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5 of 5 slammin soundtrack Monday, August 30, 2004
erly_star from Los Angeles
This album is jammed with scores that are solid, packed with heart-thumping drum beats!
From James Newton Howard’s “Max Steals Briefcase”, Miles Davis’s “Spanish Key” , and my most favorite, Tom Rothrock’s “Rollin Crumblin’”, these tracks collectively amplify the progressive activities in the movie. Absolutely incomparable to other movie scores that cradle you to sleep!
The movie mainly shows Los Angeles at night and the deep bass on the track “Air” projects deep hours of darkness. Calexico’s “Guero Canelo” may have been the most perfect way to define the movie’s setting—Los Angeles. This track offers a smooth Spanish rhythm, with a rapid P.A.-like-recitation of vague English words, combined with an intermittent chant of Spanish words w/c altogether perfectly project propels the Spanish culture in the city of Los Angeles.
To add to this, the album contains assortment of known artists such as Audioslave, The Roots, Paul Oakenfold, Miles Davis, and others.
Definitley worth checkin out this slammin soundtrack!
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5 of 5 Collateral Soundtrack Wednesday, August 25, 2004
A Listener from Los Angeles, CA
I liked the movie, so I went out and bought the soundtrack right afterward. The soundtrack has a good mix of songs, with some rock, some hiphop, and a wide variety of jazz. Also, unlike many other soundtracks for summer blockbusters, the Collateral soundtrack included four scores from James Newton Howard (one of my absolute favorite score composers). As I don’t typically follow jazz, I didn’t hear of Klazz Brothers, who does an absolutely fantastic job here, until now. Audioslave makes an appearance, as well as Calexico (also a great band). Great soundtrack, couldn’t be happier with the purchase! Was this review helpful?
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