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The Da Vinci Code. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.(Sound recording review)
The Da Vinci Code. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Music composed by Hans Zimmer. Decca B0006479-02.
As I've mentioned before in these pages, I am not a big fan of motion-picture soundtrack albums. I love movies, and I love some movie music, but except for big theme songs most of it has a specific purpose in underlining key passages in a story. To hear bits and pieces of music keyed to various segments of a movie without seeing the visuals they're underpinning can often seem meaningless to me. So it goes with Hans Zimmer's score for "The Da Vinci Code." While the music is often intriguing and weirdly atmospheric, it can easily become tiresome in long stretches.
The movie, as you know, is based on Dan Brown's novel about a college professor who unearths an ancient secret covered up by the Catholic Church for two thousand years. The story takes the character through the darkest streets, alleyways, vaults, and cathedrals of Europe, so the music must be dark and mysterious, conjuring up images of mystical doom and gloom. Zimmer does a good job ...
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