Henry Jackman has been one of his scores to X-Men First Class and Puss in Boots for me to the best composers and currently I find he is generally one of the best students from Hans Zimmer's talent factory. But serving such great scores Tracks messengers that stood out or sometimes playful, Captain Phillips is not. The score fits perfectly into a thriller, not a question. By African instruments you know the first tracks right where you are in the film plot. The whole pieces are continuous pulse driving, dynamic and total as a unified whole. Quiet sequences where you can even catch your breath, you will not. Still, that would have been necessary. So the score looks really almost like the action sequences of Green Grass - the yes at Captain Phillips also directed - Bourne films: incredibly fast cut, in terms of music just composed, so it is really hard for some. Definitely not a soundtrack, in which you can relax, but for situations where you need something dynamic.