I had wondered when Alex Proyas would report back. Finally now his latest movie "I, Robot" is in theaters and is also suitable to Marco Beltrami's score already in stores. First caution: The innovative periods in which Vangelis yet created mystical sci-fi spheres to Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner", are over. Even Beltrami limited in his sci-fi score on pompous orchestral passages with choral elements, underlaid the whole rhythmic and varied percussion, leaving here and there shine through a few synth sounds, but not really worthy to be. The whole sounds nice bombastic over some distance and sometimes reminiscent of Trevor Jones 'score on Proyas' "Dark City". With titles like "Sonny's Interrogation" and "Dead Robot Walking" Beltrami brings but also quieter passages that offer a nice change. Unfortunately, some elements of the scores are nevertheless already too familiar. Thus Beltrami served the usual strings and harp runs to a mystical, "wuselndes" to bring in the element score, which is no longer innovative but by far. And to top it all grins then between also again Elliot Goldenthal from the tone facade. With titles like "Round Up" Beltrami compensated but for all possible creative shallows. Ergo: Beltrami delivers a bombastic, but quite varied score with quite worth listening elements. Melodic it is limited to the most essential and tries rather to create atmosphere. The fact that this does not fit absolutely to sci-fi, but also very good to Action and Thriller, you have to get over well. On the whole, the score offers the listener an interesting and all places but also immersive listening experience when Beltrami also not the wheel reinventing (or in this case, the AI).
