to identify with throughout the disc. But an album like that requires repeated playing to appreciate the finer shades and tones of the movie’s musical representation. There are certain moments which will remind you of John Barry’s old school James Bond music, while others will indicate the contemporariness and real side of the franchise’s first blond agent.
And what’s a Bond movie without a theme song? Jack White (from The White Stripes) and Alicia Keys team up to perform “Another Way to Die”, which have gotten some flak from fans. But we think it’s a funky song that deserves its place with other James Bond theme songs. The sleekness and smooth debonair of the four minute tune concludes the album, leaving listeners to looking forward to what they can expect from the next Bond movie.
ALBUM RATING:
 
Recommended Track: (7) Pursuit at Port Au Prince
Review
by John Li
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