The Final Destination
Brian Tyler
" death has never sounded so TYLER like "Written by Thomas Glorieux - Review of the regular release
The Final Destination (for me personally the worst movie in the franchise) did everything right box office wise and everything wrong movie wise. The opening disaster (a necessity to make your final destination movie memorable) is absolutely ridiculous, the cast is so unimportant that you want them to die horribly and the direction of the recently deceased David R. Ellis delivers nothing that made the second (also directed by Ellis) so entertaining. No this might have been a box office champion but it didn't deserve to be. For the music Ellis needed to search for a new sound, considering Shirley Walker (composer of the first 3 films) sadly passed away in 2006.
Now, there's nothing that Brian Tyler can't handle. That's evident after hearing the opening cue of The Final Destination for the first time. But is it worthy to be handled in the first place? Luckily for Final Destination buffs, Shirley Walker's main theme makes noticeable appearances throughout the disasters. Most notable alongside hard rocking electric guitar music that enhances the opening credits of the film in "The Final Destination", in the typical energetic powerhouse piece that's "The Raceway" and in the suspenseful horror music of "Nailed". Of course there's Tyler here too, because besides the typical action and suspense music in the first tracks, we notice The Hunted in "Revelations", some softer tracks that don't always mesh well with the rest ("Moment of Joy"), followed by typical but entertaining orchestral suspense themes and orchestral fanfares in "Car Washicide", "Sushi for Everyone", true honest to god Goldsmith action music (briefly) that gets excellent help from Walker's theme in "The Movie Theater" and a fairly entertaining suite that mixes everything in a final design in "The Final Destination Suite".
All in all, the mystery, the occasional bloody orchestral suspense music, a fanfare here and there and most notably Shirley Walker's foreboding theme make sure The Final Destination doesn't plunge towards its death (unlike the film). No, even though Tyler's score is not free of beauty errors, there's something about the extensive use of Walker's theme that keeps this score fresh from Tyler's weaknesses (for instance the middle portion that usually delivers non memorable music). Furthermore a good portion between mystery and action keeps the album pretty entertaining from start to finish. All in all, you could do a lot worse with The Final Destination, considering it unleashes thrills one will definitely survive (even without a premonition).
Track Listing
1. The Final Destination (2.56)
2. The Raceway (3.07)
3. Memorial (2.46)
4. Nailed (3.22)
5. Nick's Google Theory (1.30)
6. Revelations (2.28)
7. Raceway Trespass (1.39)
8. Stay Away from Water (2.38)
9. Flame On (1.43)
10. Moment of Joy (1.17)
11. Signs and Signals (2.51)
12. George is Next (1.12)
13. Car Washicide (3.05)
14. Newspaper Clues (1.57)
15. Premonition (1.50)
16. The Salon (3.53)
17. Questioning (1.04)
18. Death of a Cowboy (2.08)
19. Gearhead (1.56)
20. Sushi for Everyone (2.53)
21. The Movie Theater (3.03) Excellent track
22. You Can't Dodge Fate (1.28)
23. The Final Destination Suite (13:29)
Total Length: 64.15
Now, there's nothing that Brian Tyler can't handle. That's evident after hearing the opening cue of The Final Destination for the first time. But is it worthy to be handled in the first place? Luckily for Final Destination buffs, Shirley Walker's main theme makes noticeable appearances throughout the disasters. Most notable alongside hard rocking electric guitar music that enhances the opening credits of the film in "The Final Destination", in the typical energetic powerhouse piece that's "The Raceway" and in the suspenseful horror music of "Nailed". Of course there's Tyler here too, because besides the typical action and suspense music in the first tracks, we notice The Hunted in "Revelations", some softer tracks that don't always mesh well with the rest ("Moment of Joy"), followed by typical but entertaining orchestral suspense themes and orchestral fanfares in "Car Washicide", "Sushi for Everyone", true honest to god Goldsmith action music (briefly) that gets excellent help from Walker's theme in "The Movie Theater" and a fairly entertaining suite that mixes everything in a final design in "The Final Destination Suite".
All in all, the mystery, the occasional bloody orchestral suspense music, a fanfare here and there and most notably Shirley Walker's foreboding theme make sure The Final Destination doesn't plunge towards its death (unlike the film). No, even though Tyler's score is not free of beauty errors, there's something about the extensive use of Walker's theme that keeps this score fresh from Tyler's weaknesses (for instance the middle portion that usually delivers non memorable music). Furthermore a good portion between mystery and action keeps the album pretty entertaining from start to finish. All in all, you could do a lot worse with The Final Destination, considering it unleashes thrills one will definitely survive (even without a premonition).
Track Listing
1. The Final Destination (2.56)
2. The Raceway (3.07)
3. Memorial (2.46)
4. Nailed (3.22)
5. Nick's Google Theory (1.30)
6. Revelations (2.28)
7. Raceway Trespass (1.39)
8. Stay Away from Water (2.38)
9. Flame On (1.43)
10. Moment of Joy (1.17)
11. Signs and Signals (2.51)
12. George is Next (1.12)
13. Car Washicide (3.05)
14. Newspaper Clues (1.57)
15. Premonition (1.50)
16. The Salon (3.53)
17. Questioning (1.04)
18. Death of a Cowboy (2.08)
19. Gearhead (1.56)
20. Sushi for Everyone (2.53)
21. The Movie Theater (3.03) Excellent track
22. You Can't Dodge Fate (1.28)
23. The Final Destination Suite (13:29)
Total Length: 64.15