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Final Fantasy is one of the most enjoyable explosions of noise film composer Elliot Goldenthal has detonated. Characterised by snarling and menacing brass alongside heavenly romantic strings, his style has been pleasingly identifiable among so many Hollywood clones. On a sci-fi fantasy like this, the style constantly intrigues the ear by forming complex rhythms and instrumental collisions to suggest alien landscapes, such as in "The Phantom Plains". Holding it all together is a bold stroke of heroism in an adventurer's theme. It appears first in "The Spirit Within" and undergoes flexible variations through to
Final Fantasy is one of the most enjoyable explosions of noise film composer Elliot Goldenthal has detonated. Characterised by snarling and menacing brass alongside heavenly romantic strings, his style has been pleasingly identifiable among so many Hollywood clones. On a sci-fi fantasy like this, the style constantly intrigues the ear by forming complex rhythms and instrumental collisions to suggest alien landscapes, such as in "The Phantom Plains". Holding it all together is a bold stroke of heroism in an adventurer's theme. It appears first in "The Spirit Within" and undergoes flexible variations through to the end, where a co-penned song from Goldenthal ("The Dream Within") sung by Lara Fabian is the disc's only real inconsistency. Through a career spanning the multi-ranging requirements of Batman Forever, Heat and Interview With the Vampire, his listeners waited for something more coherent. From the scherzo in the "Race to Old New York" to the lament of "Adagio and Transfiguration", this is a bombastic yet sweet reward for that wait. --Paul Tonks
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Manufacturer: Sony Classical
Release date: 30 July 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5099708969721
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