S.W.A.T.

Elliot Goldenthal composed the score for the 2003 action/thriller movie S.W.A.T. It marked the first action movie score he had composed since Demolition Man10 years earlier. It is generally viewed as being another surprise, being that Goldenthal usually gravitates towards more "intellectual" and "arthouse" type movies and although he has done a few "commercial" action movie type scores in the past the decision to score S.W.A.T. was nevertheless i... more

Elliot Goldenthal composed the score for the 2003 action/thriller movie S.W.A.T. It marked the first action movie score he had composed since Demolition Man10 years earlier. It is generally viewed as being another surprise, being that Goldenthal usually gravitates towards more "intellectual" and "arthouse" type movies and although he has done a few "commercial" action movie type scores in the past the decision to score S.W.A.T. was nevertheless interesting; and Goldenthal has developed a reputation for choosing unlikely projects, if anything, for the sheer fun of it. in choosing to compose the score for S.W.A.T. he, some have said, had played the "Media Ventures" (now known as Remote Control Productions) composers, led by electronic/rock action score composer Hans Zimmer, at their own game, and won, creating an original, intense, yet complex and diverse score. The point being that "Media Ventures" scores, in the industry and with score fans, have a reputation for churning out generic... less