Timeline Soundtrack CD

Original score composed by Brian Tyler.
Personnel: Brian Tyler (electric guitar, bouzouki, keyboards, percussion, programming); Maria Casale (harp); Al Hershberger, Irina Voloshina, Laurence Greenfield, Ronald Folsom, Christine E. Frank, Ishani Bhoola, Julia Ann Gigante, Yu Tong Sharp, Jeanne Evans, Galina Golovin, Lily Ho-Chen, Joel Derouin, Sid Page, Natalie Leggett, Shalini Vijayan, Armen Anassian, Marina Manukian, Josephina Vergara, Michele Richards, Berj Garabedian, Charlie Bisharat, Mario Diaz de Leon, Endre Granat (violin); Kazi Pitelka, Andrew Picken, Karie Prescott, Carrie Holzman-Little, Karen Van Sant, Robert Becker, Brian Dembow, Piotr Jandula, Thomas Dienner, Samuel Formicola, Denyse Buffum, Shanti Randall, Dmitri Boviard (viola); Paula Hochhalter, Christina Soule, Trevor Handy, Rowena Hamil, Vanessa B. Freebairn Smith, Kevan Torfeh, David Shamban, Larry Corbett, Erika Duke-Kirkpartick, Dane Little, Margaret Parkins, David Speltz, Steve Richards , Roger Lebow, Victor Lawrence (cello); Louise Di Tullio, David Shostac (flute); Steven Roberts, Ralph Williams , Emily Bernstein (clarinet); Leanne Becknell (oboe); Rose Corrigan, David Riddles (bassoon); Timothy C. Divers, Jon Lewis , Warren Luening (trumpet); James Sawyer, Alan Kaplan, Phil Teele, William Reichenbach (trombone); James Self (tuba); Daniel Kelley, Phillip Edward Yao, Brian D. O'Connor, Kurt Snyder (horns); Brian Pezzone (keyboards); Dan Greco, Thomas Raney, Wade Culbreath, Brian Kilgore (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Jeff Vaughn; Ok Hee Kim; Brian Tyler.
Recording information: Sony Scoring Stage, Los Angeles, CA.
Timeline, Richard Donner's 14th century France time-travel debacle, has been plagued by strife since its not so humble, big-budget beginnings. After the departure of original composer Jerry Goldsmith, the studio -- which was already losing money -- decided to go with relative newcomer Brian Tyler. Tyler, who has done excellent work on the horror films Frailty and Darkness Falls as well as the obscure rockabilly, kung fu, road-trip movie Six-String Samurai, is definitely game for the adventure. His score is spirited along by the need to impress and the enthusiasm of just doing it at all. This is stirring, manly battle music with a memorable motif that echoes The Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore's "Rohan" theme. He deftly handles love scenes with grace and dexterity, never falling victim to the horrific ten-minute swells perfected by contemporaries like James Horner and the aforementioned Goldsmith. While much of the blustery horns and taut, squealing strings would be just as comfortable in a television miniseries, the composer inserts moments of quiet majesty and melody with the precision of a future Oscar contender. ~ James Christopher Monger