Track Listing

1. Minority Report
2. "Can You See?"
3. Pre-Crime To The Rescue
4. Sean And Lara
5. Spyders
6. The Greenhouse Effect
7. Eye-Dentiscan
8. Everybody Runs!
9. Sean's Theme
10. Anderton's Great Escape
11. Dr. Eddie And Miss Van Eych
12. Visions Of Anne Lively
13. Leo Crow... The Confrontation
14. "Sean" by Agatha
15. Psychic Truth And Finale
16. A New Beginning

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #28549 in Music
• Released on: 2002-07-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English, Swedish
• Running time: 74 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
While Steven Spielberg's sci-fi detective thriller Minority Report revolves around the intriguing premise of future cops arresting criminals before their crimes, beneath its hi-tech veneer it begs a simple but infinitely powerful question: do we have the power to alter our own destiny? Coming on the heels of the director's posthumous collaboration with Stanley Kubrick, A.I., it also affords long-time Spielberg musical collaborator John Williams a rare back-to-back opportunity to construct a musical future-world. The composer's efforts here are largely a forceful departure from A.I.'s sparkling minimalist influences, employing an enduring cinematic cliché--that film future's often sound much like the works of early-20th-century modernist classical composers--that puts a compelling new spin on the ever slippery concept of post-modernism. If the cues here occasionally recall the jagged edges, dark corners and rhythmic fury of some of Jerry Goldsmith's best sci-fi scores, it's only a tribute to both legends' deep musical roots and preternatural scoring instincts. But make no mistake, this is pure Williams at his most compelling, employing his full arsenal of technique and always masterful use of colour to construct a new genre--call it "future noir"--from inspirations as diverse as Bartók, Ligeti, Penderecki, Webern and Schoenberg. Like Herrmann's suspenseful scores for Hitchcock (one of the film's intentional musical touchstones) there may be nary a memorable melody in it, but it's a riveting--and occasionally harrowing--listen from opening bars to its final, minimalist-tinged string flourishes.--Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews

Good soundtrack, but the movie has more
This movie had a great feel to it - not just the visuals, but some gorgeous music playing in the background.

In fact, much of the music is not so good to listen to on its own because it suffers what I call 'soundtrack syndrome' (gets boring at times, so as not to interfere with the on-screen action).

Eventually, I discovered the one piece of music that made me like this movie more than it really deserves... unfortunately, the piece that really blew me away isn't on the CD (as mentioned in helenearth's review, playing early on when they're sorting the images).

If you like that music, then like me, you've fallen for Schubert's unfinished Syphony No. 8 (first movement).

My advice: buy a Schubert recording, not the rip-off Hollywood-priced soundtrack CD. No offence to John Williams, but it should have ALL the good music from the movie, cost half the price, or be included with the (already expensive) DVD.

Great FIlm - Great Soundtrack!
When I first heard the music to Minority Report, at the cinema, I thought I just had to buy the OST to listen to the score in full. And it was worth it! The music takes you on a journey through Anderton's escape, anguish and emotional turmoil. The combination of orchestra and synthesizers give some tracks an eerie yet appropriate feel whereas other like 'Sean's theme' draw you into Anderton's depression and despair over his son. The only disappointment is the piece of music that Anderton sorts the pre-visions to. Shame that one isn't on there but otherwise a beautiful score.