- Audio CD (Jun 18 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Soundtrack
- Label: Universal Music Group
- Run Time: 145 minutes
- ASIN: B000068C9F
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #63,140 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Minority Report |
| 2. "Can You See?" |
| 3. Pre-Crime To The Rescue |
| 4. Sean And Lara |
| 5. Spyders |
| 6. The Greenhouse Effect |
| 7. Eye-Dentiscan |
| 8. Everybody Runs! |
| 9. Sean's Theme |
| 10. Anderton's Great Escape |
| 11. Dr. Eddie And Miss Van Eych |
| 12. Visions Of Anne Lively |
| 13. Leo Crow.The Confrontation |
| 14. "Sean" By Agatha |
| 15. Psychic Truth And Finale |
| 16. A New Beginning |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
While Steven Spielberg's sci-fi detective thriller revolves around the intriguing premise of future cops arresting criminals before their crimes, beneath its high-tech veneer it asks a simple but infinitely powerful question: Do we have the power to alter our own destiny? Coming on the heels of the director's posthumous collaboration with Stanley Kubrick, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, it also affords longtime Spielberg musical collaborator John Williams a rare back-to-back opportunity to construct a musical future-world. The composer's efforts here are largely a forceful departure from A.I.'s sparkling minimalist influences, employing an enduring cinematic cliché--that film futures often sound much like the works of early-20th-century serialist/modernist classical composers--that puts a compelling new spin on the ever slippery concept of postmodernism. If the cues here occasionally recall the jagged edges, dark corners, and rhythmic fury of some of Goldsmith's best sci-fi scores, it's only a tribute to both legends' deep musical roots and preternatural scoring instincts. But make no mistake, this is pure Williams at his most compelling, employing his full arsenal of technique and always masterful use of color to construct a new genre--call it "future noir"--from inspirations as diverse as Bartók, Ligeti, Penderecki, Webern, and Schoenberg. Like Herrmann's suspenseful scores for Hitchcock (one of the film's intentional musical touchstones), there may be nary a memorable melody in it, but it's a riveting--and occasionally harrowing--listen from opening bars to its final, minimalist-tinged string flourishes. --Jerry McCulley
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Problems with the actual recording...,
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This review is from: Minority Report (Score) (Audio CD)
I liked the music from Minority Report, but rather than talk about the soundtrack itself (because I figure you've seen the film otherwise you wouldnt be here, and you've got many other reviews here talking about the music) I'd like to mention the recording quality of the CD which is EXTREMELY POOR!I have a Denon stereo system set up for Super Audio CDs and for a modern recording I was severly dissapointed in the quality of the mastering. It hisses, it pops, I thought I was listening to vinyl!!!! Maybe you can't here it on low volumes, or if other stereo systems have more bass which hide it? Personally, I like listening to my music LOUD and this recording SUCKS!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everybody runs . . .,
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This review is from: Minority Report (Score) (Audio CD)
. . . to get this brilliantly dark soundtrack for one of Spielberg's most intriguing works in recent years. I just loved the cue "Everybody runs" . . . even when I heard it for the first time in the movie, accompanying the tense scene where John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is trapped in the futuristic vehicle tearing along the highway -- the music is just SOOOO good (no noticeable melody here, but just so fitting and -- I guess the right word here is -- BREATHTAKING), I had to buy the CD for that one cue only. When Anderton kicks away the window glass and climbs out of the car to perform this genuinely stunning acrobatic act, you can actually sense the trumpets in Williams's break-neck score simulating the wind and blasting into Anderton's face. (The score deserves five stars for that one single moment only!!!) Now that I've had the CD for a few days (and listened to track 8 like fifty times), I also find other cues memorable, especially "Minority Report," "Spyders" (no Herrmann this, just much more effective), "Eye-Dentiscan" (harrowingly good), and the heart-warming "Sean's Theme." I recommend this soundtrack to anyone who loves Steven Spielberg, John Williams, or just one knockout of a movie score that'll take you away into a bleak, futuristic, cold world. Spielberg notes that John Williams is the greatest musical storyteller the world of the movies has ever known; I couldn't agree more.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent Williams,
By A Customer
This review is from: Minority Report (Score) (Audio CD)
Though it worked well in the film, the score is not the greatest piece to listen too. "Minoirty Report" is a good and strong orchestra and percussion start. The next few pieces are nothing special. "Spyders" is the next action piece, and it works pretty well. "Eye Dentiscan" is an enjoyable orchestra piece. "Everybody Runs" is a continuation of the action theme. "Sean's Theme" is the emotional work with a nice touch of piano. "Anderton's Great Escape" is a face paced wonderful action piece. Overall, the work is still strong, but, in the end, there is nothing 'classic' about the score.
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