For his first score since winning the Academy Award for his work on Frida, Elliot Goldenthal composed an aggressive, ambitious, and slick set of music for the summer 2003 blockbuster S.W.A.T. The music works best with the visuals, and Goldenthal often uses the contemporary action film device of opening with a theme played with rock instrumentation and following with a full orchestra to beef up the mood. A real surprise arrives immediately with the ten-minute opener, "Bullet Frenzy," which is chock-full of ideas and is almost written tightly enough to execute them all. The most memorable part of the original show, Barry de Vorzon's theme, shows up in a techno version from Danny Saber and minor quotes in Goldenthal's "S.W.A.T. Sticker" and Hot Action Cop's tribute, "Samuel Jackson." Apollo 440's slinky "Time Is Running Out" succeeds in upping the cool factor. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
S.W.A.T.
08/12/2003 | Varese Sarabande
All Music Guide Review
S.W.A.T. Track Listing
Credits of S.W.A.T.
- Lois Martin
- Viola
- Richard Martinez
- Producer
- William Mays
- Piano
- Nancy McAlhany
- Violin
- Charles McCracken
- Bassoon
- Stephen McLaughlin
- Engineer, Mixing
- John Moses
- Clarinet
- Eugene J. Moye
- Cello
- Suzanne Ornstein
- Violin
- Joe Passaro
- Percussion
- Paul Peabody
- Violin
- Shawn Pelton
- Drums
- Sue Pray
- Viola
- Russell Rizner
- Horn
- Marcus Rojas
- Tuba
- Stewart Rose
- Horn
- Danny Saber
- Arranger, Producer
- Marti Sweet
- Violin
- John Thomas
- Trumpet
- Robert Townson
- Executive Producer
- Frederick Zlotkin
- Cello
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Producer, Orchestration
- James Pugh
- Trombone
- Avril Brown
- Violin
- Jacqui Danilow
- Bass
- Krista Bennion Feeney
- Violin
- Charles Gordon
- Trombone
- Craig Mumm
- Viola
- Tom Sefcovic
- Bassoon
- Dale Stuckenbruck
- Violin
- Israel Chorberg
- Violin
- Maureen Gallagher
- Violin
- Ronnie Bauch
- Violin
- Emile Charlap
- Music Preparation, Contractor
- Narcisco Figueroa
- Violin
- Monica Gerard
- Viola
- Joel Pitchon
- Violin
- Lenard Rivlin
- Violin
- Antoine Silverman
- Violin
- Todd Reynolds
- Violin
- Dominic Derasse
- Trumpet
- Curtis Roush
- Editing
- Richard Hagen
- Horn
- John Feeney
- Bass
- Belinda Whitney
- Violin
- Daniel Culpepper
- Horn
- William Kaplan
- Editing
- Evyen Klean
- Music Supervisor
- Judith Sugarman
- Bass
- Lia Vollack
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Robert Elhai
- Orchestration
- Eliana Mendoza
- Cello
- Lawrence Manchester
- Engineer, Mixing
- Mark Stewart
- Guitar
- Adrian Benjamin
- Viola
- Steven Mercurio
- Conductor
- William Sloat
- Bass
- Lisa Steinberg
- Violin
- Void Caprio
- Engineer
- David Earl Taylor
- Trombone (Bass)
- Richard Sarpola
- Bass
- Reginald Lawrence
- Viola
- Clark Johnson
- Executive Producer
- Mike Baker
- Producer
- Vlado Meller
- Editing
- Deniz Hughes
- Orchestration
- Timothy Cobb
- Bass
- Daryl Kell
- Editing
- Sean Moritz
- Executive Producer
- George Flynn
- Trombone
- Ruth Alsop
- Cello
- Natalie Cenovia Cummins
- Violin
- Abraham A. Appleman
- Violin
- Anja Wood
- Cello
- Lawrence A. Dibello
- Horn
- Alexandre Sipiaquine
- Trumpet
- Mark O. Shurman
- Cello
- Jonathan A. Dirklage
- Violin
- Roger M. Rosenburg
- Clarinet
- Gerard Reuter
- Oboe
- John Clark
- Horn
- Emily Mitchell
- Harp
- James Baker
- Percussion
- Julien Barber
- Viola
- Diane Barere
- Cello
- Elena Barere
- Violin
- John Beal
- Bass
- Virgil Blackwell
- Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass)
- Kenneth Burward-Hoy
- Viola
- H. Robert Carlisle
- Horn
- Robert Chausow
- Violin
- Charley Drayton
- Drums
- Barry Finclair
- Violin, Concert Master
- Erik Friedlander
- Cello
- Winterton Garvey
- Violin
- Teese Gohl
- Producer
- Diva Goodfriend Koven
- Flute
- Gordon Gottlieb
- Percussion
- Jamey Haddad
- Percussion
- Page Hamilton
- Guitar
- Benjamin Herman
- Percussion
- David J. Holman
- Mixing
- Jean Ingraham
- Violin
- Paul Ingraham
- Horn
- Joel Iwataki
- Engineer, Mixing
- Jill Jaffe
- Violin
- Karen Karlsrud
- Violin
- Gail Kruvand
- Bass
- Carol Landon
- Violin
- Jeanne LeBlanc
- Cello
- Ann Leathers
- Violin
- Will Lee
- Bass
- Richard Locker
- Cello




















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