Composer: David Julyan
Original Release Date: October 17, 2006
Label: Hollywood Records
Quality: 320 kbit, 44100 Hz Stereo
Size: 114 Mb

With this score, composer David Julyan resumes his collaboration with director Christopher Nolan, which started on Memento and continued with Insomnia. Like the movie it accompanies, the soundtrack for The Prestige is divided in three sections of five, nine, and three tracks, respectively: the Pledge, the Turn, and the Prestige. The tracks making up the Pledge are so atmospheric and amorphous that they become interchangeable, forming what sounds like one long goth/New Age piece. But guess what: the tracks in the Turn sound the same…and so do the ones in the Prestige. It's hard to fathom how Julyan could manage to produce such a meek aural wallpaper with the ginormous Hollywood Studio Orchestra at his disposal. "A New Trick" shows a bit more of a pulse but it's only temporary. The most impressive number is "Sacrifice," which sounds really ominous. It's easy to see how this score would work great in the movie - unlike too many musicians, Julyan never overpowers a scene and he suggests mood rather than dictates it. But as a stand-alone listening experience, cut off from its visual accompaniment, the CD can be a bit frustrating.
~ Elisabeth Vincentelli

Tracklist:
01. Are You Watching Closely?
02. Colorado Springs
03. Light Field
04. Borden Meets Sarah
05. Adagio for Julia
06. New Trick
07. Journal
08. Transported Man
09. No, Not Today
10. Caught
11. Cutter Returns
12. Real Transported Man
13. Man's Reach Exceeds His Imagination
14. Goodbye to Jess
15. Sacrifice
16. Price of a Good Trick
17. Prestige

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