10,000 BC Soundtrack

From composers Harald Kloser (The Day After Tomorrow) and Thomas Wander comes this pretty awesome soundtrack. The music has a definitive tribal influence which is perfect for the movie but which I find also makes a great listening experience.

However, in terms of tribal versus orchestral then orchestral comes out as the winner in terms of quantity. But quality? Well there are some real amazing orchestral cues such as 'Sea Of Sand', but for me that is just about it. If you liked Harald's score to The Day After Tomorrow then you might like a few more cues then me because there are plenty of moments on the soundtrack which remind me of The Day After Tomorrow Soundtrack, 'Sea Of Sands' included.

For me though it is the tribal influences that really make this soundtrack great. Whilst a lot of it is simply just tribal drums helping to build the tension, the best ones are the climactic ones such as 'Speech' and 'Food'.

'Speech' starts out as pure orchestral and then 2 minutes in mixes the tribal stuff as well, and boy does it sound good when those drums and voices come in with the brass pounding away and strings sliding about on top. For me that minute just makes the whole album worth buying.

'Food' is just pure tribal and starts out with some light drums before the tribal singer comes in and builds it up until he goes crazy. Then we get some more tribal drums and percussion along with the rest of the tribal singers which come in with a groovy little beat before all the tribal singers go crazy and the drums soften, bringing the cue to an end.

The 'End Credits' is another brilliant cue, but sadly the rest I found pretty average. Saying that though the soundtrack provides a good listen all the way through with three or four outstanding tracks that are worth going back and listening too many times. However, if you're not really into your tribal influences then I'd probably give this a miss, unless you're a real big fan of Harald Kloser or The Day After Tomorrow Soundtrack. But if you do like your tribal influences then it is a great listen, and if you want more tribal music then I would check out Amampondo which are a kick ass group of tribal musicians. However, there isn't any orchestra in their music and their later stuff contains a lot of electronics. But if you've got a rather large eclectic taste like me, then I'm sure you'll love it.