Vertical Limit


Colosseum (4005939620721)
Varèse Sarabande (0030206620726)
Movie | Release date: 12/01/2000 | Film release: 2000 | Format: CD
 

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# Track   Duration
1.Utah1:25
2.Three Years Later4:29
3.I Need One More1:42
4.Base Camp1:33
5.You Wanna Do This?4:39
6.Spindrift3:23
7.Avalanche1:25
8.Your Father Was a Smart Man2:13
9.Don't Touch Her2:47
10.Maybe You Should Turn Back1:56
11.Nitro4:18
12.Vaughn Decides1:18
13.Annie and Peter4:16
14.Peter's Jump - Tom's Heart6:00
15.It's a Good Song3:09
 44:33
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Vertical Limit - 06/10 - Review of Tom Daish, submitted at (English)
As Roger Ebert once said (possibly in the review of this very film), 'Hollywood never stopped making B-Movies, it just gave them a $60 Million budget' and of course he's right. Watching something like Vertical Limit makes you wonder why they bothered. No, tell a lie, it makes me wonder why anyone employs Chris O'Donnell as an actor since he shows neither charm, charisma, screen presence or any of the other useful qualities that make a top drawer leading man. Admittedly, Vertical Limit was a stunts and effects movie and on that, it scored admirably with a few thrilling - if depressingly contrived - sequences. Adding another big budget film to his big long list of big budget film scores is James Newton Howard with a solid, if unspectacular effort.

I knew that Vertical Limit wouldn't be anything that special - the film didn't look promising and had no edge to inspire Howard to do much above his typical action stich. Having read interviews with Howard, I actually realise how much more effort he makes than I ever thought possible on some of the expensive, but mediocre films for which he's supplied the music. Howard's fairly robust main theme makes its first appearance in Three Years Later and functions as a broad, vaguely Goldsmithian fanfare to the mountains that gave the splendid aerial montages just the right mixture of grandeur and slight impending doom.

I suppose Vertical Limit is more of a suspense action thriller than a pure action film and much of the time is spent tension building. Howard's music is somewhat more perfunctory in these sections than elsewhere, but just about keep the score afloat. There are, however, enough action cues for all the musical thrill seekers. Anyone who has Waterworld or Wyatt Earp will have a fair idea of what to expect, particularly in the percussion. Even so, Howard's technical bravura - while not as accomplished as say, Jerry Goldsmith - still keeps things galloping along whenever the momentum might have started to sag in the hands of another composer. Howard plays the heroic moments for all they're worth with a few licks that suggest his much more impressive Dinosaur, with percussion and choir thrown in just for good measure.

Definitely a score that can be easily filed under the category of 'get exactly what you expect' and nice for a rousing, no-brainer listen. The sound quality is good, the brass bristling in all the right places and the album just the right length to include all of the best bits from the film. Howard is definitely on something of a roll; he just needs to bear in mind all the dud films that Jerry Goldsmith has scored before he becomes too good at scoring bad films.
Vertical Limit - 07/10 - Review of Marc Chauvin, submitted at (French)
Howard utilise un grand orchestre symphonique pour le film d’aventure de Martin Campbell. Rien de vraiment original dans cette partition et l’inspiration se fait un peu rare. Toujours est -il que le tout est plutôt bien emballé et sert efficacement les images impressionnantes délivré par le réalisateur.
Sans doute un poil sous estimée, la musique de James Newton Howard, bien qu’elle ne soit pas imaginative et plutôt scolaire , n’a rien de honteuse, bien au contraire, puisque elle permet de confirmer le professionnalisme sans faille du compositeur et son sens de la musique de grande ampleur.
Les morceaux d’actions sont plutôt impressionnants , délivrés à grands renforts de cuivres et de vents. On retiendra évidemment « You wanna do this » morceau qui inclut le thème principal du film réparti en deux temps . Un thème exprimant la grandeur et la magnificence des montagnes. C’est assez beau mais un peu scolaire. On préférera dans un registre similaire le thème de Trevor Jones pour « Cliffanger ».
« Nitro » est le morceau le plus fort de l’album. Indiscutablement , Howard sait faire monter la pression .
Bref, Vertical Limit ,c’est du gros symphonique un peu bateau mais non dénué de savoir faire et d‘intensité. On pense évidemment à ses travaux sur « Outbreak » ou « the package » pour ne citer qu’eux.
Pas mauvais mais pas renversant non plus.
Vertical Limit - 08/10 - Review of Arvid Fossen, submitted at (Dutch)
Vertical Limit is zo'n film die echt brengt wat je verwacht. Het verhaal draait om een spectaculaire reddingsactie na een mislukte expeditie. Lawines en halsbrekende toeren waren dit keer nog niet genoeg, dus werd er letterlijk nog een hele lading dynamiet bijgesleurd. Vertical Limit is dan ook puur entertainment, en je stelt je aldus best niet te veel vragen bij het scenario ...
De prachtige sneeuwtoppen uit de film, de indrukwekkende flying camera shots worden begeleid door een zeer avontuurlijke score van James Newton Howard. De muziek is een typische avonturen score, zeer lyrisch uitgewerkt, en dus perfect voor een film als deze. De muziek voor Vertical Limit brengt nu ook exact wat je verwacht: spanning, euforie, drama, het zit allemaal in deze prachtig georchestreerde score. Steeds is de muziek goed gebalanceerd, wordt overdreven overscoring vermeden en zijn de thema's door de hele score heen goed uitgewerkt. De uitwerking van vooral de actiemuziek is hier indrukwekkend, en Vertical Limit is voor liefhebbers van het genre zeker een aanrader.
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Original Trailer Music, Pfeifer Broz. Music (Trailer)


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