John Carter Soundtrack CD

John Carter Soundtrack The score for director James Cameron's epic 3-D sci-fi adventure Avatar was composed by longtime collaborator James Horner, who won an Oscar for his work on the director's 1997 blockbuster, Titanic. Never one to shy away from familiar motifs, the vaguely wistful, mostly magical main theme that weaves its way throughout the film relies unapologetically on the composer's Titanic love theme (try humming the first three notes of the chorus to the Horner-penned Celine Dion smash "My Heart Will Go On"), but the overall feel of the score owes more to Ennio Morricone's iconic work on The Mission, utilizing an atmospheric blend of native drums and choirs with lush, traditional adventure orchestration. The album is rounded out with Leona Lewis' torch ballad "I See You." ~ James Christopher Monger Composer: James Horner. Audio Mixer: Simon Rhodes . Liner Note Authors: James Cameron; James Horner. Recording information: The Newman Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios. Photographer: Mark Fellman.

John Carter Soundtrack Sci-fi, film, and music fans alike cheered when it was announced Daft Punk would score Tron: Legacy, the sequel to the 1982 classic Tron. After all, the French duo's robo-aesthetic owed a notable debt to the film's forward-thinking, playful, yet ominous take on technology. On pieces like "The Game Has Changed," Daft Punk pay homage to their legacy as well as Tron's, fusing their aerodynamic disco-house with propulsive orchestral elements. Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Studios, London. Arranger: Joseph Trapanese. Personnel: Karen Vaughan, Skaila Kanga (harp); Warren Zielinski, Liz Edwards, Mark Berrow, Jim McLeod, Deborah Widdup, Mike McMenemy, Debbie Preece, David Woodcock, Kathy Gowers, Maciej Rakowski, Lorraine McAslan, John Bradbury, Jonathan Rees , Peter Hanson, Rolf Wilson, Dermot Crehan, Philippa Ibbotson, Jonathan Strange, Dai Emmanuel, Roger Garland, Patrick Kiernan, Boguslaw Kostecki, Rita Manning, Everton Nelson, Sonia Slany, Cathy Thompson, Emlyn Singleton (violin); Robert Smissen, Vicci Wardman, Edward Vanderspar, Katie Wilkinson, Andy Parker , Don McVay, Nick Barr, Rachel Bolt, Garfield Jackson, Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Anthony Pleeth (cello); Nina Robertson (flute, piccolo); Eliza Marshall , Anna Noakes (flute); John Barclay (piccolo, trumpet); Dave Fuest, Richard Addison , Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet); Matthew Draper, Jane Marshall , David Theodore (oboe); Julie Andrews , Richard Skinner (bassoon); Stephen Maw (contrabassoon); Tom Rees-Roberts, Kate Moore, Derek Watkins (trumpet); Mike Thompson , John Thurgood, Richard Berry , Philip Eastop (French horn, tuba); Roger Montgomery, Richard Bissill, Mike Kidd, Nigel Black (French horn); Lindsay Shilling, Mike Hext, Richard Edwards (tenor trombone); Dave Stewart (bass trombone); Owen Slade (tuba); Dave Hartley (piano, celesta); Dominic Hacket, Gary Kettel (timpani); Stephen Henderson, Frank Ricotti, Glynn Matthews, Paul Clarvis (percussion). Audio Mixer: Alan Meyerson.

