From the award winning composer Martin Phipps, best known for his BBC period dramas North and South, Elizabeth - The Virgin Queen, and films Harry Brown and Endgame, comes a dark orchestral score to director Rowan Joffe’s bold adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel...

Martin Phipps's soundtrack to Brighton Rock is an interesting collection of gothic based themes.

I noticed numerous influences throughout this score. 'Billious Hooligan' reminded me of both Danny Elfman's score for Sleepy Hollow and Wojciech Kilar's music for Bram Stoker's Dracula; 'Hail Mary', as well as a number of other tracks, had a ring of Hans Zimmer's music for Sherlock Holmes, mainly though this is down to the use of an old fashioned piano. I also picked up themes that seemed to be inspired by Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet. Although, on balance I have to admit that this seemed to be have been heavily influenced by the early work of Elfman, but then no one does "gothic" like Elfman.

Overall this is an interesting soundtrack that's well worth adding to your collection.

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Darren Rea