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The Amazing Spider-Man Score Review


This is an outstanding score from James Horner. It communicates, in my opinion, everything that Spider-Man is. It has the action, the drama, the epicness, and most importantly, the emotion.

Horner takes a largely thematic approach to this score, and it pays off big time. Unlike the Elfman scores, we actually have a recognizable, soaring theme for Spider-Man this time around which is heard many times during the soundtrack. While I haven't seen the movie in its entirety, in what little I have seen, the film and themes work incredibly together. The two main themes are Spider-man's and the love theme. (Yeah, pretty much every movie ever has one.)

Horner has taken a bit more of an electronic approach to this score, which is a bit unusual for him. It works extremely well, however, as he effortlessly blends traditional and electronic scoring techniques beautifully. I should mention that this score is not, per se, strictly an action score. It's about evenly divided between heart-pounding action-filled tracks and more quiet, reflective tracks.

Highlights include: “Main Title – Young Peter”, “Ben's Death”, “Rooftop Kiss”, “The Bridge”, “Lizard at School!”, “'I can't see you anymore'”, and “Promises – End Titles”.

Overall, this is an outstanding, inspiring score from James Horner, and well worth the price. It may not be for everyone, but I urge you to at the very least give it a chance.

It gets 5 out of 5 awesome webshooters from me.

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