I'm curious as to what MV haters will think of this one since it's different from the usual MV stuff, well there are some classic trademarks here and overthere, but I'm talking about over all.

NP- Chicken Run (John Powell / Harry Gregson-Williams) 5/5

(Time magazine also supported The Patriot. Finally, maybe the year 2000 will turn out a few good movies.)

For the people who aren't to sure about purchasing this score, don't wait around all summer buying small, unknown cd's just for the fun of it. This soundtrack is so much fun and it performs extremely well in your cd player. It's 62 minutes of pure fun with the occasional kazoos. What else would anyone want in a score?

NP "Chicken Run" of course.

I'm more excited about the movie than the score though...

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Originally posted by TimT:
Even better than Antz.

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--Kyp

As for the score, I did have somewhat low expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's an involving score really. The main theme march with its large brass (which doesn't sound like normal Zimmer brass for a MV production) is a real highlight. It sounds a little like Randy Newman and has a Goldsmithian moment in it (almost like a moment in Night Crossing). But honestly, most of the main theme reminded me of the tune during the Hoedown Singing from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" An odd observation, but I couldn't shake it off. There were a few moments that sounded quite a bit like Zimmer himself, but not enough that it would become distracting.

A score worth hearing in a movie that is absolutely worth seeing!

Why fix f/x? Leave it as historical documentation. Superman looks fine to me, a restored print has been completed, which has taken a few months to do.

I do agree that some bits in the film look a little rushed, but that's life. Also, the dam at the end of the film was shot by someone else in a LA f/x house, not shot by Meddings or by his British counterparts.

I know I am going to pick this up ASAP!

I was amazed that I could enjoy the “claymation” (SP?)
so much. I expected facial expressions to be rather static.
Wrong. With the help of technical wizardry and the music,
emotions were quite evident. I had great fun with the
allusions to The Great Escape, Stalag 17, and Braveheart.

The filmscore dovetails perfectly with the story and
imagery. It’s full, bold, and orchestral with marching themes,
mournful tunes, action music, comedic ditties, scary motifs,
etc. I’m beginning to realize that animated movies produce
some of our finest musical scores.

NP Legend

I loved Powell and Gregson-Williams' score for Antz a couple years ago, and I knew they'd come up with something good for Chicken Run (I even took a leap of faith and bought the score without hearing any of it first.) but I was completely taken by surprise at the energy and quality of the score. I'd like to shake the hands of every single brass player who performed in the score- I can imagine how sore their chops were after that scoring session. It largely reminded me of the brass playing in Williams' Raiders of the Lost Ark or in Horner's Star Treks or Krull...

And it sounds like Powell/G-W had a lot of fun composing this score- the themes are all great, and the while the kazoos may seem silly at first, by the end of the score they're actually pretty cool.

So, to summarize, I hated the score and don't encourage anyone to buy it.