Contact
Alan Silvestri
" Soft underscore makes for soothing but not thrilling score "Written by Thomas Glorieux - Review of the regular release
Every year my respect grows for a certain Mr. Alan Silvestri. He has proven that no kind of genre is too much for him and musically he can adjust his style in any movie Robert Zemeckis so far created and directed. But if my heart should speak I find Contact interesting and perfect in the movie, but rather a boring listen because my mind just can't stay focussed on the subject at hand.
While the movie surely looks stunning, it is the power of Silvestri's subtle score that makes the magic inside the movie happen but hardly on disc. Contact features Forrest Gump subtlety in theme and offers one or two exciting tension moments but I feel, beyond that deep interesting texture of sound lies a space where nothing becomes stimulating for hearing it again and again ... and again.
The score's main theme receives attention directly in the first track "Awful Waste of Space" before the first typical tension building Silvestri sound appears in "Ellie's Bogey". Along with "Good to Go" these are the only interesting moments of power and pace. The really subtle yet beautiful main material (even somewhat dramatic and down) is heard in "Heart Attack", "No Words", "Small Moves", "I Believe Her" and "Contact / End Credits". These offer personality but nothing that makes the track memorable, except for the excellent last track. This last track offers the main theme in several powerful versions.
Contact surely brings the movie more intriguing qualities and no one will deny that Alan Silvestri again delivered the goods for a Robert Zemeckis movie. But I can not listen to this score and be as touched as I watch to the movie. For me it fits so much better in the movie's context.
All in all, Contact surely offers enough interesting material for a spin. People fond of Forrest Gump's emotional piano music will no doubt find a lot to like in this release. In fact, I do too but it's not something I hold close to my CD-player if I want a listen or two. Contact, for 44 minutes and for its continuing result in the movie is another Silvestri score worthy of praise and people will more then likely applaud it for its intelligence in the movie's guideline. But so far, as music entertainment solely it hasn't contacted me a lot.
Tracklisting
1. Awful Waste of Space (1.42)
2. Ellie's Bogey (3.22)
3. The Primer (6.20)
4. Really Confused (1.18)
5. Test Run Bomber (4.25)
6. Heart Attack (1.29)
7. Media Event (1.24)
8. Button Me Up (1.18)
9. Good to Go (5.10)
10. No Words (1.42)
11. Small Moves (5.34)
12. I Believe Her (2.32)
13. Contact / End Credits (7.58) Excellent track
Total Length: 44.30
While the movie surely looks stunning, it is the power of Silvestri's subtle score that makes the magic inside the movie happen but hardly on disc. Contact features Forrest Gump subtlety in theme and offers one or two exciting tension moments but I feel, beyond that deep interesting texture of sound lies a space where nothing becomes stimulating for hearing it again and again ... and again.
The score's main theme receives attention directly in the first track "Awful Waste of Space" before the first typical tension building Silvestri sound appears in "Ellie's Bogey". Along with "Good to Go" these are the only interesting moments of power and pace. The really subtle yet beautiful main material (even somewhat dramatic and down) is heard in "Heart Attack", "No Words", "Small Moves", "I Believe Her" and "Contact / End Credits". These offer personality but nothing that makes the track memorable, except for the excellent last track. This last track offers the main theme in several powerful versions.
Contact surely brings the movie more intriguing qualities and no one will deny that Alan Silvestri again delivered the goods for a Robert Zemeckis movie. But I can not listen to this score and be as touched as I watch to the movie. For me it fits so much better in the movie's context.
All in all, Contact surely offers enough interesting material for a spin. People fond of Forrest Gump's emotional piano music will no doubt find a lot to like in this release. In fact, I do too but it's not something I hold close to my CD-player if I want a listen or two. Contact, for 44 minutes and for its continuing result in the movie is another Silvestri score worthy of praise and people will more then likely applaud it for its intelligence in the movie's guideline. But so far, as music entertainment solely it hasn't contacted me a lot.
Tracklisting
1. Awful Waste of Space (1.42)
2. Ellie's Bogey (3.22)
3. The Primer (6.20)
4. Really Confused (1.18)
5. Test Run Bomber (4.25)
6. Heart Attack (1.29)
7. Media Event (1.24)
8. Button Me Up (1.18)
9. Good to Go (5.10)
10. No Words (1.42)
11. Small Moves (5.34)
12. I Believe Her (2.32)
13. Contact / End Credits (7.58) Excellent track
Total Length: 44.30