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│ Eric Serra - Bulletproof Monk OST │
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┌──[ ReLeaSe iNFo ]───────────────────┬──[ aLBuM iNFo ]──────────────────────┐
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│ Ripper.......: TEAM SRN │ Source.......: CDDA │
│ Release Date.: 22-02-2004 │ Album Year...: 2003 │
│ Grabber......: EAC V0.95pb4 Win32 │ Music Genre..: Soundtrack │
│ Encoder......: LAME V3.90.3+mod │ Record Label.: Lakeshore Records │
│ Bitrate......: VBRkbps @ 44,1kHz │ │
│ Quality......: Joint-Stereo │ URL....: www.lakeshore-records.com │
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│ Bulletproof Monk is apparently based on a comic book, although not one │
│ I've heard of. The basic plot - kung-fu monk has to train someone to │
│ succeed him in looking after a scroll and so picks implausible American │
│ pick pocket instead of highly skilled martial arts specialist - sounds │
│ like a mixture of almost every martial arts film ever made, although │
│ most reviews fail to mention how similar it is to Karate Kid. Given that │
│ it's heavily accented with comedy, the film lacks Jackie Chan, with the │
│ lead role is taken by the more serious Chow Yun-Fat, who doesn't seem to │
│ get particularly good assignments these days, although co-star Seann │
│ William Scott's star appears to be on the ascent. Rather than the │
│ expected Randy Edelman or Media Ventures lackey score, the somewhat │
│ notorious Eric Serra puts his best tunes forward and in typical style │
│ manages to contribute music that is by turns reasonably good and │
│ fantastically irritating. │
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│ The trouble with scores that contain 35 tracks - and especially ones by │
│ Eric Serra - is that trying to make meaningful comments on any on track │
│ would require more listens to the album that I think I could tolerate. │
│ There are certainly some good moments, the broad, suitably oriental tune │
│ introduced in Kung is ostensibly the main theme, although it only really │
│ appears a handful of times, presumably when something mystical is │
│ happening. The action music, perhaps unsurprisingly, has little to do │
│ with the tone of the main themes or indeed, little to do with the tone │
│ of anything in particular. Serra likes his electronic toys and, judging │
│ by the liner notes, half the tracks are sampled from something else, │
│ although frankly, the list is too extensive to replicate here. However, │
│ they contain enough banging percussion to upset the neighbours, over │
│ which the aforementioned samples and occasional bit of orchestra is │
│ laid. However, instead of a the polished integration of layers achieved │
│ by Media Ventures (or Danny Elfman, come to that), it all sounds a touch │
│ haphazard and so rather than being loud and exciting, it just clatters │
│ along making noise for its own sake. │
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│ There are a couple of other minor themes, notably a comically evil brass │
│ tune for the villains, which first appears in My Brother Monks and a │
│ light hearted pizzicato melody, but with an light eastern whiff. Serra │
│ keeps the structure of the score simple, the tunes are for the bits │
│ between the fights and the loud knob twiddling for the exciting bits. As │
│ well as the numerous samples, several of the cues are co-composed with │
│ either Stephane Brossolet or Nicolas Fiszman, although since continuity │
│ isn't the score's strong point (indeed, it's liable to induce short term │
│ memory loss), you'd never realise anyone else had contributed. Not │
│ particularly bad for this kind of film, but enjoyment is rather │
│ dependent on the listener's tolerance for synthetic drumming and musical │
│ incoherence. Nice that it has a lot of variety and is moderately │
│ imaginative, but at almost exactly an hour, outstaying it's welcome some │
│ time before the end. │
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│ Enjoy another GREAT release from SRN!!! │
│ │
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│ 01 - Kung [02:28] │
│ 02 - End Of Destiny [01:06] │
│ 03 - Temple Of Sublime Truth [01:12] │
│ 04 - The Power Of The Scroll [00:53] │
│ 05 - Enjoy Your Vacation [01:25] │
│ 06 - My Brother Monk [00:58] │
│ 07 - You Are Not Bulletproof [01:48] │
│ 08 - Double Chase [02:03] │
│ 09 - The Monk And The Thief [00:42] │
│ 10 - Bloody Tourist [01:26] │
│ 11 - Darklub [01:22] │
│ 12 - Karmonk [00:42] │
│ 13 - The Monk With No Name [01:15] │
│ 14 - The Golden Palace [01:27] │
│ 15 - Give Me A Report [01:37] │
│ 16 - Tricked Pickpocket [02:05] │
│ 17 - Eastwoo [02:26] │
│ 18 - Buttertea [02:05] │
│ 19 - It Is About Peace [02:09] │
│ 20 - I Am Not A Hero [04:15] │
│ 21 - A Noodle Soup Recipe [01:46] │
│ 22 - Kojima [02:11] │
│ 23 - Flytime [01:34] │
│ 24 - The Responsibility The Scroll [01:45] │
│ 25 - Your Idea Of A Joke [01:34] │
│ 26 - A Little Test [01:57] │
│ 27 - Checking The Distance [01:21] │
│ 28 - Jades Mansion [00:56] │
│ 29 - 29priceless [00:49] │
│ 30 - Shikanelp [00:50] │
│ 31 - Crazybitch [01:06] │
│ 32 - Struker A Nd The Mirror [01:47] │
│ 33 - Annoyox [01:38] │
│ 34 - The Last Verse [04:52] │
│ 35 - Flying Tattoos [02:34] │
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│ ToTaL TRaCKS: [ 35 ] · SiZe: [ 86,6 MB ] · ToTaL TiMe: [ 60:04 ] │
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│ TEAM SiRiON in its will to make quality releases will **PROGRESSIVELY** │
│ be switching to VBR as it's known to be the new scene quality standard. │
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│ friends with a certain experience into the scene along a couple of years │
│ and with the desire of contributing with all our work and effort to it │
│ sharing our music with all of you. │
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