"The Watcher": A score, which fully convinced, unlike the movie ....

Eagerly we saw Keanu Reeves' first real villain-incarnation in Joe Charbanic's "The Watcher" from 2000 contrary, he had been kicked but primarily as a popular figure in appearance.
Unfortunately, the bill did not go quite to - on the one Keanu by James Spader as completely dilapidated investigator is played (his opponent with a very personal vendetta) mercilessly against the wall, on the other hand managed Charbanic not to let Reeves really seem threatening (except in A slow-motion sequence in which Reeves presents an almost demonic dance ....).
Nevertheless, "The Watcher" a very watchable psychological thriller (solely for Spader's performance) with a compelling story and decent dynamics - a Tip!

What in my ears, however, was able to convince completely, is the truly successful score written by Marco Beltrami ("I, Robot").

The opener "Driven" is a pleasure of a special kind: Energetic, rhythm driven, melodic and provided with an almost longingly plaintive female voice he brings here the mixture of the film from a tragic love story, the resulting desire for revenge and the hunt for those responsible Psychopaths perfectly to the point.

And these ingredients remain throughout Score: beautiful melodies alternate with nervenzerrenden moments that reflect the mental tension of the "good" protagonists and bring the disturbing world and point of view of the killer musical expression.

All this is presented in an electronically processed and sometimes distorted sound, for the Buck Sanders is co-responsible, with the Beltrami together years later the magnificent score for the Mark-Wahlberg Film Noir Firecracker "Max Payne" (see my local review) Write and just perfecting this sound would ....

One should not be fooled by the brevity of each track and its sometimes humorous titles such as "Keanuvision" (Track 3) is - here awaits the inclined listener knotless psychological thriller score, which is worth the money !!!!

And Beltrami allows even the artifice musical with good knowledge that the good has triumphed to send us at the end of "home": Its beautiful, almost out of place acting "Ghost Waltz" (Track 24) provides just the right amount of redemption after so much thrill ....

"The Watcher" by Marco Beltrami:
A real recommendation !!!!