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| 1. The Last Man |
| 2. Holy Dread! |
| 3. Tree Of Life |
| 4. Stay With Me |
| 5. Death Is a Disease |
| 6. Xibalba |
| 7. First Snow |
| 8. Finish It |
| 9. Death Is The Road To Awe |
| 10. Together We Will Live Forever |
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Soundtrack to The Fountain is an intense, emotional but rewarding experience, but be warned! this is not the run of the mill, orchestral style that seems to permeate movies these days, in an all too predictable way. This is more a case of The kronos Quartet meets Mogwai in a dark alley for a good dust-up. If you are familiar with God Speed You Black Emperor/ A Silver Mnt Zion's anthemic post rock orchestrations for guitar and strings you will no doubt love whats on offer here.
Clint Mansell lets his inspirations show thru with a few nods to Phillip Glass and the afore mentioned GSYBE. A brooding emotional sound bulds on repeated(in a good way) piano refrains and strings to represent the various story lines present in the film, that gradually build into a stirring, emotional and intense finale on "Death is the road to Awe" The album is worth it just for this track alone.
Clint Mansell lets his inspirations show thru with a few nods to Phillip Glass and the afore mentioned GSYBE. A brooding emotional sound bulds on repeated(in a good way) piano refrains and strings to represent the various story lines present in the film, that gradually build into a stirring, emotional and intense finale on "Death is the road to Awe" The album is worth it just for this track alone.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You can tell a lot about a movie by its soundtrack -- comedies get cute pop tunes, action gets harder stuff, and drama has somber compositions.
But the exquisite genre-bender "Fountain" was graced with a sweeping, celestial collection of songs, which were a collaboration between composer Clint Mansell's group, the Kronos Quartet, and the Scottish experimental group Mogwai. It's filled with the sorrow of death, the joy of love, and all the feeling that music can muster.
It opens with a gentle piano solo, which trickles into a web of slow, ominous strings. "The Last Man" opens the album on a somber note, and moves down the emotional scale from jagged unhappiness to a gentle, slightly achy sound. As it blossoms out into a rising violin solo, your heart will be breaking.
Then it dips into more uncomfortable turf -- the eerie "Holy Dread," with its hints of chants, dark drums and rattly noises, and the shimmering swirling guitars of "Tree of Life." But then Mansell and Mogwai move back into the orchestral mood -- sweeping, shimmering melodies with a sort of spacey feel, and dark-edged neoclassical instrumentals.
It rises to a heart-pounding climax in "Death is the Road To Awe," with the music getting louder and more intense, and picking up tempo... before exploding into what sounds like an angelic rock song. The final song is very different in tone -- very quiet, mellow and almost happy.
Well, Darren Aronofsky's movie is full of death, war, sorrow, love, space travel, and immortality. Somehow it's not too surprising that a normal soundtrack wouldn't do, and that a mixture of neoclassical instrumentals and space-rock are needed to really accentuate the beauty on the screen.
The music is full of emotion -- sorrow, yearning, love, pain, and loneliness, climaxing in the exultant chorale and explosively soaring "Death is the Road...". To achieve this, Mansell uses some pretty simple instrumentation, with some sort of ambient melodies played with classical instrumentation. He layers plenty of shimmering strings and rippling piano into a sweeping web, and adds in some odd electronic sounds and some tribal drums for atmosphere.
Best of all? Though the soundtrack mirrors the development of the movie's events, it can be enjoyed on its own merits, for its own beauty, and not just for way it makes you think of what happened in the movie.
One of the best things about "The Fountain" is that soaring, emotion-packed soundtrack, which is almost as good on its own as it is with Aronofsky's movie. An exquisite, powerful experience.
But the exquisite genre-bender "Fountain" was graced with a sweeping, celestial collection of songs, which were a collaboration between composer Clint Mansell's group, the Kronos Quartet, and the Scottish experimental group Mogwai. It's filled with the sorrow of death, the joy of love, and all the feeling that music can muster.
It opens with a gentle piano solo, which trickles into a web of slow, ominous strings. "The Last Man" opens the album on a somber note, and moves down the emotional scale from jagged unhappiness to a gentle, slightly achy sound. As it blossoms out into a rising violin solo, your heart will be breaking.
