"Pirates of the Caribbean" Music... This stuff had funk!

Glad you finally got it, DJ!

I don't care what the critics say. Even if some of their points are valid, a lot of the negativity is based on an attitude towards Media Ventures. Some people criticize before they even see the film or listen to the complete score!

The bottom line is whether or not you enjoy it. And this is a fun movie and a nice "funky" soundtrack.

 

I thought the soundtrack was great and all, but they could have done a lot more with it.
Hans Zimmer does a good job. The review was right though: the soundtrack could have been any action movie like aliens, military, etc.
BUT IT'S STILL GREAT!!

 

The soundtrack goes insanely good with the movie.

After listening to it for a week straight, I went and saw the movie again, and it makes the movie a lot more enjoyable.

 

^^^

And that's the whole point, isn't it?

 

You would think so, but then there's those oddball movies that have no focus on music whatsoever, and it's just really boring.

I listened to the music more instead of watching the movie when I saw it last. My favorite part of it is currently dictated by my favorite point in the soundtrack.

 

I finally saw this movie, and I think the score is quite good. Robust and expansive, it compliments the film well.

 

I'm looking forward to the next Pirates movie very, very much.

 

Is there a sequel being made?

 

YES!!!!

 

I hope not it was a one movie deal for me

 

Its been confirmed for a sequel,check the ampitheater pirate thread for more.

 

GK:

From ComingSoon.net:

With Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean doing extremely well at the box office, the studio is already talking of setting sail on a sequel to the feature.

In anticipation of the film's success, Disney had made sequel arrangements with such key cast members as Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, as well as with the behind-the-scenes duo of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.

The studio has also begun talks with "Pirates" writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio about drafting a sequel, though no specific story line has yet been set.

 

Cool.

I listened to the PotC cd all the way through tonight for the first time in a few weeks. I still love it!

 

Me too. I saw the movie again on Sunday, and it's still not old.

I still pay more attention to the music than the movie now, though.

 

Yay for Germany's late releases. After the first week PotC ("Fluch der Karibik" - why do they have to translate titles?!) is running here, I finally saw it. And while I had the CD and listened to it befor seeing it, it's even better in the movie. Especially in the End Credits, yes! Very sad, that we don't get that on the CD. After first listening to the CD I already thought it was too short.


But good that I had the great music to endure the really long end credits Or I would've missed the ending
That was cool

And I just read all of this thread. Unfortunately, I can't remember the track names yet, so half the time I had no idea what you were talking about I don't even know what I'm listening to right now. So I can just say, for now, that all in all, I like this score.

and the fact that I got it far easier than you guys ordered it together with Hook, which saved me the shipping costs.

 

Well, since the end credits are the "main theme", just listen to some other part of the soundtrack for it.

 

meh, it's a question of principle

when I have the DVD I'll just Audio-rip the Credits
I'll only edit out the monkey

 

From moviemusicuk:

In giving Pirates of the Caribbean a four-star review, I'm making myself undergo a crisis of conscience. How can I, as a "respected" reviewer of film music, give such a high rating to a score which is quite blatantly inappropriate for the movie, predictable to the extreme, and derivative of virtually every major Media Ventures action score written in the last ten years? The answer, simply, is that it is a whole lot of fun. Pirates of the Caribbean is possibly the ultimate soundtrack guilty pleasure.

. . .

However, having said all that, and despite understanding how inappropriate a film score it is, I still can't stop listening to it. It's bad, but I like it anyway. What can I do? In the end, Pirates of the Caribbean is a score which you have to listen to with all your critical and intellectual sensors switched off, lest you be driven insane by the knowledge that something so overbearing, unoriginal, and commercially unethical can give you 43 minutes of excellent film music pleasure.

 

interesting review. these reviews alone are worth having the soundtrack

 

I've got a question: How far did Silvestri get? Was his score ever actually recorded? Is there a chance that the "unreleased Silvestri score" will show up someday?

 

Something most people don't know:
The end of the Gladiator Battle Theme is actually the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme.

 

That would explain why I keep humming Gladiator after PotC. But is it really the same?!

 

Yes. At 5:53 on the Battle Theme of Gladiator, the Pirates of the Caribbean theme begins. It ends at 6:10.

I believe that this selection from Pirates was played during Captain Jack Sparrow's escape from the British Royal Navy. It was also played in some of the trailers.

 

Perfect music for Pirate Day!

 

The end of the Gladiator Battle Theme is actually the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme.

Are you referring to the Russel Crowe movie Gladiator? If so, wouldn't it be better said that the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme is actually the end of the Gladiator Battle Theme?