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Track Listings
| 1. Hoist The Colours |
| 2. Singapore |
| 3. At Wit's End |
| 4. Multiple Jacks |
| 5. Up Is Down |
| 6. I See Dead People In Boats |
| 7. The Brethren Court |
| 8. Parlay |
| 9. Calypso |
| 10. What Shall We Die For |
| 11. I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time |
| 12. One Day |
| 13. Drink Up Me Hearties Yo Ho |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The music for this third chapter in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is a traditional, efficient action score that, due to the film's setting, occasionally incorporates light Asian touches. The popularity of Hans "Long John" Zimmer (all the credits in the CD's liner notes include pirate-themed nicknames, like the roll call in a Simpsons Halloween episode) isn't in doubt-- he sure is one in-demand composer -- but afficionados are divided about his artistic worth, and this score isn't about to reconcile them. Some think that Zimmer relies too much on his stable of composers and sticks to tried-and-true recipes; others admire his capacity to weave themes in and out of cues, creating a whole made of subtly interrelated parts. At World's End feeds both camps: seven of his collaborators are credited with writing "additional music," and the album feels by-the-numbers at times; but those inclined to listen very closely will be rewarded by the way Zimmer sneaks in bits of two main melodies (especially variations on the first track, a pirate theme titled "Hoist the Colours" and cowritten by director Gore Verbinski) throughout. The use of electronics is so light as to be almost undetectable, which will please fans of a more organic orchestral sound. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If ever there was going to be a return to the Errol Flynn days this was going to be it and Zimmer has delivered at last. The first movie was different and has suffered from endless comparisons with Steiner, Korngold and the classic movie swasbucklers due to its reliance on eletcric guitars over orchestra. Me? I loved it. I would love to hear it though performed entirely by an orchestra.
This soundtrack was eagerly awaited by the movie music collectors in the hope of a real pirate score and Hans Zimmer has deleivered it to us. Full of the jaunty themes known and loved but this time suffused with a power taking you back to those halcyon days of adventure and swordplay. It moves at a fast pace and finally allows full play of the classic Pirate Themes from that first film but given free rein to be played at their most powerful. Romantic underscores for the tension between Sparrow, Swann and Turner are there and bring balance at last in the third movie. Moan about Zimmer? Not here. he has deleivered what he was asked to by Jerry Bruckheimer and also given the film fans what we want too, a true pirate movie score full of fun, flashing adventure and yo ho ho. Turn the dial right up, allow yourself to feel the enjoyment of this music and you won't be disappointed. Enjoy letting yourself visualise Johnny Depp's Capt'n Jack once again except this time, given true power.
If you like Zimmer you will love this. If you like pirate music performed with energy and given an emotional heart you will love it too. Ignore moans about repetition from miserable movie critics too deparate for something new and let yourself have fun again.
This soundtrack was eagerly awaited by the movie music collectors in the hope of a real pirate score and Hans Zimmer has deleivered it to us. Full of the jaunty themes known and loved but this time suffused with a power taking you back to those halcyon days of adventure and swordplay. It moves at a fast pace and finally allows full play of the classic Pirate Themes from that first film but given free rein to be played at their most powerful. Romantic underscores for the tension between Sparrow, Swann and Turner are there and bring balance at last in the third movie. Moan about Zimmer? Not here. he has deleivered what he was asked to by Jerry Bruckheimer and also given the film fans what we want too, a true pirate movie score full of fun, flashing adventure and yo ho ho. Turn the dial right up, allow yourself to feel the enjoyment of this music and you won't be disappointed. Enjoy letting yourself visualise Johnny Depp's Capt'n Jack once again except this time, given true power.
If you like Zimmer you will love this. If you like pirate music performed with energy and given an emotional heart you will love it too. Ignore moans about repetition from miserable movie critics too deparate for something new and let yourself have fun again.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have been a fan of film music for the past five years and am convinced that this is one of the best film scores I have ever heard. Hans Zimmer has always been a firm favourite of mine as I am constantly in awe of his ability to compose music that sounds truly heroic and emotional.
On this CD, there really isn't a bad track: "Hoist the Colours" is a new 'Pirates' theme, however the tune was composed by director Gore Verbinski and Zimmer before "The Curse of the Black Pearl" was released. In Track 1, it features as a dirge, sung first by a solo boy who is then joined by a full choir; but the theme returns in "The Brethren Court", and most prominently in "What Shall We Die For", where Zimmer slowly builds it up to a triumphant crescendo.
