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Spiderman 3 Movie Soundtrack By: Brian Campbell  |
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 Various Artists
Spider-Man 3 Soundtrack
Movie soundtracks have always been iffy in my mind. I mean, they are nothing more than a compilation of previously recorded tracks by established artists. Very few movie soundtracks have stuck in my mind throughout the years: Resident Evil, The Scorpion King, The Punisher, just to name a few. The Spider-Man 3 soundtrack is a good effort at a solid soundtrack, and it does have a lot of good artists with good songs.
The soundtrack is nicely opened by a good sounding, one combination of unreleased tracks from Snow Patrol (Signal Fire) and the Killers (Move Away). I enjoy the idea from the people who put this album together, that they went out and got some of the best indie rock bands, like Black Mountain, the Walkman, Sounds Under Radio, and the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s to all contribute tracks. They even took the time to include a few lesser known, but still good artists like the Wyos and the Oohlas. A particularly good track is Ceilings from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. It is a nice combination of noisecore, art rock and beautiful indie, with ambient, moody guitars and haunting vocals. I cannot remember the last time that I saw the fathers of indie rock, and the inventors of the entire modern day emo music, The Flaming Lips on a movie soundtrack. They contribute the track The Supreme Being Teaches Spider-Man How to Love. Even modern day indie rock staples, Wolfmother (Pleased to Meet You) and Jet (Falling Star), help out and lend a hand with a song.
I think this soundtrack will translate well onto the big screen. A lot of movie soundtracks sound good, but do not work at all when used in the actual movie. The Spider-Man 3 soundtrack also hits home with me since it shows me that indie music is back at the forefront of popular music. That is both a blessing and a curse, since I will be able to hear more of it around, but it will also create an influx of new scenesters.
This soundtrack is good length for a movie album at 57 minutes, and also has a good pace to it as well. No track really seems out of place and they all work well together.
Grade: B
Listen To: The Killers – Move Away, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s - Ceilings |
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