Record Label: Lakeshore Records
Genre: Film Score
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Tropic Thunder was a hilarious comedy spoofing a lot of Hollywood war films. It stars a bunch of big time actors like Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey and many others. The movie is about a group of whiny actors that get dropped off in the middle of the jungle. They have to figure a way out of the terrorist filled jungle without all the things they adore like plasma screen TVs, room service and a director telling them what to do. It’s probably the funniest comedy I’ve seen so far.

The film score seems like it’s a spoof on all the Hollywood scores, especially those big summer blockbusters. Theodore Shapiro composed a score that’s similar to Hans Zimmer’s style. Using loud rock music mixed in with electronic music. The pieces even have chanting and choirs in them as well! There just seems to be a lot of different instruments used for each song. The first track You’re My Brother takes place in the opening sequence when everyone is filming their big, epic, action war film. Then after that track, there seems to be a lot of filler. Towards the end of the album, is when things pick up again. The parts at the end take place when the group rescue Ben Stiller’s character from the POW camp. The tracks were mostly rock music mixed in with the score. Probably something you’d hear in a Michael Bay movie. If you actually paid attention to the music in the movie, and enjoyed it. You’ll probably want to listen to this score, but I was kind of bored with it.

Bottom Line: Tropic Thunder score has its moments, but think only die hard film score fans will enjoy this one.
Notable Tracks: You’re My Brother, Real Tears
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