Safe House
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Running Time: 69 min.
Released: 2012
In 2008, Ramin Djawadi made a splash in the soundtrack pond with his musical contribution to Iron Man. It was fast, it was sleek, and it was ridiculously fun to listen to… especially if you’re cruising down the highway with the top down. Now, four years later, Djawadi has written another score that should make people sit up and take notice: Safe House. It’s arguably some of his best work yet – a stylish thriller score with ambient soundscapes and simmering intensity. A keeper, for sure.
The first cue, Safe House, is the ideal mood-setter for the rest of the album, a tense and ominous blend of strings and electronica, accented by percussion. Get In The Trunk and Off The Grid showcase Djawadi’s tremendous talent for handling action music. Be Better Than Me is sober and meditative, as is Truth, which develops into a lovely crescendo toward the end. I’ll Take It From Here is the final track: but instead of offering a quiet wind down, Djawadi “ups the stakes” so to speak, closing the score with a bang that’s just as exciting as anything proceeding it.
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THE INK SLINGER 
Sweet. Thanks for the review.
Thanks for reading! :)
A really good review, Corey! I don’t think I’ve heard much by Ramin Djawadi, though I liked the Iron Man soundtrack. It looks like the individual tracks have some good titles too! :)
To the KING be all the glory!
Rebekah
The Iron Man soundtrack is superb; if you like that one, you’ll probably like this one, too (even though they differ in style). :)