Christopher Young's Ghost Rider Score

Incredible find Afropik! Thanks a billion.

I really love what I'm hearing so far. I can't wait to hear it w/ the visuals!
 
Wow I really hate to sound like a suckass but that was very nice. It sounds very original and sets a great tone. I loved the Penance Stare one it reminded me a little of something off the Batman Begins soundtrack (which I consider the best comic book film soundtrack ever.)
 
I really liked it! The acustic guitar, the bell strikes, it made me remember something about The unforgiven of Metallica...now i don't have anymore doubts, i must preorder the cd.
 
I need to hear the full Artistry in Death right away. That 30 second clip was not enough.

I think I'll be getting 2 copies of this cd.
 
That's the sound I was hoping for: dramatic and gothic with a slight western influence. Great to hear a powerful guitar in the background of one of the tracks too.

Thumbs up from the English judge.

:up:
 
This was posted in the Merch thread.... just in case ya'll missed it.

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13 february.
At least this was what was on amazon when i preordered it, two minutes ago.:D
They sell it at 14.99
 
i wasn't sure what the score was going to sound like -- i mean, it was hard for me to imagine what kind of score would accompany a movie like this. but i really like what i hear! i can't wait to hear more!
 
now that ive heard this im alot more comfortable with young scoring spidey 3.
 
Well, what I heard gave me chills. The western tone fits.:ghost: Man I'm so in the mood to watch this movie!!! I had to watch that one FF cartoon the other day with GR in it just so I could get a GR fix.:yay:
 
FlameHead said:
This was posted in the Merch thread.... just in case ya'll missed it.

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Is having the woman in the hero's arms the new pose or something? First Batman Begins, then Superman Returns, and now Ghost Rider...
 
Actually first Batman Begins

actually it was before that

then way before that

then even farther back than that
 
New interview with with Young about GR.

From the Hollywood Reporter:

Christopher Young
"Ghost Rider" (Sony; Release Date: Feb 16)

"The film opens up with Johnny Blaze, a youngster, working with his dad in a motorcycle daredevil show for a traveling circus. His father is dying of cancer, and so the devil, played by Peter Fonda, shows up and offers to save his father if Johnny will sign his soul away. So, Johnny does that to try to help his father, and then ironically, the following day his father, who has gotten rid of the cancer, gets in a motorcycle accident and dies anyway. So, the Ghost Rider is an indentured servant to the devil; he is waiting for the devil to call him to take his soul away. And he, himself, becomes a daredevil motorcycle rider, sort of like Evel Knievel. The devil shows up one day and says, 'Here's your job: 'I'm gonna turn you into this Ghost Rider, so you'll have the power to do battle with Blackheart.' So, the score has to keep it dark.

"The main function of the score is to give the film epic proportions and yet keep the comic book flavor. The music adds to the epic nature and illuminates the fact that it's about a comic book character.

"What (director Mark Steven Johnson ) said he wanted was definitely a melody-driven score. He wanted the Ghost Rider (Nicolas Cage) to have a main theme. But what made it interesting is that he said he wanted the score to be an odd hybrid of Gothic Western industrial music.

"All the action takes place in the Midwest. Unlike Superman, Spiderman or Batman, who are superheroes that do work in the city, here we're talking about a character that rides around in the desert on a motorcycle. So, the location and the Midwestern element had to be worked in to the score, (which is) Gothic (-sounding) because it's just a very dark story line. The Ghost Rider has a pact to work with the devil.

"A lot of the film is jam-packed with action, and certainly, the music helps push the film forward. It illuminates his character and the whole nature of the film.

"In order to communicate the Western element, there were some guitars; there were acoustic guitars. There was a trumpet used, but in the end, it was more industrial, less Western. I used electric guitars and some members of Nine Inch Nails. The Western aspect of the score got diminished; there's very little of that left. It's more Gothic-industrial. I would have to say that it's an exciting score and unlike anything I've scored before."
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Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003528109
 
the "western diminshed" part makes me a bit sad... cause i really love the western sounds.

but im still fine with it
 
man...those clips sound good!
really dig the fact that there is a touch of industrial in there too...very nice:up:
already have it pre-ordered...cant wait to hear the full layout.
 
I am really digging Ghost Rider and Artistry of Death the most.
I love Christopher Young. Hellraiser remains as one of my favorite film scores, along with it's sequel. It'll be great to hear Ghost Rider over the title visuals.
 
I still love the fact that he did a Nightmare on Elm Street as well. That's my favorite horror franchise.
 
Just got this in a google alert:
http://soundtracks.monstersandcriti...opher_Young_scares_up_a_score_for_Ghost_Rider

Christopher Young scares up a score for Ghost Rider
By Patrick Luce Feb 5, 2007, 15:18 GMT

Young used drums, choir, a "gigantic orchestra" and electric guitars played by two members of Nine Inch Nails. In the end, the score ended up more industrial than Western, though acoustic guitars do give a flavor of the latter.

Composer Christopher Young has scared up a killer score for Ghost Rider - the Columbia Pictures released based on the popular Marvel comic character. Starring Nicholas Cage, Eva Mendes and Peter Fonda, this dark Super Hero actioner follows stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze who gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself. The film opens February 16th, the same day Varese Sarabande has the score CD in stores.

Young explains. "What is unique is that unlike Superman, Spiderman or Batman, who are Super Heroes that do their work in the city, here we're talking about a character that rides around on a motorcycle. So the location had to be worked in to the score, and it had to have gothic in it because it's just a very dark storyline."

Young used drums, choir, a "gigantic orchestra" and electric guitars played by two members of Nine Inch Nails. In the end, the score ended up more industrial than Western, though acoustic guitars do give a flavor of the latter. "It's an exciting score," he says. "It was unlike anything I've done."

Young's distinctive and imaginative approaches to several unusual projects have made him a highly sought-after commodity on films with unusual subject matter. He wrote an ingenious score incorporating breathing effects for the offbeat film The Vagrant; provided a darkly dramatic score to the Christian Slater/Kevin Bacon prison drama Murder in the First; and tuned in perfectly to the offbeat sensibility of the Bill Murray comedy The Man Who Knew Too Little.

His long list of works include the scores for Hellraiser and its sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II; Norman Jewison's Hurricane, starring Denzel Washington; plus such hits as Runaway Jury, The Shipping News," The Core and The Grudge.

One of the most skilled of a new generation of film composers who are able to move effortlessly between hardcore melodrama and off-the-wall satire and comedy, Young next turns his attention to Lucky You, a drama with Robert Duvall and Drew Barrymore that marks the second time Young has worked with director Curtis Hanson following their previous collaboration on Wonder Boys. The film opens March 16.

Later in 2007, Young returns to the world of the Super Hero as he scores the much-anticipated Spider-Man 3, once again starring Tobey Maquire and Kristen Dunst.

‘Ghost Rider (Score)’ is now available for pre-order at Amazon. Visit the soundtrack database for more information and a complete track listing.
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Thanks for the update FH ... wish they had the music from the International Teaser as well ...
 
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