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Editorial Review:
Like the movie it accompanies, this score feels very much like an "Africanized" regular Hollywood production--but not too much, so as not to throw off timid viewers/listeners. James Newton Howard wrote his cues for a standard large orchestra, augmented here and there with touches such as exotic instruments, the African Children's Choir, and superstar Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour. N'Dour contributes vocals to the first track, "Blood Diamond Titles," but for a long stretch after that, it's pretty much business as usual: swelling, portentous strings (almost every track); a syrupy romantic theme ("Maddy & Archer"); pounding action cues ("Diamond Mine Bombed," "Solomon & Archer Escape"). Things pick up again with the three songs tucked away at the end of the CD. The Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Sudan's Emmanuel Jal and Abdel Gadir Salim, in particular, deliver a shot of genuine energy that's sorely lacking from the rest of the CD. This soundtrack--and the film--would have been livelier had there been more of that music. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Fantastic Soundtrack! I wasn't expecting much when I bought this soundtrack, I figured it was James Newton-Howard so it's not going to be too bad, but after listening to it the first time I was left in a state of shock! Tracks such as "Archer and Solomon Hike", "Goodbyes", "Solomons Helping Hand" and many more are just fantastic as Howard uses the main theme in various different ways to trigger different emotional responses for the listener. The whole CD is filled with quality tracks and you can tell that a lot of thought... more info
