College freshman Adam Buckley finds himself blindfolded in the back of a van dealing with the fact that he has to rob a convenience store as the final step of his initiation into the Sigma Zeta Chi (ΣZX) fraternity. Minutes later he finds himself dealing with the fact that a fellow-pledge just got shot while doing it. Frank, the senior fraternity brother in charge of the night’s events, is able to get the injured pledge out of the store alive, but the fraternity’s troubles are just beginning. Thinking they can get out of the situation without taking the pledge to a hospital, Frank decides the group will handle things themselves. But when every move is met with disaster, Adam must find it within himself to go against Frank and his new brothers in order to save his friend’s life...

The soundtrack to Brotherhood contains a gritty, original score by composer Dan Marocco as well as a handful of tracks by other artists. Of the just over 35 minutes of music here, approximately 25 minutes is given over to Marocco's pumping score. The remaining time is split between Taxi Taxi's '+1', People In Planes's 'Moth and Aushua's 'Sister Saves'. The strongest of these artist tracks, for me, was 'Sister Saves' - the other two I could take or leave. 'Sister Saves' is similar in style to the majority of Keane's output.

Marocco's score is sharp and cutting, and in places felt like a mix between a Bond score and the soundtrack to the console game Modern Warfare 2. My only real complaint is that it's fairly monotonous and a lot of the music just rumbles on. It's still an impressive score and well worth checking out.

7

Darren Rea