S.W.A.T. (soundtrack)

Infobox Album |
Artist = Elliot Goldenthal
Name = S.W.A.T.
Type = Soundtrack


Released = August 12, 2003
Genre = Classical
Avante garde
Modernist
Electronica
Progressive
Rock
Length = 46:58
Label = Varese Sarabande,
"Cat.VSD-6501"
Producer = Matthias Gohl
Last album = "The Good Thief" (2002)
This album = "S.W.A.T."
(2003)
Next album = "Across the Universe"
(2007)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0cfexqwaldae link]
* Filmtracks Rating|3|5 [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/swat.html link]
* MovieMusicUK Rating|4|5 [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/swatcd.htm link]
* Movie-Wave Rating|4|5 [http://www.movie-wave.net/titles/swat.html link]
* Soundtrack-Express Rating|4|5 [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/swat.htm link]

Elliot Goldenthal composed the score for the 2003 action/thriller movie S.W.A.T.. It marked the first pure action score he had composed since Demolition Man almost exactly 10 years previously.

The score

It is generally viewed as being another surprise, being that Goldenthal usually gravitates towards more "intellectual" and "arthouse" type movies and although he has done a few "commercial" action movie type scores in the past the decision to score "S.W.A.T." was nevertheless interesting; [ [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/swat.htm SWAT - Elliot Goldenthal ] ] [ [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/swatcd.htm S.W.A.T ] ] [ [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/swat.html Filmtracks: S.W.A.T. (Elliot Goldenthal) ] ] and Goldenthal has developed a reputation for choosing unlikely projects, if anything, for the sheer fun of it. [ [http://www.moviemusicuk.us/swatcd.htm S.W.A.T ] ] in choosing to compose the score for "S.W.A.T." he, some have said, had played the "Media Ventures" (now known as "Remote Control Productions") [ [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0016836/ Media Ventures [us ] ] [ [http://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=214 SoundtrackNet : News : Extreme Music and Media Ventures Score with Directors Cuts ] ] composers, led by electronic/rock action score composer Hans Zimmer, at their own game, and won, creating an original, intense, yet complex and diverse score. [ [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/swat.html Filmtracks: S.W.A.T. (Elliot Goldenthal) ] ]

The point being that "Media Ventures" scores, in the industry and with score fans, have a reputation for churning out generic scores for, mostly, action thriller movies. Goldenthal, with his typically avante-garde approach, gave the score to "S.W.A.T." a weight that it would never have had. [ [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/osts/swat.htm SWAT - Elliot Goldenthal ] ] It has been celebrated as another unique and exciting addition to his list of more "commercial" movie scores. [ [http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/swat.html Filmtracks: S.W.A.T. (Elliot Goldenthal) ] ]

Track listing

# Bullet Frenzy (10:17)
# Don't Shoot Me Baby (3:26)
# My Big Black Assault Weapon (1:38)
# AK-47 Scherzo (3:42)
# Three Chords in Two Minutes (1:53)
# Run For Your Life (3:05)
# The Fascist Shuffle (1:29)
# "S.W.A.T. 911" (3:10) - "Danny Saber"
# Crash Landing (4:48)
# That Cop Stole My Car (2:04)
# S.W.A.T. Sticker (0:53)
# Bullet Frenzy II (1:38)
# "Time is Running Out" (4:59) - "Apollo Four Forty"
# "Samuel Jackson" (4:03) - "Hot Action Cop"

References

External links

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* [http://www.varesesarabande.com/details.asp?pid=vsd%2D302%2D066%2D501%2D2 Varese Sarabande page for the score.]