Pirates of the Caribbean (album)
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| Album: | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
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| Artist: | Klaus Badelt |
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| Label: | Disney |
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Reviews
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Loosely based on the popular Disney theme park audio-animatronic ride, one might expect a modicum of good-natured “Yo-ho-ho-ing”—or maybe a little rousing Korngold/Errol Flynn/Captain Blood orchestral romanticism—here. Instead composer Klaus Badelt initially entices us with some sparing Celtic folk charm, then unleashes a furious broadside of symphonic and choral thunder to rival his ominous score for K-19. The composer’s fellow German mentor is an obvious influence throughout (the album is credited with a wink as “Score overproduced by Hans ‘Long John’ Zimmer”) but Badelt brings his own muscular instincts to bear throughout. Perhaps shrewdly realizing that genre cliches are nothing if not for reinventing, Badelt delivers his rhythmically nervous Eurocentric sensibilities—sort of Holst duels Shostakovich on the Spanish Main—with the subtlety of a scorching cannonball. It’s seasoned with a little romantic respite in the final act, if a bit gingerly, and could no doubt profit by some of Korngold’s sparkling melodic verve. But it’s a loud, unabashed Summer Blockbuster score at heart; alert the neighbors. —Jerry McCulley
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: (First in series)
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) comes Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the thrilling high-seas adventure with a mysterious twist. The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow’s (Academy Award(R) Nominee Johnny Depp) idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor’s beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Keira Knightley). In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth’s childhood friend Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn’t know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead. Rich in suspense-filled adventure, sword-clashing action, mystery, humor, unforgettable characters, and never-before-seen special effects, Pirates is a must-have epic on the grandest scale ever.
