Fantastic 4 Soundtrack CD

Composer: John Ottman.
Personnel: Cindy Bourquin, Kerry Walsh, Sally Stevens, Elin Carlson, Bobbi Page (soprano); Michael Lichtenhauer, Gabriel Rutman, Dwayne Condon, Dick Wells, Walt Harrah, Agostino Castagnola, Amick Byram, Rick Logan, Steve Amerson, Gerald White (tenor); Bob Joyce, Lucian Piane, John West, Guy Maeda, Mike Geiger, Vatsche Barsoumian, Ed Zajac, Alvin Chea, Tim Davis, Kevin Dorsey (bass voice); Katie Kirkpatrick (harp); Eun Mee Ahn, Lorenz Gamma, Alyssa Park, David Ewart, Tom Vos, Gil Romero, Katia Popov, Robin Olson, Mark Sazer, Razdan Kutumjain, Alan Grunfeld, Pat Johnson , Claudia Parducci, Becky Bunnell, Joel Derouin, Julie Rogers, Mark Robertson , Sid Page, Richard Altenbach, Jacqueline Brand, Roberto Cani, Bruce Dukov, Julie Gigante, Natalie Leggett, Phillipe Levy, Sara Parkins, Sarah Thornblade, Roger Wilkie, Darius Campo, Liane Mautner, Josephina Vergara, Tereza Stanislav (violin); Marlo Fisher, Carrie Holzman-Little, Michael Nowak, John Scanlon, Brian Dembow, Keith Greene, David F. Walther, Thomas Dienner, Darrin McCann, Samuel Formicola, Shanti Randall (viola); Paula Hochhalter, Timothy Landauer, Tina Soule, David Mergen, Ira Glansbeek, Jodi Burnett, Paula Feherenbach, Miguel Martinez, Larry Corbett, Stephen Erdody, Armen Ksadjikian, Cecilia Tsan (cello); Julie Long, Susan Greenberg, Louise Di Tullio (flute); Phillip OConnor, Ralph Williams , Gary Bovyer (clarinet); Leslie Reed (oboe); Ken Munday, Rose Corrigan (bassoon); Warren Leuning, Jon Lewis , Rick Baptist (trumpet); Paul Klintworth, Phillip Edward Yao, John A. Reynolds, Kristy Morrell, Todd Miller, Mark Adams , Rick Todd, Brad Warnaar (French horn); Phil Teele, Bill Reichenbach Jr. , Charles Loper, Stephen Holtman, Lori Stuntz (trombone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Eric Anderson (piano, celesta); Donald Williams (timpani); Dan Greco, M.B. Gordy, Wade Culbreath, Robert Zimmitti (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Casey Stone.
Recording information: The Newman Stage, Twentieth Century Fox.
Composer John Ottman is no stranger to the superhero genre (X-Men 2), nor is he a novice when it comes to atmosphere and tension The Usual Suspects, so it comes as no surprise that his surprisingly spirited score for the latest big-screen comic book adaptation, Fantastic Four, is as faithful to the kid-friendly source material as the critically panned film itself. While Ottman maintains all of the predictably rousing choirs, cymbal swells, and swirling strings that have become the norm for films that feature actors in tights, it's his nod to the old Hollywood Western that gives Fantastic Four the courage to break from the pack. By infusing these flourishes of Americana with the thunderous timpanis and steely brass of the current DC Comics world, he's managed to inject some good old-fashioned Saturday morning magic into a genre that's beginning to mirror the dramas of its adult facilitators more than the open-mouthed awe of its original demographic. ~ James Christopher Monger