Abandon // Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by Clint Mansell featuring Katie Holmes

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

Clint Mansell is a brilliant composer and has done some awesome film score work; Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, Pi, and Smokin Aces to name a few. Although I think the film didn't quite work, Mansell does a nice job with Abandon, not my favorite by him, but I like the recurring piano theme thats shows up in "Ice Skating" then again in "First Kiss." And he also incorporates some cool almost trip-hop elements to it, like something you may hear from Portishead.

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1. Abandon Opening Titles
2. Katie Studies, Pt. 1
3. Ice Skating
4. Katie Studies, Pt. 2
5. First Kiss
6. You Have No Choice
7. Trip Hop Inferno
8. Embry's Here
9. Alibi
10. Katie Snow Dream
11. Eye To Eye
12. Abandoned
13. Suspicion
14. Harrison Takes A Fall
15. Invitation
16. Rendezvous
17. To The Country House
18. Embry Threatens
19. Comfort Me
20. Adam's House
21. Follow Me Down
22. The Camera Never Lies
23. Katie Waits
24. Memory Of Murder
25. Wherever You Go
26. Take Me With You
27. Abandon End Titles

AI: Artificial Intelligence // Complete Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by John Williams

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Dreamworks Pictures

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CD 1 // Complete Motion Picture Score

1. Cybertronics
2. The Arrival Of David
3. A Few Simple Procedures
4. Hide And Seek
5. Imprinting Protocol
6. A New Life With Teddy
7. Martin Returns
8. A Bird
9. Bedtime Stories
10. The Dinner
11. The Haircut
12. The Pool
13. A Hard Decision
14. I Have To Leave You Here
15. Abandoned In The Woods
16. The Moon Rising
17. Capturing Mecha
18. Pictures Of David
19. Joe's Expertise
20. All Roads Lead To Rouge
21. To Rouge City
22. Come Away Of Human Child
23. They Hate Us
24. This Is Not A Toy
25. Man-Hatten
26. Let's Be Friends
27. Replicas
28. Search For The Blue Fairy
29. Stored Memories
30. The Blue Fairy
31. David And The Supermecha
32. The Reunion
33. David Sleeps

CD 2 // Alternates & Film Tracks

1. Trailer Music - featuring music from "FairyTale: A True Story" by Zbigniew Preisner

2. For Always - featuring Josh Groban { Live }

3. Sleeping Beauty Waltz
4. Martin Returns { Film Alternate }
5. Abandoned In The Woods { Album Alternate }
6. I Only Have Eyes For You
7. Guys And Dolls
8. Cheek To Cheek
9. Search For The Blue Fairy { Film Alternate }
10. Stored Memories { Alternate }
11. The Reunion { Alternate }
12. For Always - featuring Josh Groban & Lara Fabian
13. For Always - featuring Lara Fabian

A River Runs Through It // Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by Mark Isham

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Columbia Pictures


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1. A River Runs Through It
2. Casting Presbyterian Style
3. A Land Filled With Wonder
4. Down The Alley
5. A Summer Of Lumber And Fishing
6. Shooting The Chutes
7. Three Fisherman
8. A Trip To The Unknown
9. A Four-Count Rythm
10. The Sheik Of Araby
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Je Ne Sais Quois
13. Swing Me High, Swing Me Low
14. A Place Remembered
15. A Remark Was Passed
16. Rugged Cross
17. Muskrat Ramble
18. Rawhide
19. The Wild Ride
20. Early Departure
21. The Splendor In The Grass
22. Jessie And Norman
23. Lolo's
24. The High Road
25. Yes, Quite A Day
26. A Fine Fisherman And The Big Blackfoot River
27. The Moment That Could Not Last
28. Too Deep For Tears
29. Without Complete Understanding
30. In The Half-Light Of The Canyon
31. A River Runs Through It

A Beautiful Mind // Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by James Horner

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Universal Studios

I've always enjoyed James Horner as a composer, and with A Beautiful Mind he managed to create a subtle and beautiful mood of drama and romance while still building tension around the subject of the film. The music works really well for the film, representing Nash's brain working through his complicated genius and also touching on the love his wife showed whilst dealing with his disease. "Of One Heart, Of One Mind" is one of my favorite tracks. Its' soft and gentle piano touches, together with warm strings shows the love of a wife to a husband, complete and unconditional.

