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“If one is looking for music for an hour of
attention-deficit-disorder, then THE REPLACEMENTS will do the trick.
If consistency is your desire, then you will no doubt be quickly
searching for a "replacement" CD. ”
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The Chaos Suite
Review by Christopher
Coleman
Picking up where
he seems to have
left off from his
work for MICHAEL
JORDAN TO THE MAX,
JOHN DEBNEY brings
a strong
dance-edge to the
score for THE
REPLACEMENTS.
Preceded by a
number of pop
tunes from,
predominantly, the
Seventies and
Eighties, we find
ten tracks
produced by Debney-
ranging from the
aggressive "The
Dallas Game" (6)
to the
surprisingly
sentimental "Falco"
(7). The vast
majority of the
score selections
are of a
contemporary vein
with strong
synthesized
rhythms, blaring
guitars, loops and
samples. The group
Font 48 also
performs several
of Debney
compositions.
Unfortunately,
this soundtrack
delivers about as
much as the film.
It is quirky,
schizophrenic
music is very
difficult to
listen to. While
Debney's skills as
a composer can
hardly be doubted
with scores like
CUTTHROAT ISLAND
to his credit, it
is difficult to
reconcile such
works as THE
REPLACEMENTS with
his obvious
abilities.
That said, given
the type of movie
THE REPLACEMENTS
is, its hard to
lay all the blame
on the composer.
Beyond the
ultimate
soundtrack faux
pas of mixing
score tracks with
source tracks, THE
REPLACEMENTS
features several
tracks that switch
genre's faster
than a Peyton
Manning audible.
Things jump from
trip hop to modern
rock to dance in a
single track and
that is just too
much to ask of any
listener.
Like coach used
say, "Better to
give me short
tracks than suites
of chaos."
For those looking
for a score-nugget
or two, . .
well happy
digging.
There are only a
couple of moments
that might be
worth lifting from
the sifter.
There are moments
in "The Dallas
Game" (6) that
contain the sort
of tension and
drive that one
would anticipate
in a football
score.
Unfortunately,
contemporary-injections
of electric
guitars and
grungy-synths push
the piece over the
edge of enjoyment.
The following
track, "Falco" (7)
is a quite and
sentimental piece
comprised of
strings,
woodwinds, and
piano. Score-wise,
it is easily the
most "listenable."
Concluding the
soundtrack is
"Martell Crossed"
which reprises the
thoughtful, Falco
theme.
Inexplicably the
track actually
goes silent for
some 33 seconds
before a painful
and uncredited
vocal tune
launches.
Why these weren't
split into two
separate tracks is
another mystery.
While THE
REPLACEMENTS might
have succeeded at
being just the
type of football
film it was
intended to be, it
certainly was not
helped much by its
accompanying
music. The
use of source
music from the 70s
and 80s and a
couple of minutes
of embraceable
score is not
enough to save
this effort.
If one is looking
for music for an
hour of indulging
a bit of Attention
deficit disorder
then THE
REPLACEMENTS will
do the trick.
If consistency and
pleasure are your
desires, then you
will no doubt be
quickly searching
for a
"replacement" CD.
Rating:
2/10
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Track |
Track Title |
Track Time |
Rating |
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1 |
The Replacements
Remix |
5:48 |
* |
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2 |
I Don't Want
To Be Your
Girlfriend -
Kelli Owens |
3:29 |
** |
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3 |
Second
Chance -
Bret
Domrose |
4:10 |
* |
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4 |
Bust
A
Move
-
Young
MC |
4:25 |
** |
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5 |
I
Will
Survive
-
Gloria
Gaynor |
7:54 |
** |
| 6 |
The Dallas Game |
2:00 |
** |
| 7 |
Falco |
2:50 |
*** |
| 8 |
Strikebreakers - Font 48 |
6:12 |
** |
| 9 |
Wild Yam/The Look in Your Eyes |
4:19 |
*** |
| 10 |
R.O.W.D.I.E./Sample Play - Font 48 |
1:38 |
* |
| 11 |
Chicks Dig Scars |
2:11 |
* |
| 12 |
Training Camp |
1:35 |
* |
| 13 |
Football: Replacements Style |
3:50 |
* |
| 14 |
Rock And Roll Part II - Gary Glitter |
3:00 |
** |
| 15 |
Falco Chases The Play |
2:30 |
* |
| 16 |
Martel Crossed |
4:02 |
** |
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Total
Running Time |
59 minutes |
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