Gone in 60 Seconds

Review by Thomas Glorieux:

Sometimes you have to give composers like Trevor Rabin, Nick Glennie - Smith, Harry Gregson - Williams, John Powell and whoever follows in their footsteps credit for their work in movie scoring but it happens that the credit we are talking about is vanished in minutes after one of the scores of this league. I'm all for Armageddon, it has the best of what Rabin can offer and Deep Blue Sea offered more of the same but surely Gone in 60 Seconds isn't that good. It isn't my fault but 29 minutes of music and it feels like this soundtrack was composed in roughly 60 seconds. Surely a score about car theft and the high speed chases along with it didn't ask for something totally mind blowing but the score gives me the impression that Rabin simply needed his "Rock" experience to give the film the music it needed. Agreed, it worked with the movie but challenging it will never become, Rabin missed the opportunity to surprise the non devotees of his film music style. The main theme, if its in there is neatly hidden for the fans, I'm convinced it is 'Halls of Dalmorgan', representing the better side towards Deep Blue Sea's style and sound. Surely I found it the best thing on the score when it appeared on disc but others will most likely dig the rhythms of 'Porche Boost', 'The Last Car' and 'Big Drag' with its pounding electronic and rapid tempo.

Perhaps the only thing that makes a lasting impression is the insertion of a woman's vocal moment once or twice. Most notably in 'Memphis Jumps Elle' when it blasts out of the sound at hand. I told and mentioned it before, the main theme is the best thing about this score, 'Keys to Eleanor', 'For the Cars' and 'Halls of Dalmorgan' are the only ones where it appears, it resembles Deep Blue Sea's better moments and for all its worth the theme is good, hardly used, not powerful but good. Of course Rabin is here to rock and pound and slice and dice, the effect is given and Gone in 60 Seconds runs with electronic rattling over your speakers, luckily not left to right or vice versa. Fans of new era sounding movie music and Rabin admirers might see no harm in getting it. Hell, this poor sod bought it so why won't you, but is it that really what matters? 29 minutes of this kind of music for a motion picture? Surely I don't despise it but nothing makes it memorable and its really hard accepting it for its thematic quality, which it barely possesses. You know I'm all for a good old action soundtrack from whatever side of the Media Ventures table but this release isn't the one that will lure me to discover more of them. Its hard to remember anything after the initial listen. Surely the title doesn't mention the overall thought behind the score? Some reviewers quoted that Gone in 60 Seconds doesn't live up to its name, I in fact believe they are wrong. 60 seconds and then the memory is gone.

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Tracks

Single Disc

1. Porche Boost (1.12)

2. The Last Car (4.48)

3. Keys To Eleanor (1.21)

4. 50 Cars (2.56)

5. Sphinx (0.38)

6. Bad Man (1.35)

7. For The Cars (1.31)

8. Roundabend (5.21)

9. Meet The Team (1.12)

10. Memphis Jumps Elle (1.41)

11. The Throb (1.10)

12. Bad English (1.35)

13. Halls Of Dalmorgan (0.54)

14. Big Drag (0.49)

15. Bad Carma (1.53)

Total Length: 29.08

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=== Link to Composer Site: Trevor Rabin ===