Insvims wrote:I am not too fond of Haslinger's soundtracks. They work together with the movies, but without the pictures the music is usually a bit annoying. But that goes for most soundtracks, in my opinion (not the TD soundtracks that can be considered regular TD albums, of course).
Did not he also have the music for Death Race? I saw that movie (terrible), but cannot remember any of the music.
Shoot Em Up is only 8 dollars.
I agree that his soundtracks are not the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel, but they are at least more interesting than the standard symphonic scores by lots of ther composers. But he has completely removed all traces of his TD-past in his music, and *that's* a shame. It's not a time he wants to look back upon.
I don't agree that most soundtracks are boring though, I know of several good composers. Here is a list, check it out. These are the top synth/contemporary film composers from the last 30 years or so:
Sylvester Levay, Harold Faltermeyer, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Jay Ferguson, Patrick Leonard, David Foster, Hans Zimmer, Mark Mancina, Gary Chang, Giorgio Moroder, Nick Glennie-Smith, Trevor Rabin, BT, James Newton Howard, Thomas Newman, Craig Armstrong, Vangelis, Patrick O'Hearn, W.G. Snuffy Walden, Jeff Rona, Klaus Badelt, Christopher Franke, Vince DiCola, Eduard Artemyev, Paul Haslinger, Jonathan Elias, Yves Laferriere, Tim Truman, Alan Silvestri 1986/87, Mark Isham, Steve Jablonsky, Eric Serra, Paul Hertzog
Yes, Death Race is really expensive. It went out of print from Intrada Records pretty fast.
