Around the World in 80 Days


Walt Disney Records (0050086110377)
Walt Disney Records (5050467440821)
Film | Releasejaar: 2004 | Medium: CD, Download
 

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# Track Artiest/Componist Lengte
1.All Over the World (Join the Celebration)Dave Stewart and the Sylvia Young Theater School Choir3:12
2.River of DreamsTina Sugandh3:31
3.It's a Small WorldBaha Men2:44
4.Around the World Overture5:20
5.Jetback Journey2:19
6.The Wager5:03
7.Rendezvous in Paris3:51
8.The Balloon Chase4:49
9.1st Class Waltz2:07
10.Prince Hapi Escape3:11
11.Agra to China6:42
12.Return of the Jade Buddha3:38
13.Lost in America5:09
14.Dismantling Carmen1:45
15."Exactly Like My Dream"4:45
 58:06
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Around the World in 80 Days - 07/10 - Recensie van Tom Daish, ingevoerd op (Engels)
For some reason now unfathomable to me, I had high hopes for this retelling of Jules Verne's adventure novel. The 1956 big screen version had an all star cast headed by David Niven and won five Oscars (including one for Victor Young's score), although to take best picture, I rather fancy the pickings were slim that year. However, by starring Jackie Chan and the less famous (at least internationally) Steve Coogan as Fogg, the emphasis here is all wrong and the result is a tedious, slap stick travelogue that takes even more liberties with the original novel (to no benefit) than the Niven version. For circumnavigation, I'll stick with Michael Palin. However, the prospect of Trevor Jones applying his maturing and engrossing style to a family adventure is still a good one, even if the results don't quite match the hope, we're still left with an appealing and engaging album.

Few films are lucky enough to have an Overture, but Jones indulges us, introducing his rousing, if not desperately memorable theme (but it does grow on you, as is often the case with Jones' melodies of late) which bristles its way through five minutes of aural delight that would be an ideal compilation cue. Given the heavy use of Chan, the action is fairly frequent and the results are enjoyable, if mixed in originality. Jetpack Journey is an early highlight with Jones breaking out the brass riffs that have become a trademark, packing more interest in a couple of minutes than most Media Ventures scores manage in an hour of synthetic bang and grind. Having said that, a few of the later action tracks are less original; The Balloon Chase leans heavily on John Williams' Hook, while his score to Far & Away crops up while Lost in America, together with Randy Newman's Maverick. Jones just about keeps his own musical head above water, but it wouldn't be unreasonable to suspect strong director/studio influence on his choices.

It was unlikely that the locally flavoured music would be much less than mildly cliché and so Paris gets accordions, Prince Hapi Escape includes the almost ubiquitous ethnic wail (plus a little more of the fine action material), Agra to China has a pleasing tip of the hat to Tan Dun and the bookend scenes in London have an enjoyably Elgarian lilt to them. Having come to the album a little later than most of my fellow reviewers, I was expecting a disjointed patchwork of an album, albeit one with plenty of energy. However, for all the temp track riffs (and there are a disappointing number) and shifts in ethnic tone, every portion does at least sound as though Jones has attempted to graft the disparate ideas onto his own sensibility and it's certainly far from incoherent. Around the World in 80 Days is one of those dual personality scores; too much fun and too energetic to entirely dismiss, but not really memorable or original enough to unreservedly recommend. However, on balance, for sheer entertainment value, worth the investment.
Around the World in 80 Days - 06/10 - Recensie van Andreas Lindahl, ingevoerd op (Engels)
Time for a retelling of Jule Verne's classic novel Around the World in 80 Days, with British comedian/actor Steve Coogan as Phileas Fogg and Jackie Chan - yes, Jackie Chan - in another major role. It's apparently some kind of bizarre slapstick version - I suppose that's why Jackie Chan is in it - and this is also reflected in Trevor Jones's score for the film. Jones has written some really good scores lately, with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and From Hell being some of the best, and even if Around the World in 80 Days doesn't make the top of the list, it's a rather entertaining score, with some really excellent moments.

Jones doesn't really do anything knew here. It's your typical paint-by-numbers adventure score, but Jones is one of the best composers working in Hollywood today for a reason and manages to keep it interesting most of the time. "Around the World Overture" sets the tone immediately. It's big and brassy and opens with a bold statement of the score's main theme, which is catchy and all, but not terribly memorable. The score then goes on like this, with upbeat strings, light woodwinds and occasional brass fanfares. "Jetpack Journey" is a short but quite good action cue, while "The Wager" presents some upbeat English sounding music, soon replaced by more laidback underscore. "Rendezvouz in Paris" introduces some French sounding music, complete with accordion, while the five minutes long "The Balloon Chase" offers some great, exciting action music, which at times seems to owe a lot to John Williams's action music for Hook. "1st Class Waltz" is a charming 19th Century waltz. An excellent pastische. "Prince Hapi Escapes" then brings some Arabian vocals into the mix and when the company travels to China, we get some oriental sounding music in "Agra to China". We also get some American jazz in "Lost in America", before the score, and the soundtrack CD closes with some grand music in "Exactly Like My Dream". That's basically it.

As you can imagine, Around the World in 80 Days is a very varied score. There's actually a little too much variation, with several genres and styles constantly entering to stage, only to be replaced by something totally different in the next cue. Around the World... is one of those shizo scores and is, because of this, therefore a little annoying at times. But if you manage to ignore all the slapstick and genre changes, you will find an entertaining and fun score. It's certainly one of the more enjoyable adventure scores of the summer, even if much of it seems to be Jones on autopilot.

And I won't even mention the three songs included. Oops, I just did. Anyway... avoid them.
Around the World in 80 Days - 08/10 - Recensie van Arvid Fossen, ingevoerd op (Nederlands)
Trevor Jones verrast de filmfans met een indrukwekkende avontuurlijke score voor de verfilming van een van Jules Verne’s bekendste boeken. Deze verfilming is een Disney film, en het is dan ook een komedie geworden, geen verassing zijn dan ook Jackie Chan in de hoofdrol als Passepartout en Arnold Schwarzenegger in een bijrol. De muziek is ontzettend geanimeerd, kleurrijk en avontuurlijk en lijkt op het eerste zicht niet meteen op datgene wat we van Trevor Jones al kennen. Hij lijkt zeer sterk de stijl over te nemen van onder andere James Newton Howard en andere die hem bij Disney voor gingen, maar dan weer horen we hier duidelijk de indrukwekkende orkestraties zoals we die van Trevor Jones kennen. De muziek is zeer melodisch, maar tot echte grote memorabele thema’s, waar hij nogal voor geprezen wordt in zijn bekendste soundtrack The Last Of The Mohicans, komt het niet. Er is in het eerste deel van de score veel actie muziek te horen, je luistert echt naar een soundtrack met pit en enorm volume van het orkest, en net als dat wat teveel wordt, neemt Trevor Jones ons verder mee door de vele decors overal te wereld waar de reis langs gaat. Telkens veranderen stijlen en orkestraties, zo gaat hij van waltz ritmes, langs accordeon, Polka, Turkse Soprano, en Chinese viool, enz. Met een snelheid banen we ons door deze aaneenschakeling van rondomuit schitterende korte thema’s. Al deze kleine details, muzikale cliché grapjes, en dit alles prachtig georkestreerd maakt het plezierig om naar deze doordachte score te luisteren!


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