British composer John Powell has become the go-to guy for Hollywood action films (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, X-Men: The Last Stand, Face/Off, The Italian Job, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum), which helps explain why director Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity) chose to work with him again on Jumper, a science fiction actioner about a man who can teleport himself anywhere instantly. Powell specializes in mixing synthesized sounds with traditional orchestral instrumentation, and that's what he does here, primarily combining loud percussion with strings. The strings carry some sweet, if brief, melodies, while the percussion drives the music. Powell gives himself over to rock on occasion ("Coliseum Fight," "A Head Start") and even gets to slow the pace here and there ("Coliseum Tour," "Airport Departure"). But there must not be too many moments for the audience to catch its breath in Jumper, since Powell's short cues usually sound like they are accompanying frenetic action. The soundtrack comes off as efficient, if unimaginative. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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Jumper Track Listing
Credits of Jumper
- Shawn Murphy
- Score Mixer
- Tom Carlson
- Music Editor
- Matt Ward
- Engineer
- David Channing
- Score Editor
- Andrew Richards
- Music Coordinator
- Tom Cavanaugh
- Business Consultant
- Joe Chavez
- Layout Design
- Fiona Ziegler
- Concert Master
- Skip Williamson
- Executive Soundtrack Producer
- Rebecca Morellato
- Production Coordination
- James McKee Smith
- Programming, Additional Music
- Germaine Franco
- Editing, Score Production Coordinator
- Daniel Lerner
- Editing, Recording
- Brian McNelis
- Executive Soundtrack Producer
- John Ashton Thomas
- Programming, Additional Music
- Eric Craig
- A&R
- Julianne Jordan
- Music Supervisor
- Stephanie Mente
- Art Direction
- Alex Henery
- Orchestra Contractor
- Brett Weymark
- Conductor
- Elaine Beckett
- General Manager
- Czarina Russell
- Management
- Daniel Brown
- Digital Recording
- Robert Kraft
- Executive in Charge of Music











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