Powell's superhero core mixed with a good dose of drama!

John Powell is a terrific composer! That's my opinion of course, but rarely brings a composer so much energy, emotion and dynamics in his film music as he. With its King scores to "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Kung Fu Panda 1 + 2" he has also well proved. "Hancock" is now his superhero Core to the failed superhero Hancock. The film was very funny and dramatic at the same time, also showed an interesting view of an atypical hero. The music is very energetic, but also sensitive therefore.

Already the first piece ("SUV Chase") is bombastic introduction to this soundtrack, with plenty of horns and a Big Band! And the beautiful "Hancock theme" already in the second track, "John, Meet Ray" is alluded to, is a nice contrast to the otherwise playful action, very intimate, but also loving.

Unfortunately, the score in the middle losing some excitement and variety ... The music is of good quality, but sometimes loses the thread and seems only to get back ... The problem is that Powell would play with his topics more , In particular, the Action Scene from "SUV Chase" he should have used several times.

However, it comes at the end with the wonderful pieces "Death and Transfiguration" and "The Moon And The Superhero" uphill again and pulls a monster with! Especially the former is based on an incredible tension and breaks towards the end of completely when the "Hancock theme" seems literally to explode, wonderful! If at some point is a sequel to this film and Powell again must compose the music, then I hope he uses this theme as opulent as it makes it here, after all, it would also cinematically make sense, since Hancock yes at the end of Films for "real" superhero is.

Powell's "Hancock" is not quite as mature as his previous works, but still fun and offers especially at the beginning and at the end really opulent and emotional music.