Label: WaterTower Music Street Date: July 27th,
2010
1.A Death In The Family 2. Main Titles 3. Mob
Boss Meeting 4. Amazo 5. Batwing 6. Batmobile To Arkham
7. Interrogation 8. Rooftop Chase 9. Flashback 10.
Black Mask Strikes Back 11. Techno Ninjas 12. Break Out
13. Deal With The Devil 14. Ra's Story 15. The Bridge
16. Final Confrontation 17. The Choice 18. End Titles
Total Run Time: 57:29
Review (Zach Demeter) While
sitting down for my first viewing of Under the
Red Hood, one of the first things I took notice
of was Christopher Drake’s score for it. Usually
that’s always a good thing, but I couldn’t help but
think that his arm was twisted in a Hans Zimmer
direction because his composed work was very
reminiscent of The Dark Knight. This isn’t a
bad thing of course as that soundtrack was brilliant
and Drake’s own “version” (if that’s what it
actually was) of it fit the film perfectly. There’s
a lot about this film that surprised me, but Drake’s
score being as good as it is wasn’t really a
surprise as I’ve grown to expect it from him over
his tenure on the DC Universe titles. Red Hood
has quite a few nice little nuances to the
soundtrack and they aren’t so evident in the film
itself, which makes me eternally grateful that they
released this soundtrack for public consumption.
The film itself is probably the darkest we’ve
seen yet from the DC Universe line and Drake’s score
is directly in line with it. From the start we get a
slightly edgier mix, something a bit reminiscent of
Batman Beyond
with its electric guitar riffs. It quickly moves into Zimmer territory with the
opening titles and the remainder of the soundtrack is predominantly dark and
downtrodden…with the only real uplifting moments of the score stemming from the
flashbacks to Todd’s (very) early days as Robin—and it lasts for a very brief
period of time. All in all it’s not a very diverse soundtrack, but it doesn’t
have to be as it’s a pretty straightforward and dark film and any deviation of
such with the soundtrack would just create an aural distraction.
Sadly
after listening to the soundtrack five or six times nothing really jumped out at
me aside from the main/end titles. This is mostly because elements of the entire
soundtrack are found in these particular pieces and it acts as kind of a “best
of” of the set. That is something I’ve noticed of Drake’s scores for these films
especially and it makes for a nice bit of familiarity throughout the film. Sadly
it doesn’t make for the most memorable listening experience when you don’t have
the film accompanying it but overall Drake did a superb job on this score and it
comes Highly Recommended. I do have to urge you to blast it as loud as
you can if you have the proper equipment—it sounded absolutely brilliant
pounding through my surround sound and there are so many bass-filled moments in
the soundtrack that sent my room a-thudding (and now I know where most of the
oomph from the Blu-ray’s audio mix came from).
The CD The disc
itself arrives in a standard jewel case and is reminiscent of Amazon’s
print-on-demand releases as the label has the same overly glossy look and the
underside of the disc shows prominent burn marks. The booklet is a two-page
affair with pictures from the film as well as credits for the disc and “Thanks”
from those involved (“Special Thanks” were given to Guillermo del Toro for some
reason…no idea if that’s the same as Hellboy del Toro or not). Aside from
that the disc is pretty much what you get from the average release.
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