Album Details: The Band were Approached Personally by Luc Besson and the Film's Director, Louis Leterrier, to Record the Soundtrack. Working Over an 11-week Period, the Band Set Out to Create an Instrumental Soundtrack which Captures Both the Fast-paced Action and Reflective Sadness of Unleashed (Also Known as Danny the Dog). The Soundtrack is Made Up of 21 Pieces of Music, which Run in Chronological Order Throughout the Film, with Each Piece Depicting a Certain Scene, from the Intensity of Tracks Such as "Atta' Boy", "Simple Rules", "Collar Stays On", "You've Had a Dream" to the Haunting Dub and Ambience of "Sam's Tunes", "Right Way to Hold a Spoon" and "Everybody's Got a Family", the Soundtrack Demonstrates Perfectly the Band's Gift for Capturing the Intricate Mood of Film.
a brilliant OST... as another reviewer mentioned, this is exactly that. this is a score and not an album meant to astonish you with MA's brilliant lyrics. instead, they have moved toward a beautiful ensemble of classy, artistic tracks. each track is specific to a scene in the movie that makes each clip all the more powerful. the movement from dark beats to joyful & mooving melody is just right. there is a great deal of smooth, soothing elements throughout this OST especially when the ending arrives - a vibrant and touching finish that will definitely stick with you for some time. this OST was genuinely a piece of art; the problem is, many people here (mostly people of the states) do not seem to understand art or the depth of what an OST is supposed to feel like.
if you have watched the movie already, the music seems to bring back visuals in your mind of the brilliant benson film. not only is the movie how i like it, low key and very indie, the OST is very much the same.
consider this a side project of MA and for those who consider 100th window as an MA rubbish project, you should consider turning to more commercial music because apparently you cannot understand MA.
also, please check the OST for Bullet Boy...a British Independent film (beautiful film) with a beautiful score done by 3D.
buy this album. buy this movie. you will easily come to love both.
Perfect compliment to the film This soundtrack is for the film 'Unleashed'. The music here is great, Massive Attack is awsome...that's pretty much all there is to be said here. i wanted to rate this album mostly because i loved to movie so much....read my review on the movie and you'll see why. The album does run in order throughout the film, so thats pretty neat too...
Massive Attack Still Have Their Edge I don't want to start arguments about 100th Window but this album is much better. It has a more electronic feel that's closer to 100th Window, however it has the much needed edge that 100th Window was missing. This album is totally instrumental but most of the tracks are enjoyable nonetheless. I would recommend using this more as background music because it gets very slow at times to fit the movie. The production is still very good and the tracks show the creativity and darkness that made Massive Attack so popular.
I rated the Unleashed soundtrack with 3 stars because the bonus tracks suck severely.
They must be going trough something This is the 1st Massive attack CD that I can sleep to...thats all I have to say
This Dog Gets Unleashed, Unchained, and On The Prowl... ...Which might prove to be hazardous to all concerned. This is the original version of the soundtrack to the Jet Li vehicle entitled Unleashed. The Massive is my group of choice when I get into electonica, with an ambient and/or trip hop thing spiced thru it. For listeners who want to listen to something different, this is it. Played in its entirety, in the same track sequence, it amounts to another Massive masterpiece (100th Windows I think wasn't well received in my opinion because it risked it's audience with the addition of Sinead O'connor on vocals. Even so, it is still a masterwork better than most of the sludge being presented as pop music nowadays, but I digress.) What you need to 'really capture' this is either 1) a relaxed, kicked back evening with a bottle of scotch in tow or 2) an aimless post-midnight drive through city streets-preferably from the downtown to the more sordid parts of the city-with this in your CD/Mp3. If you don't get it by the time Polaroid Girl or Sam appears, then you won't get it. As always these workings of buzzes and blips, razoring guitar work and redemption searching have a sense of menace and fear in the under-current. This soundtrack makes you want to see what's in the movie that's for sure, but, for me, for now--I can do with the imagery already placed in my head.
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