Fight Club Ost [Soundtrack]

So this isn't something you'll whip out religiously everyday and bang onto your mates about, but you will drag it out every now and again for those little personal moments.

The Dust Brothers have created a unique album unlike anything I have heard before. Employing everything from guitars, to decks, to choir singing and cheesy sounds that wouldn't be heard outside of elevators. Each song's name refers to a character/event/feeling etc in the movie, so each name carries a certain feeling, emotion with it. If you've seen the movie you will recognise the music and where it was used at in the film.

There's quite a varied selection of songs here. "Who is Tyler Durdan?" builds up to something that is a little reminiscent of Darth Vader gracing his minions with his prescence (or in this case, Tyler and his space monkeys). "Corporate World" is a combination of cheesy elevator music and those songs you hear in supermarkets that you'll never know the name of. While it is cheesy, it is also twisted which suggests that something is a foot. My favourite track of the bunch is "Jack's Smirking Revenge". The track begins off with a sense of realisation, and turns into a feeling of knowing what to do. In this case it would be Jack's revenge on his boss. The album is light on the ears, with the exception of "Chemical Burn" which half way through it, bursts into a grinding guitar riff which is more instantly recognised as the Fight Club theme, used at the beginning of the movie. Overall, the songs all hold a feeling of darkness with them in some way. I feel this is good as it holds true to the film, no rays of sunshine here, just dark, grim reality.

If you are a fan of the movie Fight Club, there's not much doubt that you would not enjoy this music. Even if you haven't seen or heard about Fight Club, this soundtrack is still a great piece of music, and it might be just what you're looking for if you're trying to find something different.

The music itself bounces about like a superball, ranging from techno-metal hybrids, to what could only be called some sort of American derivative of acid-funk. Everything is used, and to an absolute effect. However, effective as this may be, the wide range of beats and synths don't exactly help the album to gel seamlessly. As you listen to this, you'll be at a loss as to what cohesion is even there. But listen to it twice, and you'll agree that there is something present which allows the soundtrack to just flow the way it does. What this something is will, again, leave you perplexed to say the least.

In this sense, Fight Club is (almost mandatorily) comparable to The Chemical Brothers' Surrender, and let's face it, the no holds barred approach worked for them. And if it must be said that The Dust Brothers only just managed to get away with it, then it also must be said that they somehow managed it with more style than most could have.

Overall, this is murky and dark, and not the easiest ride to take. As well as it does befit the film, in employing The Dust Brothers something more professional sounding might have been expected. But to expect this is to miss the point, just as it would have been with the film. Like it as you liked the film, and you'll get along just fine. If you didn't like the film, well, that's your problem.