The Crow (Original Soundtrack)

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The Crow (Original Soundtrack)

[ Atlantic Records / WEA / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 29 March 1994

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This is a rock 'n' roll soundtrack that rings out with powerful snippets of tunes by some of the leading lights on the alternative scene, and functions as a powerful rock compilation in its own right.

Like his father, kung fu master Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee's untimely death was shrouded in controversy & mystery. Again like his father, Brandon's death catapulted him into the realm of myth before 'The Crow' was even completed.

What remains is a movie shrouded in its own myths & ambiguities, a post-modern comic book anti-hero brought to life in a gothic noir world of vengeance + peril. The atmospheric menace of 'The Crow' has been compared favorably to the first 'Batman' movie, but for fans of movie soundtracks, 'The Crow' soars miles above its competition...

Certainly, this is a rock 'n' roll soundtrack that rings out with powerful snippets of tunes by some of the leading lights on the alternative scene of the time, and functions as a powerful rock compilation in its own right. Nine Inch Nails' "Dead Souls" perfectly captures the tone of an anti-hero back from the dead to seek revenge, while the Cure's "Burn" and the Violent Femmes' "Color Me Once" impart a moody spiritual character to Brandon's enigmatic hero. As for the more visceral action sequences, Rollins Band's "Ghostrider"; Helmet's "Milktoast"; and (especially) Pantera's "The Badge" provide an appropriately manic edge to fill out the persona of 'The Crow'.

"...the album offers more of a twist of the radio dial (on the alternative side) than any coherent enjoyment..."
-ROLLING STONE

Tracks:

1. Burn -- 6:39 (The Cure)
2. Golotha Tenement Blues -- 4:01 (Machines of Loving Grace)
3. Big Empty -- 4:56 (Stone Temple Pilots)
4. Dead Souls -- 4:54 (Nine Inch Nails)
5. Darkness -- 3:41 (Rage Against the Machine)
6. Color Me Once -- 4:09 (Violent Femmes)
7. Ghost Rider -- 5:45 (Rollins Band)
8. Milquetoast -- 3:59 (Helmet)
9. The Badge -- 3:54 (Pantera)
10. Slipe Slide Melting -- 5:47 (For Love Not Lisa)
11. After the Flesh -- 2:59 (My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult)
12. Snakedriver -- 3:41 (Jesus & Mary Chain)
13. Time Baby III -- 3:52 (Medicine)
14. It Can't Rain All the Time -- 5:34 (Jane Siberry)