"Singapore" feautures superbly-atmospheric Eastern music, and the track ends with the most heroic take on 'Jack's Theme' yet. "At Wit's End" is dominated by a new theme which Zimmer composed for this film and is most closely associated with Will and Elizabeth's issues. There's even a strangely beautiful passage of female choir that evokes Enya and is the most un-Zimmer like music in the score. 'Calypso's Music Box' also makes a return, first in it's usual, tinkling form and then in a tragic version.
"Up is Down" is one of the best tracks, but I fail in trying to describe it: it has to be heard and felt by the listener! Unable to reprise "The Kraken" in this film, Zimmer opted for a wailing electric guitar in "Parlay", cleverly setting 'Hoist the Colours' against the 'East India Trading Co.' theme as the two sides clash. "I Don't Think Now's The Best Time" is a masterstroke and combines several themes from the past two films into the score while the music for Will and Elizabeth's dramatic wedding scene hints at various waltzes and the Wedding March.
Fans of the "He's a Pirate" theme from the first film will be glad to hear it return on "Drink Up Me Hearties", as it was omitted from the "Dead Man's Chest" soundtrack.
All in all, it's a score that will leave you feeling like swashbuckling your way across the seven seas - which is the point, isn't it?
On this CD, there really isn't a bad track: "Hoist the Colours" is a new 'Pirates' theme, however the tune was composed by director Gore Verbinski and Zimmer before "The Curse of the Black Pearl" was released. In Track 1, it features as a dirge, sung first by a solo boy who is then joined by a full choir; but the theme returns in "The Brethren Court", and most prominently in "What Shall We Die For", where Zimmer slowly builds it up to a triumphant crescendo.
"Singapore" feautures superbly-atmospheric Eastern music, and the track ends with the most heroic take on 'Jack's Theme' yet. "At Wit's End" is dominated by a new theme which Zimmer composed for this film and is most closely associated with Will and Elizabeth's issues. There's even a strangely beautiful passage of female choir that evokes Enya and is the most un-Zimmer like music in the score. 'Calypso's Music Box' also makes a return, first in it's usual, tinkling form and then in a tragic version.
"Up is Down" is one of the best tracks, but I fail in trying to describe it: it has to be heard and felt by the listener! Unable to reprise "The Kraken" in this film, Zimmer opted for a wailing electric guitar in "Parlay", cleverly setting 'Hoist the Colours' against the 'East India Trading Co.' theme as the two sides clash. "I Don't Think Now's The Best Time" is a masterstroke and combines several themes from the past two films into the score while the music for Will and Elizabeth's dramatic wedding scene hints at various waltzes and the Wedding March.
Fans of the "He's a Pirate" theme from the first film will be glad to hear it return on "Drink Up Me Hearties", as it was omitted from the "Dead Man's Chest" soundtrack.
All in all, it's a score that will leave you feeling like swashbuckling your way across the seven seas - which is the point, isn't it?
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Hans Zimmer had to come up with something pretty special to win me over. With Dead Man's Chest Zimmer took some of the best themes from the first film, a collaboration between 15 or so Media Ventures composers such as Harry Gregson Williams and Steve Jablonski, but predominately Klaus Badelt, and did strange things with them. While expanding the jaunty Jack theme and beefing it up was a good idea, as well as bringing in some murky and powerful stuff for both the Kraken and Davy Jones, the score overall was an overloud, bludgeoning experience without much tenderness or subtlety. Too much synthesizer and reverting to his favourite tricks I think may have been the problem. Dead Man's Chest was fun, but lacked colour and seemed to be constantly rushing onwards. After Hans Zimmer's wonderful, delicate and atmospheric music for films such as Da Vinci Code and The Last Samurai I was hoping that with the third Pirates film we would hear a more complex score.
Thankfully, that's just what we get. Once again Zimmer brings in the themes running through Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest which gives a lovely sense of continuity, but these themes are developed even more, becoming action cues that effectively trigger all the right emotions, or background colouring that really add to the depth of the onscreen events. The track 'I Don't Think Now Is The Right Time' so effectively conjured a storyboard in my head, I was able to predict the onscreen action almost perfectly!