John Carter Soundtrack Grammy Award winner Michael Giacchino tries his hand at the hallowed franchise. Composer: Michael Giacchino. Personnel: Susie Stevens Logan, Amber Erwin, Karen Whipple Schnurr, Sandie Hall, Renee Burkett, Terri Koide, Joanna Bushnell, Linda Harmon, Sally Stevens, Beth Anderson , Elin Carlson, Elissa Johnston (soprano); Jennifer Barnes, Clydene Jackson, Edie Lehmann-Boddicker, Karen Harper, Luana Jackman, Christa Gates, Zoe Chernov, Cindy Bourquin, Donna Medine, Andrea Datzman, Debbie Hall Gleason, Bobbi Page, Carmen Twillie (alto); Craig Copeland, Greg Whipple, Walt Harrah, Guy Maeda, Amick Byram, Rick Logan, Gerald White, Greg Jasperse (tenor); Eric Bradley, Roger Freeland, Tonoccus McClain, Gregg Geiger, Vatsche Barsoumian, Larry Kenton, Michael Geiger , Reid Bruton (bass voice); Karl Verheyen, George Doering (guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Jean Sudbury, John Wittenberg, Cameron Patrick, Rebecca Bunnell, Songa Lee, Alan Grunfeld, Robert Matsuda, Laurence Greenfield, Harris Goldman, Barbara Porter, Shari Zippert, Ken Yerke, Ronald Folsom, Alexander Shlifer, Terence Glenny, Olivia Yi Tsui, Ezra Kliger, Julian Hallmark, Debra Price, Razdan Kuyumjian, Sungil Lee, Gina Kronstadt, Galina Golovin, Norm Hughes, Mark Robertson , Vladimir Polimatidi, Charles Everett, Joel Derouin, Sid Page, Clayton Haslop, Peter Kent, Shalini Vijayan, Jim Sitterly, Armen Garabedian, Belinda Broughton, Ronald Clark, Charlie Bisharat, Haim Shtrum (violin); Jorge Moraga, Caroline Buckman, Mimi Granat, Alan Busteed, Raymond Tischer, Andrew Picken, Karie Prescott, Karen Elaine, Marda Todd, Pamela Goldsmith, Janet Lakatos, Michael Nowak , Richard Rintoul, David Stenske, Evan Wilson, Harry Shirinian, Alma Fernandez, Darrin McCann, Denyse Buffum (viola); Mathew Cooker, Vahe Hayrikyan, Kevan Torfeh, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Armen Ksadjikian, Richard Naill, Steven Richards, Daniel Smith, Rudolph Stein, Stefanie Fife, Alexander Zhiroff , Victor Lawrence (cello); Stephen Kujala, Richard Mitchell , Robert Shulgold (flute); Michael Vacarro, Chris Bleth (clarinet); John Mitchell (bass clarinet); John Yoakum, Joseph Stone (oboe); Andrew Radford, Peter Mandell (bassoon); Paul Salvo , Jon Lewis , Jeff Bunnell, David Washburn, Malcolm McNab (trumpet); Phillip Edward Yao, Diane Muller, Brad Waarnar, Steven Durnin, John Reynolds, Joseph Meyer , John Lorge, Kurt Snyder, Rick Todd, Brian O'Connor (French horn); Kenneth Kugler, Alan Kaplan, Alexander Iles, Charles Loper (trombone); William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (bass trombone); John Van Houten, Norman Pearson, Jim Self (tuba); Mark Gasbarro (piano); Peter Doubrovsky, Timothy Emmons, Sarah Mandell, Norm Ludwin, Karl Vincent, David Stone, Nico Abondolo (double bass); Don Williams (timpani); Emil Radocchia, Alex Necioscup-Acuna, Michael Englander, Bernard Dresel, Walter Rodriguez, Daniel Greco (percussion). Audio Mixer: Dan Wallin. Audio Remasterer: Erick Labson. Liner Note Author: J. J. Abrams. Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studio; Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios. Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony. Arrangers: Michael Giacchino; Larry Kenton; Chad Selter; Chris Tilton; Tim Simonec; Peter Boyer; Jack Hayes; Richard Bronskill.

