Elysium (Ryan Amon)

Ryan Amon got an email one day asking him to score a movie. That movie was Elysium. While that is pretty jealousy-inducing for other aspiring composers, what does that mean for us?

Well, the music is interesting. Apparently most of it was made without seeing the actual footage, so it was inspired by certain key words such as "Darkness" or "Spiritual", and that's pretty much what you get.

I really like the different array of sounds and noises that are used, and then turned into a tune. Such as with the above track "A Political Sickness", where the robotic drones suddenly become a driving melody.

That being said, I feel like it can get rather spiderman 3 at times where the music is plainly "Bad-guy" or the same exotic singing choir for the emotional bits. The album as a whole also feels disjointed, possibly due to the unorthodox way they went about it, but no 2 tracks are the same, and barely any themes are reiterated, making them feel like "one off's" and could probably have used some cohesion.

But hey, not bad for your first movie Mr. Amon sir!
There are indeed some pretty cool tracks in this album, and the sound is instantly recognizable if you've got it on a play-list, which means they're doing something right.

Score Rating: ***
Unusual as far as movie music goes, in a good way, but I wish it would captivate more and have more consistent ongoing themes throughout the album. Even without that, Ryan Amon has made some sweet songs that definitely fit into the world of Elysium. (Which seems like it comes directly from the DeviantArt sci-fi design section)