Cobb (soundtrack) explained

Cobb
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Elliot Goldenthal
Cover:	elliot goldenthalcobb soundtrack.jpg
Released:	January 3, 1995
Genre:	Blues, Gospel, classical, Avant-garde, modernist, electronic
Length:	38:52
Label:	Sony Classical SK 66923
Producer:	Matthias Gohl
Prev Title:	Interview with the Vampire
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Batman Forever
Next Year:	1995

The score to the film Cobb by Elliot Goldenthal was released in 1994.

The score

Goldenthal himself can be heard performing the guttural vocals on the opening cue, a Baptist hymn of the sort Cobb had heard as a young child. This can be heard below.

Goldenthal's feelings on the score:

Reception

Allmusic wrote that "What could have amounted to little more than a giant mess is in fact Goldenthal's most sophisticated and ambitious score to date..."^[1]

Track listing

1. Variations on an Old Baptist Hymn (3:05)
2. Stump Meets Cobb (1:50)
3. Cooperstown Aria (Part I) (1:43)
4. Nevada Nightlight (2:28)
5. Reno Ho' (Part I) (2:37)
6. Newsreel Mirror (3:26)
7. Meant Monk (2:17)
8. Cooperstown Aria (Part II) (2:00)
9. Winter Walk (1:11)
10. Hart and Hunter (1:16)
11. Georgia Peach Rag (1:30)
12. The Baptism (1:30)
13. Reno Ho' (Part II) (2:35)
14. The Homecoming (6:18)
15. Sour Mash Scherzo (1:09)
16. Cobb Dies (1:49)
17. The Beast Within (2:24) - (from "Alien³ soundtrack")
18. The Ball Game - Sister Wynona Carr (2:24)

Audio

This track features vocals by Goldenthal. This track exemplifies the duality of the score. Typical Goldenthalian brass and horns dominate this track.

Crew/Credit

• Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal (except track 18)
• Music Produced by Matthias Gohl
• Orchestrated by Robert Elhai and Elliot Goldenthal
• Conducted by Jonathan Sheffer
• Recorded and Mixed by Joel Iwataki
• Electronic Music Produced by Richard Martinez
• Music Editors: Dan Carlin

External links

• Page for the score on Goldenthals site

Notes and References

1. allmusic (((Cobb [Original Soundtrack&#93; > Overview)))<!-- Bot generated title -->]