Elektra [Original Motion Picture Score] by Christophe Beck (CD, Jan-2005, Varèse Sarabande (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	030206663327
Artist:	Christophe Beck
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2005
Record Label:	Varèse Sarabande (USA)
Genre:	Film Composers, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Elektra, film score: Main Title
2. Elektra, film score: DeMarco's End
3. Elektra, film score: Ferry Crossing
4. Elektra, film score: Insomnia
5. Elektra, film score: Ninjas
6. Elektra, film score: The Hand
7. Elektra, film score: Gnarly Gongs
8. Elektra, film score: Stick
9. Elektra, film score: Just Sit Quietly
10. Elektra, film score: The Kiss
11. Elektra, film score: Escape from McCabe's (Beck / Kliesch)
12. Elektra, film score: Tattoo
13. Elektra, film score: The Forest
14. Elektra, film score: Wolf Run
15. Elektra, film score: Typhoid
16. Elektra, film score: Just a Girl
17. Elektra, film score: Homecoming
18. Elektra, film score: Candle Trick
19. Elektra, film score: Kirigi
20. Elektra, film score: Hedge Maze Brawl
21. Elektra, film score: Elektra's Second Life

Details
Playing Time:	45 min.
Producer:	Christophe Beck
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Composer: Christophe Beck.Personnel: Jo Ann Turovsky, Marcia Dickstein (harp); Eun Mee Ahn, Lorenz Gamma, Al Hershberger, Miran Kojian, Irina Voloshina, Anatoly Rosinsky, Katia Popov, Tamara L. Hatwan, Robin Olson, Mark Sazer, Aimee Kreston, Ana Landauer, Ken Yerke, Jeanne Skrocki Evans, Songa Lee Kitto, Julia Ann Gigante, Franklyn D'Antonio, Rene Mandel, Sungil Lee, Eric J. Hosler, Tiffany Hu, Jay Rosen, Joel Derouin, Kevin Connolly, Lisa Sutton, Richard Altenbach, Jacqueline Brand, Roberto Cani, Bruce Dukov, Clayton Haslop, Phillipe Levy, Sara Parkins, Sarah Thornblade, Shalini Vijayan, Roger Wilkie, Darius Campo, Liane Mautner, Dimitrie Leivici, Miwako Watanabe, Rafael Rishik, Mario Diaz de Leon, Endre Granat (violin); Matt Funes, Shawn Mann, Karen Van Sant, Kathryn Reddish, Marlow Fisher, Rick Gerding, Robert Becker, Brian Dembow, Keith Greene, Simon Oswell, Dave Walther, Evan Wilson, Victoria Miskolszy, Thomas Dienner, Darrin McCann, Shanti Randall (viola); Mathew Cooker, Trevor Handy, Timothy Landauer, Dennis Karmazyn, Kevan Torfeh, Paul Cohen , Antony Cooke , Douglas Davis , Stephen Erdody, Armen Ksadjikian, Dane Little, David Low , Andrew Shulman, David Speltz, Sebastian Toettcher, Cecilia Tsan, Steve Richards , Todd Hemmenway, Christine Ermacoff (cello); Heath Clark, Jim Walker , Steve Kujala, Geri Rotella, David Shostac (flute); Steven Roberts, Ralph Williams , Emily Bernstein, Gary Bovyer, James Kanter (clarinet); Chris Bleth , Barbara Northcutt, Phil Ayling (oboe); Michael O'Donovan, Kenneth E. Munday (bassoon); Malcolm McNabb, Jon Lewis , Warren Luening, David Washburn (trumpet); Andrew Thomas Malloy, Alan Kaplan, William Booth, Alexander Iles, Charles Loper, William Reichenbach (trombone); Phillip Edward Yao, John A. Reynolds, David Duke , Yvonne S. Moriarty, Richard Todd, Steve Becknell, Kurt Snyder, Brian O'Connor, Jim Thatcher (horns); Michael Lang (keyboards); Alan Estes, Dan Greco, Gregory Goodall, Michael Fisher, Peter Limonick, Wade Culbreath, Brian Kilgore, Donald Williams, Vinnie Colaiuta (percussion); Mark Kilian, Bryan Carrigan (programming, sampler).Audio Mixer: Casey Stone.Recording information: The Newman Stage, Twentieth Century Fox.Composer Christopher Beck (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) expands on his small-screen sound with the big-budget Jennifer Garner action film Elektra. Beck capably fuses Asian-inspired percussion, atmospheric programming and tense keyboard motifs into a serviceable score that is as effortless as it is forgettable. Emotional moments are carried by the usual low sustained note with soft piano, and action sequences are appropriately choppy and tense with the occasional slide into goth rock territory -- much like Underworld or X-Files soundtracks. Fans of video game music will find Elektra familiar and well-executed, but the overall atmosphere is lost without any kind of visual accompaniment, resulting in an experience that, when left to its own devices, goes in one ear and out the other. ~ James Christopher Monger