After "Joy Ride" Marco Beltrami reports with "Blade II" again with an action-heavy score to word. This time, however, his compositions are unequal failed interesting and imaginative than John Dahl Highway thriller. As director Guillermo Del Toro ("Mimic"), the sequel to Stephen Norrington's "Blade" his own stamp on, also Beltrami has not long delayed with references to Mark Isham's music for the first part. Beltrami's score for "Blade II" is strongly marked rhythm. A wide range of percussion instruments sets the tone, led by a six-member Taiko Ensemble. The integration of Far Eastern instruments such as Koto and Shakuhachi gives the figure of the blade thereby more identity than the written along with remix DJ Danny Saber "Blade II (Main Title)", which was even more exaggerated legally as "Theme" referred to in the song sampler. Although this piece in itself quite "cool" sounds, it falls alongside the orchestral soundtrack rather out of the ordinary. Especially when you consider that the musical material used here is not subsequently taken up in any form recognizably derived. Where a "theme" to be found here, should probably remain a mystery. With a little less than 34 minutes of playing time, the CD is not particularly long (though a few seconds longer than the first "Blade" soundtrack), but has a wonderful cross-section of Beltrami's score. After half an hour of orchestral Action also a certain degree of fatigue is quickly reached, which is contrasted by quieter fortunately songs like "Waiting for the Sun" and "Nyssa Over Easy". That in addition to the Action fordergründigen the content of drama is not too short, but songs like "Family Feud" and "Nomack snacks" that sent orchestral drama with Beltrami care already connect from "Dracula 2000", known percussion. Completion of the CD has then more again Bonustrack character. "Wind & the Willows (Abayo)" recalls the beginning of traditional Japanese music before it ends in a Beltrami-typical orchestral crescendo. To better understand this composition, however, it is helpful to have previously seen the movie. All in all, the score for "Blade II" further proof that Marco Beltrami can be in addition to his "Scream" -Musiken also other major projects meet without completely losing herself in self-citations. For those who want to get to know something new from him, however, I recommend rather his quieter, more experimental compositions on "The Minus Man" or not easily aufzutreibenden "Deepwater".
