Hitman
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Composer: Geoff ZanelliEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Music Label: La-La Land Records
Soundtracks:
- Ava Maria (2:04)
- I Take Out The Trash (2:23)
- The Belicoff Assassination (2:24)
- Roses For Nika (3:09)
- Random Complication (2:52)
- New Suit (1:17)
- Train Station (Bite Your Tongue) (4:36)
- Istanbul (1:45)
- Table 26 (2:25)
- Best Laid Plans (1:38)
- Undress Me (2:42)
- I Need You To Die (2:10)
- My Number Is 47 (2:27)
- Trust Unto God (Udre's Funeral) (2:22)
- Rubber Duckie (1:32)
- Righteous Buttkicking (2:11)
- D?nouement (3:28)
- BONUS: Christina England: Ava Maria (4:11)
Music reviews of Hitman
Music Review: You don't have to be original to be good!
Rating: 3 Stars
One reviewer believes Zanelli's 'Hitman' is just a Media Ventures clone, and that it's totally unoriginal and lazy. Now, considering that review only contains one sentence, I'm tempted to tell the reviewer "look who's talking".
The score to Hitman contains everything you would expect from an action film - The boombastic moments of action, to the quieter moments of emotion, and everything in-between. They're all here in their obligatory form. But each one is composed and portrayed very well.
The track "Istanbul" is probably my favourite. It's a beautiful soft piece containing a lovely cue which is morphed, slowed and quickened elsewhere on other tracks. In the film it's mainly used alongside the female lead and ofcourse as the Instanbul them. And although I can hear bits of Graeme Revell's "Love Theme" from The Saint in it, it doesn't make the track any less good. And sure the Hitman action theme (first heard on track 3 "The Belicoff Assassination") sounds like part of the cue used at the start of The Bourne Identity, but it's still a good theme. And a theme that Zanelli uses well throughout the score as he twists and turns it as he sees fit in order to suit what's happening in the movie.
My point is, if you listen hard enough to any supposedly original score, you can hear the similarities it may have to others. In fact there's a cue in Hitman that's an even bigger rip-off than Bourne - There's a section of track 9 ("Table") which follows the same crescendo-like path as a tune called "This Ridiculous Chin", which is a track from John Powell's 'Face/Off'. Sure, one track came before the other, but it doesn't make the latter any less good. I can even hear John William's 'Jaws' theme in there somewhere too.
So, if you listen hard enough to Zanelli's 'Hitman', you'll find similarities that are beyond just Bourne. However, you could also find how effortlessly Zanelli is able to layer totally opposite cues on top of each other to create the desired effect. For instance, there's a section in the movie where Hitman is explaining to the woman about his name. And towards the end of the track called "My Name is 47" which accompanies the scene, Zanelli takes the main Hitman theme (yes, the one that sounds like it's from Bourne) and slows it right down to place it on top of the beautiful "Instanbul" theme I mentioned earlier. It works incredibly well, and is made even more poignant because the combination of the 2 themes is an exact reflection of the scene in the movie since it involves both those 2 characters. It's a formulaic method of composing, but not many are able to pull it off so well.
One of the reviewers said that there is a consistent quality to Hitman. And that's a good statement. Because whilst there isn't anything absolutely amazing about the score, I find that there's also absolutely nothing wrong with it either.
We all know what kind of music we like. And every reviewer here is entitled to their opinion. But the couple of negative statements attributed to Zanelli's 'Hitman' cannot be taken seriously if they're not accompanied by explanations. So all the above is simply MY opinion, and I hope I've explained myself well enough to anyone who is thinking of purchasing this score.
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