Charlotte Church offers her angelic voice on the main theme "All Love Can Be", and this accompaniment is in perfect harmony with the film and Nash's own personal triumph. I will comment that it's nothing new from Horner. Not his best, in my opinion, however, it's a beautiful score and I enjoy Horner's quiet and simple style here.

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1. A Kaleidoscope Of Mathematics
2. Playing A Game Of Go
3. Looking For The Next Great Idea
4. Creating Governing Dynamics
5. Cracking The Russian Codes
6. Nash Descends Into Parchers World
7. First Drop-Off And First Kiss
8. The Car Chase
9. Alicia Discovers Nashs Dark World
10. Real Or Imagined
11. Of One Heart And Of One Mind
12. Saying Goodbye To Those You Love
13. Teaching Mathematics Again
14. The Prize Of Ones Life, The Prize Of Ones Mind
15. All Love Can Be
16. Closing Credits

2012 // Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by Harald Kloser & Thomas Wander

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Columbia Pictures


I was entertained by the film 2012 at best. It gave you amazing visuals and a story that wasn't new but fun to watch, a little annoying that every moment was an escape by inches... but Roland Emmerich loves to destroy the earth and let's face it... he makes it look good. The score to 2012 delivers just that as well and not much more. There are some great action tracks here which do a good job of conveying the earth-wide destruction happening in the film, and a few nice dramatic themes here too. "The End Is Only The Beginning" is a nice closing track. But I felt it was really missing a theme, something recognizable that you could cheer for when you hear it. It reminds me of Armageddon which in my opinion had an awesome score, much better than 2012. If Trevor Rabin had written 2012 it would have been a much more exciting score.

Also like Armageddon, the film ended with two rock tracks, "Time For Miracles" featuring Adam Lambert and "Fades Like A Photograph" by Filter. But again, maybe they should've followed Rabin's lead and used one of these as a theme in the film. Just a thought.

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1. Constellation
2. Wisconsin
3. U.S. Army
4. Ready To Rumble
5. Spirit Of Santa Monica
6. Great Kid
7. Finding Charlie
8. Run Daddy Run
9. Stepping Into The Darkness
10. Leaving Las Vegas
11. Ashes In D.C.
12. We Are Taking The Bentley
13. Nampan Plateau
14. Saving Caesar
15. Adrian's Speech
16. Open The Gates!
17. The Impact
18. Suicide Mission
19. 2012 The End Of The World
20. Collision With Mount Everest
21. The End Is Only The Beginning
22. Time For Miracles feat. Adam Lambert
23. Fades Like A Photograph feat. Filter

300 // Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by Tyler Bates

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures


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1. To Victory
2. The Agoge
3. The Wolf
4. Returns A King
5. Submission
6. The Ephors
7. Cursed By Beauty
8. What Must A King Do?
9. Goodbye My Love
10. No Sleep Tonight
11. Tree Of The Dead
12. The Hot Gates
13. Fight In The Shade
14. Come And Get Them
15. No Mercy
16. Immortals Battle
17. Fever Dream
18. Xerxes Tent
19. Tonight We Dine In Hell
20. The Council Chamber
21. Xerxes Final Offer
22. A God King Bleeds
23. Glory
24. Message For The Queen
25. Remember Us

28 Days Later // Original Motion Picture Score

Music Composed by John Murphy

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of 20th Century Fox


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1. The Beginning
2. Rage
3. The Church
4. Jim's Parents
5. Then There Were Two
6. Tower Block
7. Taxi
8. The Tunnel
9. AM180
10. An Ending
11. No More Films
12. Jim's Dream
13. In Paradisum
14. Frank's Death
15. I Promised Them Women
16. The Search For Jim
17. Red Dresses
18. In The House, In A Heartbeat
19. The End
20. Season Song
21. End Credits

3:10 to Yuma // Original Motion Picture Score

MUSIC COMPOSED BY MARCO BELTRAMI

© 2010 Cover Art Designed by Jeremiah Mackler // Photo Courtesy of Lions Gate

There's no doubt here that Marco Beltrami was attempting to bring the feel of the Ennio Morricone 'spaghetti western' style to a new audience