Silva Screen Records release The Expendables 2, composer Brian Tyler’s epic score to Director Simon West’s highly anticipated sequel. Starring Hollywood heavyweights Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, martial arts experts Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins and Chinese actress Yu Nan as the first female Expendable...

Once again composer Brian Tyler pulls out all the stops to deliver a wonderful action/adventure score. There's the occasional nod to his score for The Expendables, but on the whole this is full of new, fresh material.

This album lasts for 56 min and 45 sec and contains 14 tracks. Tracks like 'Respect' and 'Party Crashers' brought to mind a modern James Bond score - in fact I was awaiting the familiar Bond signature theme to kick in at an moment.

'Reparations' was probably my favourite track on the album, collecting some interesting themes that stand out from the other tracks.

Once again there isn't a dull moment on this album. Tyler delivers a score that is packed full of action and adventure; an album that is worthy of the Expendables.

9

Darren Rea