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S.W.A.T.
Soundtrack album by Elliot Goldenthal
Released	August 12, 2003
Studio	Manhattan Center Studios, New York City
Genre	Classical Avant-garde Modernist Electronica Progressive music Rock
Length	46:58
Label	Varèse Sarabande, Cat.VSD-6501 Warner Bros. (Figure.09) Capitol ("Just Because")
Producer	Matthias Gohl Elliot Goldenthal
Elliot Goldenthal chronology
The Good Thief (2002) S.W.A.T. (2003) Across the Universe (2007)

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S.W.A.T. is the soundtrack score for the 2003 action film S.W.A.T., based on the 1970s TV series of the same name, composed by Elliot Goldenthal.

Score

It is generally viewed as being another surprise project for Goldenthal, being that he usually gravitates towards more "intellectual" and "arthouse" type movies. Although he has done a few "commercial" action movie type scores in the past, the decision to score S.W.A.T. was nevertheless interesting, and Goldenthal has developed a reputation for choosing unlikely projects, if anything, for the sheer fun of it. In choosing to compose the score for S.W.A.T., Goldenthal—some have said—had played the "Media Ventures" (now known as Remote Control Productions) composers at their own game and won; creating an original, intense, yet complex and diverse score.

Track listing

1. Bullet Frenzy (10:17)
2. Don't Shoot Me Baby (3:26)
3. My Big Black Assault Weapon (1:38)
4. AK-47 Scherzo (3:42)
5. Three Chords in Two Minutes (1:53)
6. Run for Your Life (3:05)
7. The Fascist Shuffle (1:29)
8. "S.W.A.T. 911" (3:10) - Danny Saber
9. Linkin Park Figure.09(3:18)
10. That Cop Stole My Car (2:04)
11. S.W.A.T. Sticker (0:53)
12. Bullet Frenzy II (1:38)
13. Time is Running Out (4:59) - Apollo Four Forty
14. Samuel Jackson (4:03) - Hot Action Cop

References

1. S.W.A.T. at AllMusic
2. Filmtracks review
3. MovieMusicUK review
4. Movie-Wave review
5. Soundtrack-Express review
6. SWAT – Elliot Goldenthal
7. ^ S.W.A.T
8. ^ Filmtracks: S.W.A.T. (Elliot Goldenthal)
9. Media Ventures [us]
10. SoundtrackNet : News : Extreme Music and Media Ventures Score with Directors Cuts

External links

• S.W.A.T. at AllMusic
• Varèse Sarabande page for the score.

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• Elliot Goldenthal soundtracks
• 2003 soundtrack albums
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