The Count of Monte Cristo [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Audio CD (February 5, 2002)
Original Release Date: January 25, 2002
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: RCA
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: ####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM22.00


Track Listings
1. Introduction
2. Landing on Elba
3. Marseille
4. Betrayed
5. Chateau d'If
6. Abbe Feria
7. Edmond's Education
8. Training Montage
9. Escape from the Island
10. Finding the Treasure
11. Invitation to the Ball
12. Involving Albert
13. After the Party
14. Retribution
15. End Titles


Director Kevin Reynolds infuses Alexandre Dumas's classic tale of treachery and revenge with the same contemporary, kinetic energy he employed on Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, arguably to much better effect. Composer Ed Shearmur's moody, evocative score is a great asset in the effort. Largely eschewing the pomp and Wagnerian melodramatics of many similar costume dramas, the composer again evokes much of the same sense of delicate ambience and quiet mystery he successfully used on K-PAX. Working in a contemporary vein, Shearmur seamlessly fuses his electronic elements with the shadings of the London Metropolitan Orchestra, creating a slyly organic score that builds its dramatic character on rhythms, space, and color, rather than typically brash melodic cues. Shearmur's music shades mood and character without calling attention to itself. If there's a temptation to lament the lack of melody here, it's good to remember people don't revere Bernard Herrmann's music for its hummable qualities, either.


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