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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
This film adaptation of the popular video game series attempts a technological breakthrough: computer-generated, photo-realistic renditions of human characters. But while critics and audiences gave mixed marks to game creator and film producer-director Hironobu Sakaguchi's ambitious technical efforts, it was ironically the film's most obviously human elements--its veteran actors' voice performances and, crucially, the masterful score by Elliot Goldenthal--that really brought it to life. Goldenthal's work is a sweeping orchestral masterpiece that covers vast musical territory, from the action-adventure of Korngold to the fantasy strains of Herrmann, florid Russian romanticism to touches of late-20th-century modernism. With the London Symphony in full voice and then some, Goldenthal's music is treated to a performance of rare dynamic range and dramatic power; the edgy, modern brass flourishes and thunderous percussion of "Toccata and Dreamscapes" alone may have listeners groping for their seatbelts. The album also features a pair of obligatory pop tracks, Lara Fabian's "The Dream Within" (which makes good use of Goldenthal's romantic themes) and L'Arc-en-Ciel's "Spirit Dreams Inside" (which doesn't). --Jerry McCulley
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Tracks| 1 | The Spirit Within | | 2 | Race To Old New York | | 3 | The Phantom Plains | | 4 | Code Red | | 5 | The Kiss | | 6 | Entrada | | 7 | Toccata And Dreamscapes | | 8 | Music For Dialogues | | 9 | Winged Serpent | | 10 | Zeus Cannon | | 11 | Flight To The Wasteland | | 12 | A Child Recalled | | 13 | The Eighth Spirit | | 14 | Dead Rain | | 15 | Blue Light | | 16 | Adagio And Transfiguration | | 17 | The Dream Within | | 18 | Spirit Dreams Inside |
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