The Recruit

by

Klaus Badelt

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Here lies the sister score to Harry Gregson-Williams' Spy Game. Like Spy Game, The Recruit utilizes a heavy amount of synths with a symphony orchestra along side. The main theme is a 4 note motif for strings and piano that can be heard in "Main Title", "Talking Over Crabs", "Hijacked", "You're Going to Langley", "Nothing Is What It Seems", and "Target Is Burke." If you are curious as to what the theme sounds like, just listen to "The Emperior Is Dead" track from the soundtrack "Gladiator". Wait until the part when the emperor dies and you will hear a 4 note motif. That is the exact same theme that occurs throughout The Recruit. Klaus Badelt wrote additional music in "Gladiator", so that must have been his work. Additional thematic material is found in "To the Farm" and "CIA Training", which only exists in these 2 tracks. This theme too is based on 4 notes, but unfortunately does not develop into something that lasts. "Hijacked", "A Bug For Breakfast", "Nothing Is What It Seems", and "Target Is Burke" contains some exciting action music with lots of synth rhythms and pounding percussion. This score is much different from Badelt's previous works, such as The Time Machine and K-19: The Widowmaker. This is most similar to Spy Game and is recommended, even though the first listen through won't leave much of an impression. Listen to this score a few times and it will begin to grow on you.

I advise you NOT to buy this CD for $99.99.

It is NOT as rare as mentioned above. Although I had a VERY difficult time tracking this CD through other stores (both public and online), I found the CD in high stock at http://www.varesesarabande.com. And.... this CD only costs 16.98! That's it! Not a friggin 100 bucks!

When searching, be sure you enter "Recruit" and not "The Recruit," otherwise the search will yield no results. In case you're wondering, I am not a representative of Varese Sarabande records. Rather, I am a conscientious consumer and hate to see anyone get ripped off.

I implore you to post a comment if my consumer advisory review was helpful to you. And let's see if the above-seller ends up reducing his price hahahahaha.