Underworld: Evolution Original Motion Picture SoundtrackArtistVariousLabelLakeshore RecordsReleasedJanuary 10, 2006Length1:02:11Underworld: Evolution: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the movie Underworld: Evolution, was released January 10, 2006. Unlike its predecessor, none of the music included was written especially for the project (save for the Morning After track by Dead by Sunrise, which was remixed specifically for the soundtrack), although many of the tracks have so far been exclusive to the soundtrack. Original plans to include the Adema song "Shoot the Arrows" from their third album Planets, were scrapped when lead singer Luke Caraccioli left the band citing "personal differences".
He\'s done vampires (Blade II), he\'s done werewolves (Cursed), and now Marco Beltrami takes them on together in Underworld: Evolution. Like his previous score in the dark fantasy genre, Hellboy, Beltrami uses an orchestra heavy on the lower-pitched instruments with a mix of creepy electronics to give the film a needed otherworldly or underworldly sense. Also like Hellboy, Beltrami has a number of strong themes, but his music is not well-represented on the album and they are not present enough for a listener to pick out well at all. Also surprising is the film-order of the cues, which makes the first half of the Lakeshore Records\' disc very slow before it picks up towards the end.
Some of the slower parts of the score showcase a few of the thematic elements of the score, such as in "William Captured" or "Patricide". The best parts of the score, however, are in the action music, which Beltrami tackled with fervor. Low brass and strings race along above pounding percussion rhythms in cues such as "Ol\' Timey Music" and "Kill Will 2". I do have to note some of the clever titles, such as the latter, which comes after "Trying to Kill Will" as well as "Mikey Doesn\'t Like It". The best cues are "Hell-Ride" and "Selene, Willie, and Marcus" which contain the brassy, darkly orchestral elements of the previously-mentioned action cues, but with the addition of a pulsating low string line in the tradition of recent Hans Zimmer scores, such as Batman Begins.
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