Virus
Joel McNeely
" Joel McNeely's rousing antidote "Written by Thomas Glorieux - Review of the regular release
If you look at the career of Joel McNeely, you will discover some of the weirdest projects ever made. Splash II? Parent Trap III and IV? The Tiny Toon Adventures of TV? The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles series which nobody seemed to care about? Frankenstein: The College Years, oh my goodness! His projects that seem to have a bit of decency left are Iron Will and Soldier, hardly successes at all. And the only big budget movie The Avengers was the funniest movie ever made, sadly it supposed to be adventurous and action all the way. Luckily the music was always up to par.
I don't have to tell many people that Joel McNeely is a composer with an enormous orchestral voice. And one that will show you this aplenty is Virus, another dumb ass movie. However concerning your volume knob, there is nothing dumb ass coming from your speakers. In fact, there's a good main theme that's used in begin, middle and end. While it only whispers its attention in "Nadia's Story", it is strong and firm in "Volkov and the Mir" and in "End Credits". The "End Credits" track is the best by the way, because it brings some brilliant Russian choral music as bonus to an already pompous score.
The rest of the score has the power and the feel of an action movie out of control. "Typhoon Leah" is a fanfare addiction, "Anchors Away" and "Seven Footer Chase" bring forth the thrill, yet sadly "We Can Kill this Thing", "Robo - Captain" and "Interrogation" bring something a little too similar. "Sinking the Ship" is strong and a bit more diverse, but also a bit more inspired by other scores of the same genre. In fact, you can hear a big similarity of Alan Silvestri, James Horner (Aliens) and Jerry Goldsmith in this score, so don't be surprised if you remember something similar. At the end you have to admit that it all begins too sound quite the same, but several moments will deliver the boost for your thrill nonetheless.
People with a healthy doses for enjoying their scores loud and bombastic will find Virus to be no disease at all. In fact Joel McNeely adds the antidote with his massive musical pompous score. Sadly, the score is a bit the same near the end, and it holds too many similarities of various other scores to call it completely original. Luckily the theme is up to par, and the volume is loud and exciting. And besides, this orchestral score shows you what today's action is music. Not the best of Joel McNeely, but loud and rousing enough to ridicule most of the action scores today.
Tracklisting
1. Volkov and the Mir (2.14)
2. Typhoon Leah (6.19) Excellent track
3. Another Ship (4.17)
4. Anchor's Away (2.14)
5. Squeaky Gets Greased (2.11)
6. Nadia Runs (1.10)
7. Nadia's Story (3.17)
8. Seven Footer Chase (3.29)
9. Turkey Hunting (2.56)
10. We Can Kill This Thing (3.57)
11. Robo - Captain (5.12)
12. Interrogation (2.47)
13. Sinking the Ship (4.21)
14. End Credits (5.42) Excellent track
Total Length: 50.23
I don't have to tell many people that Joel McNeely is a composer with an enormous orchestral voice. And one that will show you this aplenty is Virus, another dumb ass movie. However concerning your volume knob, there is nothing dumb ass coming from your speakers. In fact, there's a good main theme that's used in begin, middle and end. While it only whispers its attention in "Nadia's Story", it is strong and firm in "Volkov and the Mir" and in "End Credits". The "End Credits" track is the best by the way, because it brings some brilliant Russian choral music as bonus to an already pompous score.
The rest of the score has the power and the feel of an action movie out of control. "Typhoon Leah" is a fanfare addiction, "Anchors Away" and "Seven Footer Chase" bring forth the thrill, yet sadly "We Can Kill this Thing", "Robo - Captain" and "Interrogation" bring something a little too similar. "Sinking the Ship" is strong and a bit more diverse, but also a bit more inspired by other scores of the same genre. In fact, you can hear a big similarity of Alan Silvestri, James Horner (Aliens) and Jerry Goldsmith in this score, so don't be surprised if you remember something similar. At the end you have to admit that it all begins too sound quite the same, but several moments will deliver the boost for your thrill nonetheless.
People with a healthy doses for enjoying their scores loud and bombastic will find Virus to be no disease at all. In fact Joel McNeely adds the antidote with his massive musical pompous score. Sadly, the score is a bit the same near the end, and it holds too many similarities of various other scores to call it completely original. Luckily the theme is up to par, and the volume is loud and exciting. And besides, this orchestral score shows you what today's action is music. Not the best of Joel McNeely, but loud and rousing enough to ridicule most of the action scores today.
Tracklisting
1. Volkov and the Mir (2.14)
2. Typhoon Leah (6.19) Excellent track
3. Another Ship (4.17)
4. Anchor's Away (2.14)
5. Squeaky Gets Greased (2.11)
6. Nadia Runs (1.10)
7. Nadia's Story (3.17)
8. Seven Footer Chase (3.29)
9. Turkey Hunting (2.56)
10. We Can Kill This Thing (3.57)
11. Robo - Captain (5.12)
12. Interrogation (2.47)
13. Sinking the Ship (4.21)
14. End Credits (5.42) Excellent track
Total Length: 50.23