The album, even though the audio quality is quite good for a recording of its age, suffers from presenting the tracks in questionable order: Hearing a piece from the final chase in the first track feels rather out of place, and several short pieces were mixed into a ninth track called "SFX-suite" (understandably not requestable here), along with snippets directly from the movie - a bad habit especially prevalent in older soundtrack albums. It might be no symphonic masterpiece - so what? It pumps adrenaline, and that's exactly what a good action score should do. George Miller undoubtedly did a formidable directing job on " Road Warrior", but without Brian May's soundtrack, it wouldn't have been the thrill ride the movie is known for. One of the soundtrack's major characteristics is its use sharp contrasts: Slow strings and percussions (opening montage) in rather quiet scenes accumulate suspense, before bursting into blaring brasses and relentlessly hammering timbals during the car chase scenes. Loud, wild, brute and exciting: Australian composer Brian May delivered a remarkable musical score to George Miller's classic post-apocalyptic action flick, easily surpassing his (still very good) first contribution to the " Mad Max" saga. Roaring engines, blaring brasses: A soundtrack with brute force Hint: Hover over buttons and album/artist name next to the cover for more info.
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