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BLADE II
(2002)
Production Company: New Line
Cinema, Amen Ra Films, Marvel Enterprises, Imaginary Forces,
Justin Pictures
Distributors: New Line Cinema
Release date
(USA): 22 March 2002
Director: Guillermo del
Toro
Screenplay: David S. Goyer
Based on
the Character
Created by Marv Wolfman &
Gene Colan
Music Composed by
Marco Beltrami
Additional Music by Danny Saber
& Buck
Sanders
Orchestra Conducted by Marco
Beltrami & Pete
Anthony
Performed by The
Hollywood Studio
Symphony
Orchestrated by Pete Anthony,
Marco Beltrami, Bill Boston, Bruce Fowler, Blake Neely, Carlos
Rodriguez & Ceiri
Torjussen
Recorded and
Mixed by John Kurlander
Recorded
at Todd-Ao Scoring Stage, Studio City,
CA
Mixed at Todd-Ao Studios, Studio City
& Signed Sound Studio
Music Editor Bill Abbott, Brian
Richards & Denise Okimoto
Orchestra
Contracted by Sandy
DeCrescent
Music Preparation Julian
Bratolyubov & Sean H.
Hickey
Music Produced by Marco Beltrami
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| Synopsis: A rare mutation has
occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire
so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on
vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are
unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their
quickly expanding population threatens the existence of
vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world
to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler (Yes, he's back)
and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the
Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are
in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade
then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an
elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to
defeat the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are
the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper
population from wiping out the vampire and human
populations.
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A NOTE FROM THE
COMPOSER |
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The film was temped with a considerable amount
of my music from other movies, but overall my ideas first started as
timbral ideas. After we saw the movie, Buck Sanders created a lot of
sounds that we could use for the film. It was out of these sounds
that I developed my melodic ideas. Some of them I developed with
Buck, some on my own. Rhythmical ideas, the idea for creating this
Japanese element to the score, the Taiko ensemble was Guillermo’s
idea. In terms of using the Shakuhachi and the other Japanese
elements, it was evident from watching the film that there’s a side
to Blade that’s like a Samurai. There’s this meditative state to
him, there’s this whole way he carries himself, so I thought that
using the musical elements of a monk singer, the Shakuhachi, and the
Koto, became evident from watching the
movie. |
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BLADE
2: Recording
Sessions
Todd-Ao
Scoring Stage, Studio City,
CA |
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V A R
E S E S A R A B A
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E (VSD-6365) |
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01. Nomack the Knife (3:31)
02. Waiting
for the Sun (2:30)
03. Blade II (Main Title) (Marco Beltrami & Danny Saber) (3:02)
04.
Suckheads Infiltrate (2:19)
05. Nyssa Sucks (1:52)
06. B
Slice (1:10)
07. House of Paincakes (4:53)
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08. Blade
Pops a Cold One (0:54)
09. Family Feud (2:21)
10.
Charge of the Light Grenade (3:03)
11. Blade’s Discharge
(1:35)
12. Priest Splits (1:23)
13. Nomack Snacks
(1:19)
14. Back in Black (:46)
15. Nyssa Over Easy
(1:31)
16. Wind & The Willows (Abayo)
(1:21) |
Release date: 4 June 2002
Total Time: 33:47
Length of the Score: 99
minutes
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V I R
G I N R E C O R
D S
(12064) |
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01. Blade (Theme from Blade) (Danny Saber
& Marco Beltrami (3:03)
02. Cowboy
(Eve & Fatboy Slim) (5:31)
03. I Against I (Mos Def
& Massive Attack) (5:40)
04. Right here, Right Now (Ice
Cube & Paul Oakenfold) (4:10)
05. Tao of the Machine
(The Roots & BT) (3:16)
06. Child of the Wild West
(Cypress Hill & Roni Size) (4:14)
07. The One (Busta
Rhymes, Silkk The Shocker & Dub Pistols) (3:44)
08. We
Be Like This (Fabolous, Judakiss & Danny Saber)
(5:45)
09. Gorillaz on My Mind (Redman & Gorillaz)
(4:29)
10. Gangsta Queens (Trina, Rah-Digga & Groove
Armada) (3:54)
11. PHDream (Bubba Sparxxx & The Crystal
Method) (3:52)
12. Raised in the Hood (Volume 10 & Roni
Size) (3:26)
13. Gettin' Aggressive (Mowo! Mix) (Mystikal
& Moby) (3:38)
14. Mind What You Say (Buppy)
(3:59) |
Release date: 19 March 2002
Total Time: 58:42
(3:03) |
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