Offical Track Listings:
1. The Tower That Ate People - Peter Gabriel
2. The Inferno - Emma Shapplin
3. A Thousand Years - Sting
4. Mars Red Planet - Graeme Revell
5. The Fifth Heaven - Emma Shapplin
6. MontokPoint - Strange Cargo
7. Canto XXX - Emma Shaplin
8. Alone - Graeme Revell
9. Dante’s Eternal Flame - Melissa Kaplan & Graeme Revell
10. Crash Landing - Graeme Revell
11. The Tower that Ate People - Peter Gabriel (Remix)
12. When The World is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong) - Different Gear Vs. The Police

--Kyp
Writer/AVID Editor

Both TITAN A.E. and PITCH BLACK deserved score-only CD's.

I can understand the older song albums because the songs were somewhere in the movie, such as being heard played on the car radio; and some were even done well, such as Forrest Gump, Goodfellas, Blues Brothers, American Graffiti. But lately it's "songs inspired by" and the songs appear NOWHERE in the movie.

Have you seen the film? how do you know that the Sting song has no CONTEXT in the film, and therefore doesn't belong on the soundtrack.

Folks, I have the soundtrack. It's a mixed bag, but the truth of the matter is that the track listing is not entirely clear. All of the Emma Shapplin tracks are WRITTEN by Revell, but PERFORMED by her. So truth be told, of the 12 tracks on the album, 7 of them are original tracks by Revell.

And that totals about 30 minutes of original Revell music. So what's the problem with this album again?

People want Revell's score music - that's the point.

Now, if this Red Planet album delivers all the music from the film, great, but most people are doubting this is the case.

How many score-only minutes are on the album? I think that will tell you why certain people are upset with it.

Just some ideas to think about. It's a very interesting thought dynamic. No one's right, no one's wrong, it's just personal preference.

Revell's music, that he wrote, was MEANT to have vocals on top. That _IS_ the score. It just happens to be performed by Emma Shapplin.

What you're doing is tantamount to complaining about Sissel's vocals (albeit "oohs") on TITANIC. People want Revell's score music. And they get 30 minutes of it.

--Kyp
Writer/Editor

NP: Chrono Cross OST

If we define our terms, I think we'll finally be on the same field. Here's my definition:

Vocals: Songs. As suggested by my analogy to Celine Dion, not Sissel.

If your term for "vocal" is the same thing as what Sissel is to Titanic and Lisa Gerrard is to Gladiator, then you are right, everything with Shaplin's name _is_ essentially Revell's score.

Still, the problem, to answer your question, is that there are only 30 minutes of Revell's score on the disc, when there may well be a lot more in the film. That was the complaint from the very beginning of the thread.

(i'm not going to bother formatting this text - so if you want, click on the link above)

1.
"The Tower That Ate People" - Peter Gabriel
4:05

2.
"The Inferno" - Emma Shapplin
4:31

3.
"A Thousand Years" - Sting
5:57

4.
"Mars Red Planet" - Graeme Revell
3:26

5.
"The Fifth Heaven" - Emma Shapplin
4:53

6.
"MontokPoint" - Strange Cargo
7:14

7.
"Canto XXX" - Emma Shapplin
5:11

8.
"Alone" - Graeme Revell
2:13

9.
"Dante's Eternal Flame" - Melissa Kaplan and Graeme Revell
3:40

10.
"Crash Landing" - Graeme Revell
5:14

11.
"The Tower That Ate People (Remix)" - Peter Gabriel
6:27

12.
"When The World Is Running Down (You Can't Go Wrong)" - Different Gears Vs. The Police
3:35

But anyway on it's own I think it's great

NP- Red Planet ****/*****

Have you seen the film? how do you know that the Sting song has no CONTEXT in the film, and therefore doesn't belong on the soundtrack.

Dan,
Have YOU seen the film? I'd love to hear how this song fits in a film about Mars (of course, as with Mission To Mars, it's not about Mars, it's about the characters, right?). Get back to me when you see it. Honestly.

Shaun

I never said that I saw the film. I'm just saying that it's a bit presumptuous to state whether or not a song fits in the film without having seen it.

IF I see the film (I might go see CHARLIE'S ANGELS again, since it was a fun movie and nicer to look at, and I'd rather spend $ on that than RED PLANET) then I'll let you know my thoughts on the song.