Soundtrack Review: Final Destination 5 (2011)

Final Destination 5 Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the film score Final Destination 5 by Brian Tyler.

"I can recommend this score for horror enthusiasts, but it's not going to find a broad audience."

Final Destination has come to it's fifth installment and I am amazed that they have managed to milk the concept this far. It must be because of the cool death scenes. Death has a plan and some kids manage to escape certain death, but they have to die so freak accidents happens to those who try. Final Destination 1, 2 and 3 were scored by Shirley Walker while Final Destination 4 and 5 is scored by Brian Tyler

Track List

It's weird, you think you want something, but then you get it and it's not what you wanted at all. That's my experience with Final Destination 5 by Brian Tyler. I remember in my review of Final Destination 4 by the same composer that I enjoyed it purely as a homage to the great Shirley Walker who composed the first 3 films. I also expressed that I would like Brian Tyler to add more of him into the project. He has done that with Final Destination 5, but the end result isn't what I expected unfortunately.

'Main Title' is a good example of what could have been, because this quality track is the only standout track that I could find. You have tracks like 'Fates Bridge' that mixes Walker's main theme and Tyler's nack for action scoring. Mostly however, the cues are background material and I am saying this because I had hoped for a lot more.

Conclusion

I can recommend this score for horror enthusiasts, but it's not going to find a broad audience. It is just slightly above average for me, which is a shame because I had built up a lot of anticipation for this one considering last year's effort.

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