Ghost Rider [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Christopher Young

Overview

Horror and drama soundtracks are old hat for Christopher Young -- having wielded the manuscript paper for such films as The Fly II, Copycat, and Rounders -- and he's back on the scene, with a sweepingly dramatic (and sentimental?) chip on his shoulder, for 2007's Ghost Rider. Soaring French horns and ominous, low-register male choral bits provide the meat for the theme, while heavy metal guitars and drums punctuate the action sequences. When he lightens up, Young gets quite melodramatic, but that's par for the course in these comic-book-adapted films. All in all, even with the occasional detuned "chunk-chunk-chunking" in place, the score feels lighter than the subject matter. For a film concerning demonic pacts, treachery, and an antihero who cripples evildoers by inflicting them with the pain and suffering of their own victims, the soundtrack doesn't quite match up to the doom and gloom as much as it should. ~ J. Scott McClintock

Product Details

Release Date:	02/13/2007
Label:	Var?Se Sarabande
UPC:	0030206678925
Rank:	232314

Tracks

1. Ghost Rider, film score~Ghost Rider
2. Ghost Rider, film score~Blackheart Beat
3. Ghost Rider, film score~Artistry In Death
4. Ghost Rider, film score~A Thing For Karen Carpenter
5. Ghost Rider, film score~Cemetery Dance
6. Ghost Rider, film score~More Sinister Than Popcorn
7. Ghost Rider, film score~No Way To Wisdom
8. Ghost Rider, film score~Chain Chariot
9. Ghost Rider, film score~Santa Sardonicus
10. Ghost Rider, film score~Penance Stare
11. Ghost Rider, film score~San Venganza
12. Ghost Rider, film score~Blood Signature
13. Ghost Rider, film score~Serenade To A Daredevil's Devil
14. Ghost Rider, film score~Nebuchadnezzar Phase
15. Ghost Rider, film score~The West Was Built On Legends

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Christopher Young   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Christopher Young   Composer,Producer
Martin St. Pierre   Producer
Flavio Motalla   Producer
Martin J. St. Pierre   Producer
Richard Temple   Producer
Thomas Milano   Music Editor
Flavio Motallo   Producer
David G. Russell   Producer,Mixing
Assaf Rinde   Mixing
Samantha Barker   Assistant
Patricia Sullivan Fourstar   Mastering
Dave Jordan   Music Supervisor
Brian Valentino   Assistant Engineer
Michael Farrow   Engineer
Lia Vollack   Executive in Charge of Music
Robert Townson   Executive Producer
Robert Fernandez   Engineer,Mixing
Kory Kruckenberg   Engineer