Heat: Music from the Motion Picture Music

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by: Elliot Goldenthal

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Average Rating: Rating: - (mostly) highs and (a few) lows The breezy, sprawling strings that open (what I will call, as it has 3 distinct parts, but is only listed as one track) Kronos Quartet's Heat suite as we watch the train pull into the station, rates as my all time favourite movie opening. For me it remains awesome (in the true sense of the word) every time I see it. This soundtrack goes on to beautifully punctuate Michael Mann's masterpiece. But it also stands on it's own as an album. Mann has a very keen sense of the way music and pictures can work together, and in Heat, everything falls gorgeously intro place. However, I have 2 gripes about this soundtrack, pedantic as they may be - First, The version (on my disc, at any rate) of Moby's 'God Moving Over the Face of the Waters' is NOT the version heard in the film, and is missing a vital bridge that the film's climax hinges on! That REALLY annoys me - if I buy 'music from the motion picture', that is what I damn well expect to get! (if you want a better version, get Moby's album 'I Like to Score', but that version doesn't sound as 'big' so you never get the real thing, if you know what I mean). Secondly, for such a major and (what they must have known was going to be) historic production, the sleeve design seems uncaringly slapped together and lame. I would love to see this redesigned and reassembled by someone who cares. I realise it's not a major seller, but maybe for some anniversary re-release with the movie it would be nice to see such a fine film getting all the treatment it deserves even if it is only for the more passionate collectors. Rating: - Fantastic selection This is a great collection of what are dark, moody pieces that work very well alone while capturing the somber tone of the film. The theme is worth the price alone: a minimalist masterpiece that swells to a deafening chorus of what sound like moans, then settles into a tense guitar and electronica sequence (used when the crew blows the doors off the armored car and rounds up the guards.) Other highlights here are the pulsing, sequencer-heavy "Always Forever Now" by Passengers, a U2-Brian Eno project. (Actually, the version on this disc differs slightly from the version on the Passengers Original Soundtracks album, adding a couple of eerie whispers early on and some more strings at the end.) "Ultramarine" goes up and down with an incredible throbbing guitar and bass. Moby's cover of Joy Divion's "New Dawn Fades" is excellent, and fits nicely in the film during Pacino's car pursuit of DeNiro. A very Michael Mann-ish track. (Those who watched Miami Vice will agree.) Brian Eno's "Force Marker" is an excellent, tense and riveting piece of music that is exciting even away from the film. This was used brilliantly during the bank heist and shootout. It has also been used elsewhere, most recently in the Steven Seagal film "Exit Wounds" for a fight scene. The Lisa Gerrard material is good as well; fans of her "Gladiator" work will enjoy the tracks here. The Eliot Goldenthal score has a dark but human tone and proves that he is one of the better composers scoring films today. Finally, the other Moby track, "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" differs slightly from the version used in the film but is still a very moving piece with its relentless piano riff and swelling strings. Sit back and listen to it and be carried. Great soundtrack to a great film, period. Highly recommended. Rating: - An Excellent Counterpart to an Exceptional Film I bought the soundtrack to "Heat" because I had been completely enamored by the music that was in the film. There is a beautiful ambivalence to it that just surrounds you as you listen. There are no bad tracks here, folks. They are all worthy to be on the same disc together and the result is a wonderful and subliminal compilation of both upbeat and sullen tracks. One of the things that I love most about soundtracks, especially if they're instrumental, is their ability to replay the whole movie for you. You listen to a specific tune, a specific scene will play in your mind. For instance, Brian Eno's "Force Marker," is a rendition of the famous Bank heist scene in the film. (You'd have to actually see the film in order to understand.) It's a pulsating track that went perfectly to a heart-stopping sequence. Moby's "God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters," is another outstanding track. It's just totally moving and mesmorizing. So..all in all, this soundtrack is absolutely breath-taking. It was definitely worth my money and I hope that those who purchase it will say the same. All listed tracks demand the listener's attention. :) Cheers!

Heat: Music from the Motion Picture Music

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