First Blood [Original Score]

• Artist: Jerry Goldsmith
• Rating:
• Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Total Time: 40:17
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Given the increasingly over-the-top carnage of each successive film in the Rambo trilogy, it's somewhat surprising and contradictory to note that Jerry Goldsmith's work on the series' debut entry, First Blood, represents his most aggressive and foreboding score. An uneven but often suspenseful score dominated by pulsating synthesizers and eruptions of brass, First Blood works to Goldsmith's strengths and weaknesses alike. His mournful main theme succinctly captures the personal pride and anguish of Sylvester Stallone's protagonist, John Rambo, but as the psychological drama of the onscreen narrative breaks down in the face of sheer physical violence, so too does the music sacrifice complexity and nuance in favor of bombast and cacophony. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
First Blood, film score~Home Coming	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(2:28)
First Blood, film score~Escape Route	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(2:43)
First Blood, film score~First Blood	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(4:41)
First Blood, film score~Tunnel	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(4:05)
First Blood, film score~Hanging On	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(3:34)
First Blood, film score~Mountain Hunt	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(6:10)
First Blood, film score~My Town	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(2:00)
First Blood, film score~Razor	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(3:13)
First Blood, film score~No Power	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(2:56)
First Blood, film score~Over the Cliff	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(2:09)
First Blood, film score~It's a Long Road	Jerry Goldsmith	Jerry Goldsmith	(2:57)
First Blood, film score~It's a long road	Hal Shaper, Jerry Goldsmith	Dan Hill	(3:21)

Credits

Robert Townson (Liner Notes), Dan Hill (Performer), Alan Snelling (Engineer), Marty Paich (Producer), David Paich (Producer), Jerry Goldsmith (Producer), Marty Paich (Arranger), Jerry Goldsmith (Conductor), David Paich (Arranger), Arthur Morton (Orchestration), Robert Townson (Executive Producer), Randy Tominaga (Editing), Drew Struzan (Cover Art), Randy Tominaga (Mixing), Judy Clapp (Assistant Engineer), Bruce Botnick (Producer)