Bourne Ultimatum Soundtrack CD

Composer: John Powell .
Personnel: John Powell (programming); Moby (vocals); Julian Leaper, Pigott Smith, Tom, Liz Edwards, Mark Berrow, Dave Woodcock, Deborah Widdup, Rosemary Warren Green, Jonathan Evans Jones, Maciej Rakowski, Pete Hanson, Paul Willey, Manon Derome, Christopher Clad, Dermot Crehan, Steve Morris, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Gaby Lester, Rita Manning, Everton Nelson, Johnathan Rees, Sonia Slany, Cathy Thompson, Emlyn Singleton (violin); Jon Thorne, Donald McVay, Chris Pitsillides, Ivo Van Werff, Morgan Goff, George Robertson, Kate Wilkinson, Andy Parker, Nick Barr, Rachel Bolt, Gustav Clarkson, Garfield Jackson, Donald McVay, Kate Musker (viola); Frank Schaefer, Cathy Giles, Robin Firman, Nick Cooper , Tony Lewis, Ben Chappell, Caroline Dale, David Daniels , Caroline Dearney, Martin Loveday, Jonathan Williams , Chris Worsey, Tony Hinnigan, Dave Daniels (cello); Richard Skinner, Richard Skinner (bassoon); Jan Hendrickse (woodwinds); Simon Gunton, Peter Davies , Peter Davies, Simon Gunton (trombone); Richard Edwards, Richard Edwards (bass trombone); Roger Argente, Dave Stewart , Dave Stewart , Roger Argente (contrabass trombone); Lee Tsarmarklis (tuba); Paul Gardham, Neil Sherwan, Simon Rayner, Jim Rattigan, Richard Berry, Philip Eastop (horns); David Hartley, Dave Hartley (piano); Steve Mair, Chris Laurence, Mary Scully (bass instrument); John Ashton Thomas, James McKee Smith (programming); Shayna Steele (background vocals); Perry Mason, Warren Zielinski, Jim McLeod (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Paul Kegg, Anthony Pleeth (cello); Roger Harvey (trombone); Keith McNichol (bass trombone); Nick Hitchens, Owen Slade (tuba); Mike Thompson , Nigel Black, Martin Owen (horns); Simon Chamberlain (piano, organ); Frank Ricotti, Paul Clarvis, Luis Jardim (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Shawn Murphy; Brian Sperber.
Recording information: Air Studios, London, England.
Unknown Contributor Role: Chris Roberts .
Arranger: John Powell .
For the soundtrack to THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, the third installment in the lauded series of sophisticated Hollywood action movies, director Paul Greengrass reunited with composer John Powell. As with previous BOURNE chapters, Powell contributes an appropriately tense orchestral score that heightens the film's many thrilling sequences, as best evinced on the urgent opening track, "Six Weeks Ago." Capping off the collection is "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)," a beat-driven song by electronica artist Moby.
Composer John Powell elevates the tension he so dutifully created on 2004's Bourne Supremacy soundtrack for the third (and final?) chapter in the big screen adaptation of author Robert Ludlum's internationally lauded Jason Bourne series The Bourne Ultimatum. All of the deft melding of taut electronics and explosive orchestral release that made the previous installment the blueprint for the modern espionage score is utilized here, and while there is little in the way of any memorable new cues, the familiar staccato sounds that have accompanied Matt Damon's character throughout the series mimic the relentless pulse of the film and provides the listener with a much needed buoy amidst director Paul Greengrass' highly kinetic ocean of visual stimuli. ~ James Christopher Monger