Before reviewing this soundtrack, I want to make it clear I haven't seen the film Oblivion yet. That being said, I finally got the soundtrack in my hands today and wasn't really blown away. M83 does a serviceable job for director Joseph Kosinski on Oblivion. I'm sure the music works great with the film but I doubt you will leave the theater thinking about the music. I could be wrong.
Oblivion score it doesn't have the impact and that unique edge Daft Punk brought to Kosinski's previous film, Tron. That score had tracks that just stuck in your head and you couldn't wait to hear again. Actually, at times this score has pieces that resembles shades of Tron but never reach that peak. I would still say pick this soundtrack up but don't expect to be blown away by it. I do think M83 have a future in scoring films if they choose. T his music is still far better than most film scores out in the last year.
The soundtrack has one song on it with lyrics composed by M83 and sang by Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør called "Oblivion." It actually reminded me a lot of the more popular Australian singer, Sia. It has a nice end-of -the-film-crawl feel to it that's big and epic and still not too overbearing. I'm looking at you Avatar and Oz. Unfortunately, there's no actual music video for this song yet.
Since I spoke so fondly of the Tron soundtrack, here's one of the more popular tracks, "Derezzed." The film Oblivion looks better than Tron from what I hear but nothing in the score matches the futuristic sounds Daft Punk brought to our ears. I can't wait to hear their new album.
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