Blog 9

In today’s blog I will be discussing the movie “Avatar” and its soundtrack. For my viewers who haven’t seen the movie “Avatar” here is a short review. “Avatar” is a 2009 American epic science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang. The film is set in the year 2154, when humans are mining a precious mineral called unobtanium on Pandora, a lush moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi; a sentient humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi and human hybrid bodies used by several human characters to interact with the natives of Pandora. Soundtracks are varies tracks of music on a CD that relates to a film. The dictionary states that a soundtrack is “a recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded sound.” The film “Avatar” is a great sci-fi movie that I enjoyed watching. James Horner couldn’t have done a better job with the music in the film. I think that the soundtrack invokes emotions and adds audio to the film to produce a fantastic movie. The soundtracks ranged with different pitches that produce melodies and harmony. The soundtrack wasn’t huge on lyrics but sound such as drums and wind instruments. Here's the track listing: 1. "You Don't Dream in Cryo…" 2. Jake Enters His Avatar World 3. Pure Spirits of the Forest 4. The Bioluminescence of the Night 5. Becoming One of "The People"- Becoming One With Neytiri 6. Climbing Up – "Iknimaya – The Path to Heaven" 7. Jake's First Flight 8. Scorched Earth 9. Quaritch 10. The Destruction of "Hometree" 11. Shutting Down Grace's Lab 12. Gathering All the Na'vi Clans for Battle 13. War 14. I See You (Theme from "Avatar")