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The Amazon samples dont really do it justice, but then again, 30 seconds of even the most beautiful of music isnt really going to give you a feel for how good something is. The entire album has a very dark tone, very Training Day ish, or what Training Day's score COULD have sounded like.
This track, and "The Police Wont Find Your Car" are probably the closest thing to upbeat as this soundtrack is going to get, which is by no meanas a bad thing.A downside to this CD is the handful of tracks thrown in there at the very end, like "Beethovan's Piano Sanata" and "Give the Po Man A Break" by other artists kinda break the flow of the album. "Helicopter" is a great starter, and is followed by tracks with the same type of dark tone with enough difference between the songs to keep them from sounding repeatative all the way up until "You Two Dont Like Me" which breaks the consistant mellowed mood set for you until that point.
This one was another accidental find that pleasently suprised my musical pallet. As I said, this is one of those soundtracks that make you want to go see the movie.
Thats not to say that I dont like them, but a couple of them just didnt fit well or belong there at all (Brian Eno's track at the end was pretty good though).Soundtrack lovers, you definitly have to get this for your collection, and if you can, grab Narc as well, which is Martinez's other great piece of work. This is one of those soundtracks that make you WANT to see the movie if you havnt seen it before (like myself).
Cliff Martinez has some great talent hidden in him, I hope he gets to work on more stuff, because his sound is awsome.So anyway, back to the score.
Yes, many have heard Eno's end piece, check out his Apollo soundtrack for that impeccable snippet of timeless sound. Its great. Judging by Martinez's expanding line of soundtracks he is fast becoming a master of setting the aural scene. But much of the ambient type tracks on this album I have not stopped playing for several years - at work, for relaxation, meditation - and I produce my own stuff. Sometimes a tad creepy for some, but overall, a masterly work of twiddling with keys, knobs and strings. This movie rides on the music. The music is superb.
The inclusion of cut 13 that was omitted from the movie is also a nice touch. An excellent product. I especially appreciate the liner notes for cuts 14 thru 18.
It is not surprising therefore, how the soundtrack to the movie 'Traffic' can sound so much like the soundtracks of Mann's 'The Insider' and 'Heat'.Ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper, Cliff Martinez, put together some incredibly soothing and transporting keyboards lines (such as in 'I can't do this'), sounding at times a lot like master Brian Eno, who happens to play the last track from the album, and joining the ranks of other young contemporary scorers such as Craig Armstrong and Paul Kelly.Other acts like Morcheeba and Fat Boy Slim round up a very eclectic, yet overall relaxing soundtrack, which deserves five stars without any doubt. Perhaps the obvious influence that Michael Mann has over Traffic's director and cinematographer Stever Sorderbergh is not limited to the visuals, but also to the music chosen to accompany his films.
But the soundtrack really made the movie. One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. The movie was fantastic, no question about that.
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