John Carter Soundtrack Composer Danny Elfman proves a good choice to score the action film Wanted, but before his typically lively background music begins, he returns to his earlier career as the leader of a pop/rock band with the opening track, "The Little Things." Here, he pretends that he is once again the lead singer of Oingo Boingo, turning in a good song in the style of the late blue-eyed soul singer Robert Palmer. Then, he gives the 87-member Hollywood Symphony Orchestra some work to do, keeping up with the adventures of the film's hero, Wes, in what must be lots of chasing and shooting; the orchestra is augmented here and there with synthesized sounds to accentuate some of the more forceful passages. A mock Gregorian chant lends reverence to "Fraternity Suite," as Wes learns of his heritage. A Middle Eastern flavor enters into "Fox's Decision." But for the most part this is rigorously written and performed Hollywood action music meant to supplement an already high-adrenalin viewing experience. ~ William Ruhlmann Recording information: The Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox. Personnel: Danny Elfman (vocals); Katie Kirkpatrick (harp); Eun Mee Ahn, Irina Voloshina, Katia Popov, Mark Sazer, Neil Samples, Helen Nightengale, Barbara Porter, Phillip Levy , Becky Bunnell, Radu Pieptea, Eric J. Hosler, Eve Butler, Joel Derouin, Julie Rogers, Sid Page, Roberto Cani, Sara Parkins, Shalini Vijayan, Margaret Wooten, Neel Hammond, Armen Anassian, Marina Manukian, Endre Granat (violin); Shawn Mann, Kazi Pitelka, Marlow Fisher, Matthew Funes, Robert Brophy, Brian Dembow, Dave Walther, Alma Fernandez, Andrew Duckles (viola); Paula Hochhalter, Timothy Landauer, Tina Soule, Dennis Karmazyn, Jen Kuhn, Paul Cohen , Jodi Burnett, Kim Scholes, Antony Cooke , Stephen Erdody, Victor Lawrence, Christine Ermacoff (cello); Louise di Tullio (flute); Ralph Williams , Gary Bovyer (clarinet); Leslie Reed, Barbara Northcutt (oboe); Ken Munday, John Steinmetz, Rose Corrigan (bassoon); Jon Peter Lewis, Larry Hall , Malcolm McNab (trumpet); Dana Kelley, Phillip Edward Yao, Steven Becknell, Todd Miller, Rick Todd, Brian O'Connor (French horn); Steven Holtman, Phillip Teele, Bruce Otto, William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (trombone); Doug Tornquist (tuba); Peter Limonick (timpani); Dan Greco, Mike Fisher , Robert Zimmitti (percussion). Audio Mixer: Dennis Sands.

John Carter Soundtrack Composer Patrick Doyle, who brought a new-found boldness to the Harry Potter franchise in 2005 with his Goblet of Fire score, treats director Kenneth Branagh's big-screen adaptation of Marvel Comic's iconic Norse superhero Thor with appropriate gravitas.The longtime Branagh collaborator (Henry V, Dead Again) sets the stage with "Chasing the Storm," a tense and surging unveiling of the main theme, which sounds a bit like a cross between the James Newton Howard and Hanz Zimmer's Batman Begins cue and Zimmer's "CheValiers de Sangreal" theme from the Da Vinci Code, and like Zimmer, Doyle knows how to whip a circular melody into a frenzy. Elsewhere, the lovely and appropriately stoic "Sons of Odin" is awash in traditional fantasy elements, while the epic "Compound" unveils a more modern, sci-fi action approach, resulting in a score that's wistful, heroic, and as grand as the fantastic realm of Asgard itself. ~ James Christopher Monger Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Studios, London.

John Carter Soundtrack Danny Elfman, the prolific former leader of the cult new wave band Oingo Boingo, started earning Hollywood acclaim for his work scoring movies by director Tim Burton. Elfman has also composed the exciting music for 2009's Terminator Salvation, the fourth film in the blockbuster science fiction franchise. Brad Fiedel originally composed the hauntingly memorable synthesizer-based music for 1984's The Terminator and 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Marco Beltrami took the reins for 2003's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which featured a more conventional orchestral score and a new take on Fiedel's original theme. Elfman's Terminator Salvation work is also orchestral and contains subtle nods to Fiedel's theme while maintaining a consistent vision. The strings, brass, and percussion superbly reflect the moods of the scenes: relentless action, dramatic tension, and emotional vulnerability. It's the deft little touches Elfman briefly adds here and there that give this music depth, most notably ethereal classical guitar lines, soft piano chords, and sputtering percussion. Composer: Danny Elfman.