Composer: Patrick Doyle. Personnel: Jem, Mae McKenna, Avril Lavigne (vocals); Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald (guitar, piano); Ramon Stagnaro (steel guitar, nylon-string guitar, tiple); Larry Corbett (cello); Steven Wolf (drums, percussion); James McWilliam (programming). Audio Mixers: Chris Lord-Alge; Nick Wollage; Serban Ghenea. Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Studios London; Henson Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA. Editor: Chris Barrett. Arranger: Benjamin Wallfisch. Composer Patrick Doyle, who cast a dark cloud (in a good way) over Harry Potter on the soundtrack to 2005's Goblet of Fire does just the opposite for the film adaptation of the popular young adult novel Eragon. An amalgamation of the worlds of Potter, the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Anne Mcaffery's Dragonriders of Pern, Eragon is a by-the-book fantasy and it deserves a predictable score. Doyle takes a page from every schmaltzy trick in the "adventure film's composer" book, pulling the pulpy bits from John Williams and the heavy bits from Howard Shore with confidence and precision, but it doesn't make it worth listening to. The two non-orchestral pieces, "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne and "Once in Every Lifetime" from singer/songwriter Jem sound exactly like what one would expect from the titles. ~ James Christopher Monger
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)
An impressive adventure score Doyle continues his adventure-fantasy trend from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to the film adaption of Eragon.
One of the things so refreshing in Doyle is his textbook style of writing, where his themes are simple and memorable, and how his music hits all the right ...uh,notes.
Doyle wastes no time in getting bombastic, doing it within 30 seconds of the first cue. He showcases the main theme with bold brass and crisp strings, and continues this theme quietly in Roran Leaves,on woodwinds. The score remains largely optimistic overall, dipping into suspense and action in Ra'Zac,Burning Farm,Fortune Teller, Durza, and Battle for Varden. Ra'Zac showcases an evil fanfare, and Fortune Teller flows quietly on low woodwinds before exploding with brass and whirling strings. Battle for Varden, a ten-minute giant, is one the most interesting cues on the album, rumbling with beds of percussion, timpani, and ascending strings. It can be divided into three parts - each getting progressively more quick and agitated, divided occasionaly by quiet expressions of the main theme. By the end it's a huge frantic staircase to the climax. After that cue, there are a few more expressions of the main theme, including a female vocal solo in Together. Overall the score is very enjoyable, with simple hummable themes and bombast when we like it.Tacked onto the end are two pop songs, disposable to any film score enthusiast. Recommended to anyone who likes action/fantasy scores. Submitted by Robert (Ontario) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Very Fantasy i've seen the movie and its every bit as magical as the music behind it, possibly even more and my favourite is Saphira's first flight. 33
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nice Beautiful music I really like 1 and 14 the most very nice music and want to see the movie too maybe it goes really good with the movie probaly because the movie is magical and so is the music! Submitted by pretty-princess (canada) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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