Then it dips into more uncomfortable turf -- the eerie "Holy Dread," with its hints of chants, dark drums and rattly noises, and the shimmering swirling guitars of "Tree of Life." But then Mansell and Mogwai move back into the orchestral mood -- sweeping, shimmering melodies with a sort of spacey feel, and dark-edged neoclassical instrumentals.
It rises to a heart-pounding climax in "Death is the Road To Awe," with the music getting louder and more intense, and picking up tempo... before exploding into what sounds like an angelic rock song. The final song is very different in tone -- very quiet, mellow and almost happy.
Well, Darren Aronofsky's movie is full of death, war, sorrow, love, space travel, and immortality. Somehow it's not too surprising that a normal soundtrack wouldn't do, and that a mixture of neoclassical instrumentals and space-rock are needed to really accentuate the beauty on the screen.
The music is full of emotion -- sorrow, yearning, love, pain, and loneliness, climaxing in the exultant chorale and explosively soaring "Death is the Road...". To achieve this, Mansell uses some pretty simple instrumentation, with some sort of ambient melodies played with classical instrumentation. He layers plenty of shimmering strings and rippling piano into a sweeping web, and adds in some odd electronic sounds and some tribal drums for atmosphere.
Best of all? Though the soundtrack mirrors the development of the movie's events, it can be enjoyed on its own merits, for its own beauty, and not just for way it makes you think of what happened in the movie.
One of the best things about "The Fountain" is that soaring, emotion-packed soundtrack, which is almost as good on its own as it is with Aronofsky's movie. An exquisite, powerful experience.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Very rarely do films scores so perfectly match the film they are intended for and this score for the excellent film 'The Fountain' is one of those rare occasions. It's rare for even part of a film score to move me, but this one managed it time and time again.
Absolutely wonderful in all ways possible. Even if you couldn't get to grips with the film then at least give the score a try. It's well worth it.
Absolutely wonderful in all ways possible. Even if you couldn't get to grips with the film then at least give the score a try. It's well worth it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A big fountain.
The music is really good and the players too. It's a good quartet. If you want to relax, that's what you are looking for.
Published 10 months ago by Leia
Stirring, Moving, Beautiful
I'm probably biased as I already love Mansell's stuff (especially Moon OST) but this is quite fantastic stuff. Brilliantly slow building pieces that convey awe and wonder. Read more
Published 15 months ago by S. F. Woolhouse
Mind Expanding Soundtrack
This is a fantastic soundtrack by Clint Mansell. It marries perfectly with the happenings in the film, reflecting and enhancing them, drawing you in to another world and helping... Read more
Published 16 months ago by SouthScot
If you like the requiem for a dream sound track you will like this
I watched the film and didn't really follow the plot however the films score dragged me in. It builds on previous soundtracks he's done and if you haven't watched the moon I... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2010 by Dave
Fantastique
You must listen to this soundtrack. It made my heart tremble, made me cry. It touches you soul. Enjoy it!
Published on 18 Nov 2009 by Etelka Bdi
Beautiful album
Amazing songs, that there to move you. I was listening to some songs again and again and picking up new instruments/parts.
Must buy!!
Must buy!!
Published on 31 Oct 2009 by Mr. H. Ferello
Powerful and haunting
One of the most truly beautiful and haunting soundtracks that I have ever listened to. Perfectly compliments a masterpiece of a movie.
Published on 22 July 2009 by Skiddy
The Fountain - an intense experience.
A beautiful, evocative soundtrack - awesome in it's scope and depth. As a stand alone album it is drawing in it's intensity and emotion, in conjunction with the film by Darren... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2009 by L. Grzonka
Haunting, powerful, beautiful....
The film was beautiful, but flawed.
Not so the music.
The recording quality leaves a bit to be desired, but the music more than makes up for it
Not so the music.
The recording quality leaves a bit to be desired, but the music more than makes up for it
Published on 16 Oct 2008 by J. Alan
Simply mind blowing
While I liked the Darren Aronofsky film quite a lot - and its certainly not as bad as most people would like you to believe - there is simply no denying that Clint Mansell's... Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Particular Press
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