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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
(Score + Various)

 ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK

Artistes: Various
Label:
Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: March 20 2007
Links:

www.atlanticrecords.com

tmnt.warnerbros.com/

 

 



TRACK LISTING
1
Shell Shock - Gym Class Heroes
2
Rip It Up - Jet
3
There's A Class For This - Cute Is What We Aim For
4
Awww Dip - Cobra Starship
5
Roses - Meg & Dia
6
Bring Me Along - Pepper
7
Fall Back Into My Life - Amber Pacific
8
Red Flag - Billy Talent
9
Walking On Water - This Providence
10
Youth Like Tigers - Ever We Fall
11
Lights Out - P.O.D.
12
Black Betty - Big City Rock
13
I Love Being A Turtle (Score) - Klaus Badelt
14
Nightwatcher (Score) - Klaus Badelt

SOUNDTRACK REVIEW:

Things have changed since the 1980s – the time where a group of creatures called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ruled this reviewer’s world. Not only are the turtles coolly termed known as “TMNT” to the young punks now, the catchy theme song that goes “…Heroes in a half shell!” have been replaced by heart-thumping rock tunes performed by bands like Jet and Cobra Starship.

The 45-minute album opens with Gym Class Heroes’ “Shell Shock”, and these dudes out-rightly set the mood for this soundtrack album. Following that tune are other wailing and guitar-heavy tracks like Meg & Dia’s “Roses” and Amber Pacific’s “Fall Back Into My Life”.

We particularly love Big City Rock’s “Black Betty” for its strange power to induce feet tapping and head bobbing, although we still have no idea what the vocalist is warbling about in this 3-odd minute song.

Call us weaklings, but too much of this genre of music can cause an unnecessary headache, especially if we penned this review late at night. Depending on how you look at it, spinning the album on your car before going to work may actually be an energy booster for the long and stressful day ahead.

Composer Klaus Badelt (The Promise, Poseidon) contributes two very brief score tracks on this disc, making us rather unsatisfied, because they are rather exciting and enthralling to listen to. The mix of oriental instrument and Western orchestrations is a nice approach to scoring this movie about, well, ninja turtles.

All you nostalgic fools out there, it is time to move on and forget about those cheesy lyrics that chanted: “Leonardo leads; Donatello does machines; Raphael is cool but rude; Michelangelo is a party dude…” Like animation in movies, the music has moved on, dudes.

ALBUM RATING:



Recommended Track: (12) Black Betty - Big City Rock

Review by John Li

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This soundtrack review is made possible with the kind support from Warner Music


 


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