Skip the movie, download the score
This is one of those occaisions where the soundrack is better than the movie. Don't get me wrong -- the flick tried really, really hard, but fell a little short. The soundtrack more than makes up for it.
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Like a hand in glove
30 Days of Night is one of the better vampire movies made. The title, the album cover art/concept, the music, and the movie itself fit together like a hand in glove. Very very gory film, but done with style (I know, sounds strange, a horror film done in style and good taste?). I'm definately buying the DVD of this film and adding it to my collection of vampire movies worth remembering and worth more than one view in a life time. "30 Days of Night" will share my DVD shelf with "Dracula 2000", "Underworld", and "The Addiction".
ambient minimalism with industrial highlights
30 Days of Night needed this score. On its own, the movie is an interesting enough contemporary take on vampires. I remember being struck by how much the score added to the atmosphere of frigid isolation. The music was almost as much of a character as the vampires and townsfolk but without being too intrusive. I was also glad to hear a movie score that wasn't orchestral. The ambient minimalism holds up as interesting and worth a listen by itself. I'm looking forward to the DVD release of the movie so I can listen to the score in context again.
