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Assault on Precinct 13 [2005]

 
Album Review: Assault on Precinct 13 [2005]

  • Artist: Graeme Revell
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 2003 12
  • Total Time: 42:25
  • Type: Soundtrack
  • Genre: Soundtrack

Review

It's ironic that the score for the original version of Assault on Precinct 13, composed and produced by director John Carpenter on his own, remains more powerful and menacing than Graeme Revell's score to Jean-François Richet's 2005 remake. This says more about Carpenter's accomplishment with limited means than anything else. Revell's work with the City of Prague Philharmonic is satisfactory, switching gears between sweeping dramatic motifs and quiet passages so foreboding that they're disquieting. Those who have seen the original Assault on Precinct 13 probably have its main synth vamp in permanent memory; Revell could've livened up his take with a couple sly references to it. "Generique Assault," the lone cut with vocals, features rhymes from KRS-One that will surely gain at least a couple comparisons to Bobby Brown's Ghostbusters 2 hit, "On Our Own." ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Generique Assault Graeme Revell KRS-One (3:47)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Good Morning, Buddy Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (1:49)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~What's My Line-Up? Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (2:37)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Masked Invaders Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (3:20)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Complex Problems Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (2:36)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Helicopter Delivery Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (1:37)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Deadly Volunteer Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (1:30)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Bishop Arrest Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (1:53)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Party's Over Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (4:11)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Burning Man Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (1:33)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Rescue Capra Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (1:31)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Hot Wire Girls Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (2:46)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Your Dog Is A Dirty Pig Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (3:05)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Precinct Breach Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (2:26)
Assault on Precinct 13, film score~Duvall Showdown Graeme Revell Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (4:37)
Generique Assault [Radio Edit] Graeme Revell KRS-One (3:07)

Credits

Jean François Richet (Producer), Juraj Durovic (Engineer), Oldrich Slezak (Engineer), Graeme Revell (Score Producer), Season Kent (Music Coordinator), Jean François Richet (Executive Producer), Erick Labson (Mastering), Jennifer Twle (Soundtrack Coordination), Graeme Revell (Producer), White & Spirit (Producer), Graeme Revell (Audio Production), Christine Bergren (Music Clearance), Ashley Revell (Music Editor), Tim Simonec (Orchestration), White & Spirit (Mixing), Kathy Nelson (Executive in Charge of Music), Dominic Hauser (Music Preparation), Gregg Nestor (Music Preparation), John Houlihan (Music Supervisor), David Russo (Programming), Josef Pokluda (Orchestra Manager), Mario Klemens (Conductor), Robert Townson (Executive Producer), Mark Curry (Mixing), Jeffrey Silver (Executive Producer)
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