Sin City (soundtrack)
2005 soundtrack albumby Robert Rodriguez, John Debney & Graeme Revell
Sin City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2005 film Sin City. It features music composed by Robert Rodriguez, John Debney and Graeme Revell, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony, as well as the orchestral track "Sensemayá" from Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas and the electronica piece "Absurd" by Fluke.
Composers' approach
Because the film is based on different comic book stories (written by Frank Miller), each composer was assigned to score a different story. Revell scored the music to The Hard Goodbye (Rodriguez co-scored for tracks four, six and eight); Debney scored The Big Fat Kill (Rodriguez co-scored tracks eleven and twelve); Rodriguez scored That Yellow Bastard as well as the opening credits sequence and the first track in the end credits.
Miscellaneous music
The song featured in the trailers and television spots was an instrumental version of the song "Cells" by The Servant and briefly appeared in the movie as a sample.
The Japanese theme for the movie is "Violet Sauce" by Namie Amuro.
Track listing
Credits
Executive Producer: Robert Townson
Conducted by John Debney
Score Recorded at Todd-AO Scoring, Studio City, CA
Score Mixed at Media Ventures, Santa Monica, CA
Score Recorded and Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Additional Conducting: Bruce Babcock
Electronic Score Engineer: Wolfgang Amadeus
Music Score Coordinator: Lola Debney
Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Package Design by Matthew Joseph Peak / SoundChaser Studios
Saxophone solo: Dan Higgins
Trumpet solo: Dan Savant
Tenor Sax (traks 1,2 & 4): Johnny Reno
Upright Bass solos: Mike Valerio
Instrumentation
Strings: 30 violins, 18 violas, 12 violoncellos, 8 double basses
Brass: 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, alto & bass saxophones
Reviews
Jerry McCulley of Amazon.com says, "While their largely synth-driven cues tend naturally towards brooding atmospheric soundscapes, their tense electro-rhythms are seasoned with bracing doses of sinewy, sensual sax and dotted with the occasional bongo flourish, details that musically evoke both a shadowy humanity and the film's genre-savvy roots."
Mike Brennan of SoundtrackNet gives it four stars saying, "While each composer brings a different style and feel to the film, the rough saxophone and sorrowful trumpet and vocal solos maintain a soundscape that keeps the film one entity rather than three separate stories. Behind a groundbreaking visual piece is also a unique musical journey that truly takes the listener into the world of Sin City."
Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks.com said, "Sin City is a decent score with an excellent rendering.
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