"Whiteout"--fairly good movie, HORRIBLE score

I don't know when I've seen a movie in which the background music was more intrusive--every action sequence had to be punctuated by a bongo drummer on crystal meth.

As for the movie itself, it's basically a super-episode of "CSI: Antarctica", with some clever twists, pulse-pounding moments, and ravishing scenery (it was actually shot in Canada). Since it's a Joel Silver production, though, the first scene (after the prologue and title card) consists of Kate Beckinsale arriving at an army base in Antarctica, disrobing, and taking a completely gratuitous shower.

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I hate all scores by Hans Zimmer. Who did Whiteout, which a friend of mine called the worst film of the year.

Not gonna lie, I love many Hans Zimmer scores. But then, I'm generally VERY pedestrian in my tastes.

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Film music is my favorite music, and has been since I saw the road show of Ben-Hur, in 1959! Miklos Rozsa's score is still among the finest ever written.