One of Zimmer's best scores to date is a great mixture of conventional orchestra, choir and synths is a thrilling action score. The action does tend to get a little too much at times and only occasionally becomes just a loud unmusical mess. It starts off with a great march (well, track 2 actually) which then descends into eerie synth effects. The following three tracks aren't that great, but once track 6 gets going, it's excellent thumping action music all the way to the end. Zimmer employs all his usual Zimmer-esque motifs. It only becomes a little over bombastic a couple of times, but if it doesn't give an adrenaline rush when played really loudly, then you probably need a rather large dose of coffee! To my mind, many of Zimmer's action scores sound like Backdraft in places, particularly The Rock and Crimson Tide, but since this was the first, I certainly set a good standard that has been maintained well since.
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Total Time ~ 42:49