Along Came A Spider Soundtrack CD

Original score composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Personnel: Marcia Dickstein, Katie Kirkpatrick (harp); Eun Mee Ahn, Al Hershberger, Irina Voloshina, Songa Lee, Anatoly Rosinsky, Katia Popov, Robin Olson, Ken Yerke, Ronald Folsom, Elizabeth Baker, Robert Brosseau, Rachel Purkin, Karen Jones, Franklyn d'Antonio, Patricia Johnson , Richard Altenbach, Clayton Haslop, Natalie Leggett, Kathleen Lenski, Sara Parkins, Paul Shure, Armen Garabedian, Liane Mautner, Dimitrie Leivici, Berj Garabedian, Rafael Rishik, Mario Diaz de Leon, Endre Granat, Haim Shtrum (violin); Marlo Fisher, Dan Neufeld, Michael Zinovyev, Carrie Holzman-Little, Rick Gerding, Michael Nowak, Pamela Goldsmith, Janet Lakatos, Simon Oswell, Victoria Miskolszy, Denyse Buffum (viola); Dennis Karmazyn, Antony Cooke, Douglas Davis , Armen Ksadjikian, David Low , David Speltz, Sebastian Toettcher, John Walz, Todd Hemmenway, Christine Ermacoff (cello); Jim Walker , Louise Di Tullio (flute); James Kanter (clarinet); Earl Dumler (oboe); David Riddles (bassoon); Rick Baptist, Warren Luening (trumpet); Richard Nash, Phil Teele, Charles Loper (trombone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); David Duke, Richard Todd, Brian O'Connor, Jim Thatcher (horns); Michael Lang (keyboards); Chuck Domanico, Richard Feves, Drew Dembowski, Bruce Morgenthaler, Steve Edelman, Nico Carmine Abondolo, Arni Egilsson, Michael Valerio (double bass); Alan Estes, Larry Bunker, Steve Schaeffer, Emil Richards (percussion); Nick Vidar (programming).
Audio Mixer: Bruce Botnick.
Recording information: Paramount Pictures, Scoring Stage M.
Along Came a Spider is sadly emblematic of much of Jerry Goldsmith's autumnal output. It's a virtual rewrite of its disappointing predecessor, Hollow Man, and sadly absent of the vitality and fierce originality that are the hallmarks of the composer's finest scores. Created from the same shopworn electronic and symphonic elements that constitute so much of Goldsmith's post-millennial efforts, Along Came a Spider emphasizes atmosphere over substance, yet achieves little of the suspense and danger required of the thriller genre. Goldsmith enthusiasts will find it difficult to shake the sense they've heard it all before, and that it's even more frustrating this time around. ~ Jason Ankeny

Music Composed & Conducted By: Jerry Goldsmith