Van Helsing [ENHANCED] [SOUNDTRACK]

Product Details
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Audio CD (May 4, 2004)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Enhanced, Soundtrack
Label: Decca
Condition: Used (Like New)
Rating: #####
Availability: In Stock
Price: RM24.00


Track Listings
1. Transylvania 1887
2. Burn It Down!
3. Werewolf Trap
4. Journey to Transylvania
5. Attacking Brides
6. Dracula's Nursery
7. Useless Crucifix
8. Transylvanian Horses
9. All Hallow's Eve Ball
10. Who Are They to Judge?
11. Final Battle
12. Reunited
13. [CD-ROM Track]


Bram Stoker's original literary Van Helsing dispatched his nemeses-of-the-night with but a crucifix, a few simple wooden stakes, and a dash of garlic. But this CGI-driven, 21st century Hollywood take on the vampire hunter is bigger, bolder, and, judging from veteran Alan Silvestri's thunderous, goth-on-steroids orchestral score, definitely more bombastic. Courtesy of director/big-budget monster revivalist Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Mummy Returns, The Scoropin King), Hugh Jackman's title character now faces off against Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, a giant werewolf, and Mr. Hyde. With an appropriate lack of subtlety, Silvestri seasons the action set pieces with some gloomy, Herrmann-esque brass, jolting doses of massed percussion, the occasional shrieking choral homage to Carmina Burana--and (for some ears) precious too little of Franz Waxman's haunting, neo-Romantic horror-film lyricism. But then, overwrought popcorn epics call for overwrought popcorn scores, and the bold, epic scale of Silvestri's music can't be denied; it has as much alternately jolting/nervous energy as a double-dose of caffeine. Enhanced CD features include an interactive game trailer, game playing clues, a photo gallery, and preview of a comic book merchandising tie-in.


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