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| Hancock | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11818
Category: Music
Publisher: Varese Sarabande
Studio: Varese Sarabande
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
Label: Varese Sarabande
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 066908
UPC: 030206690828
EAN: 0030206690828
ASIN: B001AGGUHU
Release Date: July 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Suv Chase | | • | John, Meet Ray | | • | Train Disaster | | • | Meatballs? | | • | Trailer | | • | French Asshole | | • | Superhero Comix | | • | You Should Go! | | • | Mary Brings Meatballs | | • | Getting Therapy | | • | To War | | • | I Really Hate That Word | | • | Standing Ovation | | • | Kiss | | • | Indestructible | | • | Hollywood Blvd | | • | Mortal | | • | Upon Us All | | • | Death and Transfiguration | | • | Moon and the Superhero |
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Album Description
Score by the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Music by John Powell (The Bourne Trilogy) fires up an adrenalin-fueled score for the summer's hotly anticipated blockbuster for 2008. There are heroes, there are superheroes and then there's Hancock (Will Smith). With great power comes great responsibility - everyone knows that - everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake. The public has finally had enough - as grateful as they are to have their local hero, the good citizens of Los Angeles are wondering what they ever did to deserve this guy. Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other people think - until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman), and the sardonic superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Tasteless discrimination, otherwise below average August 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Director Peter Berg uses the maiming of the villain (he first gets one, then the other hand chopped off) and the subsequently fitted prosthetic hook (Peter Berg has the villain act and appear as an idiot) to collect cheap laughs on basis of a worn out old stereotype. Not alerted by this and after all that I had gone through, wearing a hook myself, I sat through this movie and absolutely cringed. What useless and cynical discrimination!! When I got up people stared at me. That were no curious stares. This left me with an intense dislike for this despicable act of extremely cheap and tasteless film making. Other than that, the movie fell way behind The Dark Knight or Ironman in terms of plot, suspense and action. Not at all worth more than about 99 cents.
 A GOOD SCORE & NOT A BUNCH OF POP RADIO SONGS August 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is too bad that we have so many morons doing reviews at amazon.com..You know the kind that I am talking about;doofus types who either can't read,or can't be bothered doing so before offering up thier worthless opinions..This is THE MUSICAL SCORE FROM THE FILM,and N-O-T a collection of insipid pop tunes cobbled together to appeal to the limited intellects who get thier musical tastes(such as they are)from MTV..Mr.Powell has done an extra-ordinary job capturing both the action and the drama of this film with his music..Alas,this sort of album will not appeal to the braindeadswho are looking for the pop manure that also was used in the fim..And these braindeads are just the sort to offer up thier worthless opinions here,whining that this album does not contain MTV flapdoodle but instead contains real music,written by a talented composer and offered up to us by a real orchestra...
Vastlyt disappointed August 4, 2008
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Okay Brad - so I'm not a professional reviewer. And so I don't know what the terms mean that the industry puts on "sound track" CDs. I'm just a guy who went to see the movie and who, rightly or wrongly, assumes that when a CD says "Sound Track" it MEANS "SOUND TRACK"!!! NOT SOME STUFF THAT WAS "SCORED" FOR THE MOVIE... OR WHATEVER. I WANT TO HEAR THE MUSIC I HEARD IN THE THEATER!!!!!
I heard some REALLY AWESOME music in the theater - none of which is on the "soundtrack CD" I bought. So in the future, if Powell & etc want to "score" my cash when they say "soundtrack" they'll PUT the sound track on the CD. I won't be buying any more soundtrack CDs without hearing them first, and if they continue to BS the movie going public, I won't be buying any more soundtrack CDs at all.
I was VASTLY disappointed with this CD.
 Track missing? July 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After watching the movie I checked out this CD. I especially like the slower tracks like The Trailer and Upon us all.
However, I was looking for a track that I couldn't find on the cd. After eating the spaggethi at Ray's house Hancock wakes up in his trailer. In the movie a really beautiful song is played with strings and piano. I expected this to be the song 'The Trailer' however this is not the case.
Can anyone perhaps tell me which song is played there?
John Powell Continues His Benchmark Year With Hancock July 17, 2008
John Powell is having an amazing year as he turns out one great score after another. After I saw the movie I was a little disappointed with the story and the film itself but I still enjoyed it. In all honesty the only reason I enjoyed was because of the score. Powell did an excellent job of creating an underlying layer of emotion for Hancock. In the movie he is a superhero dealing with personal issues and Powell is able to score quiet thematic cues to hint at his inner strife.
The action stuff is right at home for Powell as he uses his signature percussion to structure the action around. I was surprised at how the film leaned way more on the dramatic side than the comedic side based off the trailers. The ending is really fantastic thanks to the music. Basically what they do for the final overcoming moment is let the music take over and fade out all the other sounds. I loved it. It uses the simple Hancock theme that Powell created and just lets it ride. As a standalone listen the last 3 tracks on the album got me to tear up because there is some truly beautiful music there. I heard some guitar cues that reminded me of the music in Friday Night Lights (also directed by Peter Berg) and I can't help but wonder if any of the music from that film was used as a temp track.
All in all the score is fantastic even if the movie falls short in becoming anything memorable. The score has some great Powell percussion to it and a grand emotional finale that stands superbly on its own. Horton Hears A Who is still Powell's best work of the year, but this comes in second.
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