TRUE ROMANCE
Rating: 
Original Review: This isn't music composed and conducted by Hans Zimmer - it's music composed and conducted by some guy on a beach in Jamaica! Either that, or the German maestro has gone completely off his rocker and decided to write a whole load of calypso music for a Quentin Tarantino-style road movie. Whatever the answer, True Romance is great fun. Sadly, only three cues of Zimmer's score made it on to the soundtrack album, and they are all quite short as well. All three tracks - 'You're So Cool', 'Stars at Dawn' and 'Amid The Chaos of the Day' - are combinations of light, playful marimba melodies (reminiscent of the British Sanatogen TV advert) which, in a way, are a little like James Horner's 'The Orphanage' cue from Where The River Runs Black insofar as they use contemporary synthesisers to portray simplistic instruments, and kickin' rock tracks replete with drum solos and cool guitar riffs. It's a long, long way from being a typical Zimmer score, but it certainly highlights the versatility of the man in the way he can compose music in a wide variety of styles. Like I said, it's just a shame that there isn't more of the score in the album: the rest of the CD is made up of consumer-oriented pop and rock tracks from the likes of John Waite, Charles and Eddie, Chris Isaak and Robert Palmer (although the latter's rendition of the classic Cahn/Van Heusen ballad is actually rather good).
Track Listing:
- You're So Cool (3:40)
- Graceland (written by Chris Sexton and Tonio K., performed by Chris Sexton) (3:26)
- In Dreams (written by John Waite and Mark Spiro, performed by John Waite) (3:45)
- Wounded Bird (written by Eddie Chacon, Charles Pettigrew and Josh Deutsch, performed by Charles and Eddie) (5:11)
- I Want Your Body (written by J. Ewbank and M. Vander Kuy, performed by Nymphomania) (4:18)
- Stars At Dawn (2:04)
- I Need A Heart To Come Home To (written by R. Smith and J. Jarvis, performed by Shelby Lynne) (4:21)
- Viens Mallika Sous Le Dome (written by Leo Delibes) (3:56)
- Love Is The Tender Trap (written by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen, performed by Robert Palmer) (2:37)
- Outshined (written by C. Cornell, performed by Soundgarden) (5:12)
- Amid The Chaos Of The Day (4:55)
- Two Hearts (written and performed by Chris Isaak) (3:33)
Running Time: 46 minutes 58 seconds
Morgan Creek Records (1993)
Music composed and arranged by Hans Zimmer. Recorded and mixed by Mark Waldren. Edited by Tom Milano. Album produced by James G. Robinson, Jim Mazza and Maureen Crowe.
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