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Prometheus

Marc Streitenfeld Audio CD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (4 Jun 2012)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony Classical
  • ASIN: B007TBCTRK
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 21,942 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. A Planet
2. Going In
3. Engineers
4. Life
5. Weyland
6. Discovery
7. Not Human
8. Too Close
9. Try Harder
10. David
11. Hammerpede
12. We Were Right
13. Earth
14. Infected
15. Hyper Sleep
16. Small Beginnings
17. Hello Mommy
18. Friend From The Past
19. Dazed
20. Space Jockey
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By L. Hubbard TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Marc Streitenfeld is a composer who has worked with Ridley Scott for many of his recent films including A Good Year, Body Of Lies, Robin Hood, and American Gangster. Whilst I enjoyed Robin Hood as a bit of a guilty pleasure, I have yet to be completely sold on Streitenfeld as a top class composer. Given the hype surrounding Prometheus I thought it was time to give him another chance. I personally think this is his best score to date, and is a masterful action/suspense score with moments of striking orchestral beauty.

There are 25 tracks in total so I won't go into every one in detail. Some standout action tracks for me included "Collision" (Track 21) with a great buildup and choir at the end for extra punch. The penultimate track "Invitation" (Track 24) was also sublime. Some of the action/suspense tracks were also nicely done - "Not Human" (Track 7) has some eery writing and nice mutated effects. "Space Jockey" (Track 20) was evil but epic and one of my favourites on the album.

The tracks which were purely suspense (e.g. Planting the Seed (Track 23) and finale track "Birth" (Track 25)) were well done, but does not make for a particularly good listening experience - I guess that's the point though. I think tracks like this work better within the film rather than on album but that might just be me.

I should note that Harry Gregson-Williams (a brilliant British composer who had worked with Ridley Scott before on Kingdom of Heaven) wrote two tracks, "Life" (Track 4) and "We Were Right" (Track 12). Both of these tracks were exquisite, particularly "We Were Right", which is bleak, haunting and yet orchestrally stunning at the same time. Also, "Friend From The Past" (Track 18) pays homage to one of Jerry Goldsmith's themes from the original Alien film, and was a rather nice touch. From a production perspective, the sound quality is fantastic as you would expect.

One word of caution - the score lasts for just over 57 minutes. Given that the film is over two hours in length there will be music within the film that has not made it on to the album. If you are after a specific cue, it might be worth hunting down some track samples (at the time of writing there aren't any samples on Amazon itself).

The only criticism comes in the form of the track lengths. The number of tracks present means the majority of the tracks are short - only 4 out of the 25 are over 3 minutes in length and some tracks feel like they have a bit of abrupt end (as if they have been shortened for the album release). That said, this was not a major issue.

Overall, this is a score that has many different styles that will appeal to some people and not others. Some of the suspense tracks do not make for particularly pleasant listening experience on their own, but those that incorporate some more action based material are better in my opinion. The standout cues for me were those that were slightly slower in pace but were orchestrally majestic of which there are many. The tracks by HGW and the homage to Goldsmith were also brilliant. For those who enjoyed it within the film, it also makes for a great standalone listen. I would be lying if every track was easy to, but as a whole, I don't think Streitenfeld (or HGW) could have done a better job. Anything less than 5* would be a disservice.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great OST For A Great Film 27 Jun 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
After seeing Prometheus at my local cinema I immediately went and bought this soundtrack to listen to it in more depth and have been blown away by how good it is, i listened to it though a set of Sennheiser HD600's and every instrument can be heard when needed and it has the full bodied tone expected from this sort of OST

the only thing that disappointed me was that music from the trailers wasn't included but I can live with that as this is a must buy if you enjoyed the film
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Well done Marc Streitenfeld 5 Jun 2012
Format:Audio CD
The score was recorded with a 90-piece orchestra and trust me, it is really good. When you listen to this score, you realize that it has a grand feel to it. The tracks, 4. Life and 12. We Were Right, are provided by Harry Gregson-Williams and both have a lovely theme that lifts you up to some other place! Marc Streitenfeld has produced another masterpiece this year. (I love his other score for `The Grey'). After listening to the whole score the very first time, I immediately fell in love with 1. A Planet, 2. Going In, 5. Weyland, 8. Too Close, 10. David, 14. Infected, 16. Small Beginnings, 17. Hello Mommy, 20. Space Jockey and 21. Collision! Many of the tracks have a calming theme but the following are epic action tracks: 11. Hammerpede, 14. Infected, 17. Hello Mommy, 20. Space Jockey and 21. Collision and 23. Planting The Seed. These have got some really great throbbing action scoring by Marc Streitenfeld. A must have album, I have listened to it a lot, I love it but i even loved some of the tracks much more after I watched the movie, which by the way is brilliant!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Prometheus
As a art to book it's OK, the main problem with it is there are not enough preliminary and concept work just lots of finished mat paintings that you could just see in the film, I... Read more
Published 2 months ago by MISS TRIONA M ROGERS
5.0 out of 5 stars Best OST in 2012 IMHO
I really liked the movie Prometheus and the I beleive the soundtrack played a great role to create the movie's atmosphere.
Published 5 months ago by M.P.
5.0 out of 5 stars out standing film moving and brilliant soundtrack
not seen the film until recently i watched it awestruck joy.not only
had the film been better than the promo on tv it answered many questions
just it left many... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. White R. Gwyn
3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been so much more!
As someone who has worked with Vangelis and Hans Zimmer for much of his carreer Ridley Scott has found a recent collaborator in Marc Streitenfeld who scored his last five movies... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Kevin Berne
5.0 out of 5 stars A great score for a great movie
I think it was a difficult work to make this score, because its "ancestor" was outstanding (I am referring to Jerry Goldsmith's score for ALIEN), but Mark Streitenfeld (and Harry... Read more
Published 9 months ago by NachoFleischman
1.0 out of 5 stars Instantly forgetable
Part of what made 'Alien' and 'Aliens' such great films was their scores, particularly Jerry Goldsmiths incredible music for 'Alien'. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Peter C. Harpley
2.0 out of 5 stars uninspired and boring
not a disaster, but this soundtrack is yet another standard and average sounding score. the music does little to improve on what was a disappointing and lackluster movie and when... Read more
Published 10 months ago by a_burn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great film, great soundtrack
There are some truly awe-inspiring tracks which leave you pondering life's great mystery, along with the unsettling tracks of Giger-esque cosmic horror. Read more
Published 10 months ago by CosmicVagrant
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