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Epic bombast score for a fun sci-fi like movie

By:	jadedtitan
Date:	7 Aug 2009
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Geoff Zanelli delivers a great score to this sci-fi movie set back in 709 AD in the far north Norse occupied territory. The movie delivered an original idea, and the music scored for it delivers a great mix of action cues and a emotive theme to go with the Norse people and Kainan. Slight irritation, the tracks on the CD are not in order of the film, i will never understand why producers do this.

The most notable theme, associated with the Norse people and eventually with Kainan, can be found in the tracks; Setting the Trap, the beginnging of Gunnar's Raid, Gods Be With You, the end of Kainan's Capture, Herot Town, Now You Look Like a Viking, and Kainan Becomes King...

Setting the Trap is a strong bombast song, obviously since it is associated with the people's building a way to capture the monster brought to their country by Kainan. The main theme, is repeated throughout the track, building till the end. Gunnar's Raid moves into a loud action track, heavy with drums and strings, typical to related the strong emotion and action found during the scene.

The Moorwen Genocide is a slow emotive track with a female vocal found throughout it in the background. It is a sad, moving song dominated by a solo keyboard and synth accompaniment. Tell Me About Your Dragon is a montage type song, slow to start then builds to a big ending, Kainan telling the story or the Moorwen to the King. It starts with slow strings and drums then builds to full orchestra and choral vocals to give it an epic sounding ending. The drums are very dominate throughout this track, again leading to the epic feel of it.

Gods Be With You brings back the female vocal and the main theme done by trumpets and strings. It starts out soft and slow then builds as the theme repeats and moves into the action cues of the previous tracks, big and bombast again. Crash Landing is different altogether. It is first associated with Kainan, the Outlander, so it sounds different than all the other tracks. Dominated by synth and discordance to start then moves into the strings and simple theme associated with Kainan for the film.

Kainan's Capture starts out slow and soft then builds as the hunt for Kainan progresses. The vocals return along with the strong strings and the pressing feelings of the track. The Norse theme comes back also in this track near the end, in all its epic glory. Interrogating Kainan is a more emotive track, slow and meticulous in its execution, gaining speed and life near the end. Herot Town 709 AD is another emotive track, covering the town Kainan comes to after he crashes. The Main Norse theme is played throughout the track with various instruments. Now You Look Like a Viking plays the main theme again, slowly building up to it at the end of the track, can never get enough of the epic sound of this theme, in my opinion.

It Was a Bear, It Was Not a Bear, Into the Moorwen Lair and Killing the Beat are all strong action cues, more set for mood music, killing and hunting than replaying any of the previous themes. Strong emotive tracks as the events of each play out, with sudden loud bombast moments and quiet filling the rest of the tracks. Kainan Becomes King ends the score and leaves the listener with the great main theme, which i love greatly about this score. Its a strong memorable theme that sticks with the listener.

I love the action cues in this score, and as noted above the main Norse theme. it is a great over all score and Zanelli delivers a great compliment to the fun action movie.

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