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Amazing   March 8, 2001

Wowzers!!!!   February 21, 2001

Definitly worth the money even if you haven't seen the film. It's definitly the most powerful score I've ever listened to. And one of the most beautiful.


Perfect score, for perhaps the most powerful movie ever.....   February 13, 2001
  3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Allow me to preface by stating that I have seen movies that were able to elicit a strong reaction from myself...but this...wow. I can only say that although it's been a couple of months since I've seen Requiem, I still have not been able to shake it from my mind. The scary part is, that I love it! As dark and gruesome as the images were, the soundtrack only serves to bolster the dark depravity that Requiem is. As clever and intelligent as the movie is, the soundtrack is also truly remarkable and powerful. This is not for everyone....to say that it is dark, is horribly understating the true gravity of the depths of despair you will undoubtedly experience....hopefully from a safe distance!!


Reminds me a lot of the Heat soundtrack...   February 5, 2001
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This, to me, means that this album is VERY good. The participation of Kronos Quartet accounts a lot for the similarities to the soundtrack from the movie by Michael Mann. This time, though, they combine their efforts with Clint Mansell in what seems as a composer-director colaboration between himself and Pi's director Darren Aronofsky, comparable to those we have seen in the past between Eric Serra and Luc Besson, or between Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch.

Overall the album balances well the combination of ambient/electronica sounds with those of the string quartet.

One watch out, though: not recommended if you're blue... Might turn you bluer!


Downward Spiral   February 1, 2001
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Boy, this soundtrack fits the movie like a glove. I would expect nothing less from Clint Mansel, whose Pi soundtrack was equally appropriate.

Of course, since the soundtrack fits the movie so perfectly, it begs the same question the movie begged: Why am I paying money to get bummed out? If you've seen the movie, you know how unbelievably depressing and almost grotesque it gets towards the end, after teasing us with the futile hopes of its characters, and by the end, this soundtrack becomes the symphonic equivalent of an amputation, electroshock therapy, a southern prison, and a foot-long dildo (again, you'd have to see the movie to understand) all rolled into one. Of course, the question of when you'd want to listen to this soundtrack is a big one: It would probably kill a good mood and make a bad one worse. But they can't ALL be cheery film scores can they?

Also, the familiar theme of the soundtrack appears over and over again with extremely subtle, if any, variation. Now I realize that it's not unusual for a theme to be repeated in a musical work, but the theme must make up almost 60% of the CD's content. Almost all of the tracks with any length to them are centered on the theme. I fear that the repetition may weaken the soundtrack's ability to stand the test of time.

Nonetheless, I gave this CD four stars for a reason. It's very powerful and the perfect thing to listen to if you're getting tired of being happy all the time.