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![]() ![]() Lord of the Rings was a planned trilogy and Howard Shore knew exactly how his massive arsenal of themes would unfold across the three films. I am not comparing this franchise, but the progression of the score between the first and the second film is more like The Empire Strikes Back than The Two Towers. Zimmer introduces a number of new themes, which dominate the score. In fact, the less frequent themes were even more enjoyable when they were performed because I was hoping they would show up. On the other hand, it is a sequel and has enough reprises of the original themes to satisfy the fans. ![]() ![]() What Dead Man\'s Chest is not is a set of rehashed themes from Black Pearl. Many diehard film score fans hated the use of synthesized score while most fans of the film can hum every note of the score. Secondly, The Curse of the Black Pearl score was itself controversial, though successful, and makes the sequel highly anticipated to see which direction it takes. Therefore, the following discussion is relating to the album compilation, as the thematic composition of the full film score is likely quite different. There are 51-minutes of score on the album, used to represent a film that is over two and a half hours long. To begin, I have to say that Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\'s Chest was a very difficult album to review. ![]()
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