The Final Destination

It seems like 2009 has truly illuminated two major rising composers that are clearly in endless demand for Hollywood's blockbusters - Alexandre Desplat and of course, Brian Tyler. It as though every other week there is something new being churned out from one of these guys - making one wonder how much sleep they get, if any?
I hate to play favorites, but Desplat is my choice for composer of the year thus far, based on his endless wealth of beautiful melodies, waltzes, and all around classiness.
Brian Tyler peaks my interest every once in a while, but hasn't sufficiently impressed me since his debut with Children of Dune, Timeline, and Darkness Falls with a few exceptions along the way.
Unfortunately, The Final Destination is not one of those exceptions.
It may not totally be Tyler's 'fault' per se, for it was a poorly written and acted horror film, but still pretty fun to watch with a movie theater crowd in 3D. I do feel that Mr. Tyler missed an opportunity to possibly capitalize on the campy, over-the-top nature of the film, but sadly this attitude never leaks through into the music.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention that he did clearly have a good time with a few of the cue names and the fact that after about 45 minutes of slightly above average action/horror music, he expects us to stick around for his near 15 minute 'The Final Destination Suite'. Seriously??
The musical atmosphere and drive is all very 'straight' (taking itself a bit too seriously - except for the first track which contains a heavy metal set 'jamming out' the main title theme originally written by Shirley Walker for the first few films.
The album otherwise comes off as a horror cliche of pounding drums, wailing horns, and screeching strings with some slightly romantic/sad undertones provided here and there to give a break from the impending headache that this soundtrack may very well induce.
On the flip side, Mr. Tyler never fails to get his orchestra pumped and throbbing with gigantic force ready to knock anyone or anything over that may stand in its way, which is just doing its job in a horror film of this nature.
Brian Tyler's music for The Final Destination would have been helped immensely by some tight editing, cutting a good half of the tracks, or possibly just releasing this score as a suite on Itunes.