At World's End is a much more emotionally charged score, with some lovely soaring moments where the love themes break out from the darker action cues in really uplifting ways. Which is just what you want from a score, something that rewards listening years after the film it accompanies has left cinema screens. Zimmer's music is suitably epic, but also manages to work in a more intimate and delicate way. Some of his favourite motifs are thrown in, which works perfectly, bringing to mind especially The Da Vinci Code, Last Samurai and Gladiator, none of this feels lazy like Dead Man's Chest did in parts, there is also a slightly oriental element especially near the start of the album as our heroes visit Singapore. Zimmer also doesn't forget this is a film about pirates and includes a nice touch of the sea shanty/jig here and there, specifically with track 5. 'Up Is Down'.
Overall Hans Zimmer's score for At World's End is a thoroughly rewarding listening experience. It works by reiterating established themes, but also takes a slightly more offbeat approach with several tracks. Unlike Dead Man's Chest it makes room for a much more romantic and often melancholy sound. I only give it four stars because although I am glad this time we don't have an awful techno remix tacked onto the end, I do feel we could have been given extra DVD content or perhaps simply more score.
Heres hoping that a three-score special edition is released sometime soon.
PJ
Thankfully, that's just what we get. Once again Zimmer brings in the themes running through Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest which gives a lovely sense of continuity, but these themes are developed even more, becoming action cues that effectively trigger all the right emotions, or background colouring that really add to the depth of the onscreen events. The track 'I Don't Think Now Is The Right Time' so effectively conjured a storyboard in my head, I was able to predict the onscreen action almost perfectly!
At World's End is a much more emotionally charged score, with some lovely soaring moments where the love themes break out from the darker action cues in really uplifting ways. Which is just what you want from a score, something that rewards listening years after the film it accompanies has left cinema screens. Zimmer's music is suitably epic, but also manages to work in a more intimate and delicate way. Some of his favourite motifs are thrown in, which works perfectly, bringing to mind especially The Da Vinci Code, Last Samurai and Gladiator, none of this feels lazy like Dead Man's Chest did in parts, there is also a slightly oriental element especially near the start of the album as our heroes visit Singapore. Zimmer also doesn't forget this is a film about pirates and includes a nice touch of the sea shanty/jig here and there, specifically with track 5. 'Up Is Down'.
Overall Hans Zimmer's score for At World's End is a thoroughly rewarding listening experience. It works by reiterating established themes, but also takes a slightly more offbeat approach with several tracks. Unlike Dead Man's Chest it makes room for a much more romantic and often melancholy sound. I only give it four stars because although I am glad this time we don't have an awful techno remix tacked onto the end, I do feel we could have been given extra DVD content or perhaps simply more score.
Heres hoping that a three-score special edition is released sometime soon.
PJ
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Love It.
I love the Pirates films and the music is incredible. I think the first soundtrack is the best, but closely followed by this one which has a lot more original and simply better... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Onion
Pirates of the Carribbean
Very very good. The music is not noticable in the film. but is well worth listening to.
Published on 17 May 2010 by Ann Bessant
Thumbs Up
I have all three of the albums now and I have to say that the second one - 'Dead Man's Chest' was a let down. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by L. H. Godfrey
Combination of old, new and homage
Classic Zimmer and some. Listen carefully and you hear strains of The Da Vinci Code and Gladiator filtering through. Not a critisism, it's just his style. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2007 by A. K. L. McDonald
Users Daughter
A brilliant soundtrack!!! there are the original themes from the first two films, but they have a twist. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2007 by Beth Lamb
Hans Zimmer in Action
Great soundtrack in the classical Hans Zimmer style with strings en masse, brass, choir and more. It's exciting classical music with massive content and logical composition. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2007 by Niels Kristian Schmidt
A slightly disappointing movie but a brilliant soundtrack
Alough the movie was not quite as good as I would of hoped (though its still worth 4 stars in my opinion) the soundtrack that accompany's the entertaining movie is in one word,... Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2007 by Mrs. S. Walmsley
Nowhere near One and Two
Oh dear. The first soundtrack was something special, especially the main themes and the hint of a cello - the second was excellent (Jack's theme tune fitted him exactly and the... Read more
Published on 26 July 2007 by Scurra
Best Soundtrack of 2007 so far
For this third film, it is obvious from listening to this soundtrack that Zimmer has put a lot of effort and care into producing a very listenable and highly recommended... Read more
Published on 25 May 2007 by Paul Tang
Hoist The Colours!
Having already the soundtracks from the previous two films, I have to say this one is definately in my opinion the best. Read more
Published on 22 May 2007 by Ms. C. Bryce
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