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Title The Specialist
Rating 7/10

Composer John Barry
Add. Credits  
Label, Year Epic Soundtrax, 1994

 

Review

A typical John Barry score, of uniform quality. Practically all tracks sound the same. There are slow trademark Barry string passages, which are dark rather than beautiful (as in his more romantic scores). There are also direly chord progressions, often accompanied by timpanis and snare drums, which surely provides for suspense. Not far from Barry's James Bond music. As with “Mercury Rising”, Barry has shown himself incapable of composing real action music. Aside from that, a very effective thriller score to an average movie. 

 

Track Rating

  Title Time  
1 Main Title 1:41
2 Bogota 1984 2:49
3 The Specialist In Miami 2:34
4 May and Ray At The Cemetary  1:52
5 May Dances With Tomas - “Did You Call Me” 2:35
6 Ray Covers May 2:38
7 After Tomas 2:57
8 The First Bomb - Ray's Place 2:57
9 Explosive Trent 1:57
10 The Parking Lot Bomb 2:32
11 Don't Touch Me, Ned - Bomb For Tomas 3:18
12 The Death Of Tomas 2:07
13 May's Room - “Did You Call Me” 1:27
14 Ray Meets May At Her Funeral 2:34
15 Let's See That Beautiful Face - “Did You Call Me” 2:43
16 Closing In On Ray 2:57
17 There Goes The Hotel Room - The Fight 2:20
18 May Meets Joe - I'm Not A Woman You Can Trust 2:59
19 You Go In And Get Him - “Did You Call Me” 4:05
20 The Whole Place Is Wired - She's Hot, Ray 3:26
21 Get the Hell Out Of Here 2:15
22 You Bastard - How Do You Feel? - Better! -“Did You Call Me” End Title 3:09
57:53  

 

Overall Rating

Criteria Weight Rating
Composition 50% 7
Multitude of themes 10% 6
Continuity 10% 9
Instrumentation 10% 8
Sound quality 10% 8
Score length 10% 8
Final Score 100% 7/10