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Doomsday
– Music by Tyler Bates Lakeshore
Records – 2008 | |
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DOOMSDAY
is one of my favorite Tyler Bates scores so far.
The reason for this is because it’s very different than most of
his other scores I have on CD. This
time with Neil Marshall’s vision, Bates’ music is a little more
simplified (less sound FX scoring) and the John Carpenter ESCAPE FROM NEW
YORK feel is something I really dig. DOOMSDAY
has a deep, bass bottom focus and is something you’ll enjoy listening to
multiple times. The sound is
absolutely huge, with booming drums, orchestral force and electronic
highlights. “Exodus”
has such a multi-level of instruments and voices that it’ll give you
Goosebumps for sure. The note
pattern of this fourth track reminds me a little bit of THE DESCENT. The
nasty bass part in “Boat” really grooved with the electronic lines.
“Block 41” has a neat interplay of different keyboard lines and
percussive elements. One
keyboard line with throbbing keys also reminded me a little of Goblin’s
music in DAWN OF THE DEAD. “Hospital
Drums
and bass rule “Strung Up” until the beautiful female voice comes in
around the two-minute mark. Ethereal,
thought provoking cue that brings some balance to this action film score. There
is no doubt the influence of Hans Zimmer’s score for MI2 in “Sinclair
Slips Free.” Taking
“Train To Kane” has nice interplay of electronic parts, voices and the
clanging percussion. The
heartbeat bass line and hit of the tambourine made me think of
Carpenter’s score from ESCAPE FROM NY. There
is a flurry of action scoring “Slayer”, “Finish Her Off!” which
has a majestic feel, “Bentley Escape” and “Headless Love.” The
sound quality on DOOMSDAY is the best I’ve heard from Tyler Bates so far and
that’s really saying something because all of his scores sound stellar.
This is another strong Lakeshore Records release and one of Tyler
Bates top-five scores so far.
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