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Based on the hit comic book about a man who returns from the dead to avenge his killers, the film adaptation of
The Crow suffered a cruel irony when star Brandon Lee (son of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee) died during production after a bizarre onset accident. That event only deepened the film's aura of death and gothic unease, moods that are brilliantly underscored by this well-chosen collection of stark alt rock, dark metal, and industrial dirges.
The opener, the Cure's typically angst-ridden "Burn," is about as sentimental as this album gets, bookended by Jane Siberry's wistful "It Can't Rain All the Time." Sandwiched in between is a virtual primer on powerful mid-1990s alt and industrial rock, from Nine Inch Nails hammering Joy Division's "Dead Souls" into its own image to the blistering snarl of Helmet, Pantera, and the Rollins Band. So-called pop-song scores often have a cheap afterthought feel to them; this one, a refreshingly integral part of the film itself, stands as a great album in its own right. --Jerry McCulley
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1 Cure, The - Burn 6:39
2 Machines Of Loving Grace - Golgotha Tenement Blues 3:58
3 Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty 4:55
4 Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls 4:52
5 Rage Against The Machine - Darkness 3:41
6 Violent Femmes - Color Me Once 4:10
7 Rollins Band - Ghostrider 5:44
8 Helmet (2) - Milktoast 3:59
9 Pantera - The Badge 3:53
10 For Love Not Lisa - Slip Slide Melting 5:45
11 My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - After The Flesh 2:58
12 Jesus And Mary Chain, The - Snakedriver 3:39
13 Medicine (2) - Time Baby III 3:50
14 Jane Siberry - It Can't Rain All The Time 5:34