Demolition Man (soundtrack)
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| Soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal | |||||
| Released | November 23rd, 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Classical Avante garde Modernist Progressive Electronic |
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| Length | 30:03 | ||||
| Label | Varese Sarabande, Cat.VSD-5447 |
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| Producer | Matthias Gohl | ||||
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Elliot Goldenthal scored the soundtrack for the movie Demolition Man; the movie itself is generally seen as too "throw away" and "shlocky" for a composer of Goldenthal's standard, although he seems to have been having fun with the score, evidenced by cues with titles like "Obligatory Car Chase", a sample of which (among others) can be heard below. It is a unique example of his typically off-beat style and use of uncoventional yet effective techniques in film score; incorpoating big brass clashes and complex, dramatic string arrangements.[1][2]
It won Goldenthal an ASCAP award in 1994 for best original score and was his first big budget action film score.
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- Dies Irae (1:51)
- Fire Fight (1:35)
- Guilty as Charged (3:58)
- Action, Guns, Fun (1:26)
- Machine Waltz (1:56)
- Defrosting (1:43)
- Confronting the Chief (0:32)
- Museum Dis Duel (1:56)
- Subterranean Slugfest (1:44)
- Meeting Coctaeu (1:42)
- Tracking Simon Phoenix (3:03)
- Obligatory Car Chase (3:06)
- Flawless Pearl (1:15)
- Final Confrontation (1:56)
- Code 187 (0:41)
- Silver Screen Kiss (1:30)
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The cue for the opening sequence, as Los Angeles is at war, begins one of the films few stand-out themes.
The ambient, atmospheric, atonal cue for the title sequence at the start as the protagonist is put into cryo-stasis.
The self-evident title explains the use of this cue, a car chase; another example of Goldenthals odd-ball aspect regarding the movie and one of his first overt uses of electronic techniques to augment his orchestrations.
This cue is used during a fight just before the end, based on a waltz and, like a lot of the rest of the score, conveys a subtle comical overtone to the action.
A Goldenthalian action cue from the end of the movie.
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