Blade (1998) is the first installment in the Blade film series, starring Wesley Snipes in his signature role as the iconic vampire hunter. The film kicked off not only the Blade franchise but Marvel’s incredible run translating their iconic stories to the big screen. Adapting the comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in 1973, Blade was written by David S. Goyer and stylishly directed by Stephen Norrington. Snipes plays a dhampir, a human with vampire abilities, who fights evil vampires led by Stephen Dorff, with Kris Kristofferson starring as Whistler, Blade’s mentor. Mark Isham was asked to score Blade with a combination of influences from hip-hop (Snipes’ preference) to English electronica (favored by the director). A jazz trumpeter who excelled in film due to his uncanny sense of cinematic mood, Isham blended those genres with synthesizers, orchestra and choir into what is, by comic book film standards, an unusually subtle yet powerful and dramatic score.
Varese Sarabande released the original Blade soundtrack in 1998 as a 7-track, 33-minute album. This Deluxe Edition vastly expands the sequence into a 45-track, 72-minute program, with new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger. ※Varese Sarabadeレーベルから抜粋
トラックリスト
1. Born of Blood (Then) 1:43 2. Headed For Trouble 0:49 3. Blood Club Voices 1:24 4. Party Crasher 1:07 5. Quinn Stapled and Torched 1:28 6. Quinn Chows Down 1:10 7. Daywalker 1:26 8. The House of Lords 3:33 9. Karen Awakens 1:23 10. The Injection 2:05 11. There's A War Going On Out There 2:20 12. The Slap 1:00 13. Glyphs 0:40 14. Somebody's Gonna Take You Out 1:40 15. You've Gotta Learn To Pull The Trigger 0:54 16. Stakeout 0:31 17. High Tech Lair 0:56 18. The Translation Completed 0:22 19. Pearl Fries 0:43 20. The Book of Erebus 0:52 21. Blade Captured 1:01 22. Whistler's A Mother 0:22 23. The Subway 2:18 24. History 1:26 25. Sunblock 1:32 26. The Last Dawn 1:27 27. A Pain In The Neck 1:06 28. Man In The Street 0:25 29. Top Of The Food Chain 2:00 30. The Beating 0:50 31. Death Of Whistler 1:52 32. A Hurricane's Coming 0:45 33. Intruder 2:45 34. One Big Happy Family 1:45 35. Temple of Light 4:38 36. Curtis Isn't Himself Today 1:56 37. Blood Relations 2:35 38. The Bleeding Stone 1:47 39. The Ritual Continues 1:57 40. The Thirst Always Wins 3:23 41. The Wraiths Emerge 2:01 42. Defrosted 1:00 43. Quinn Loses His Head 0:44 44. The Blood God 3:13 45. It's Not Over 2:34
VARESE SARABANDEのデラックス・エディション！ウェズリー・スナイプスが象徴的なヴァンパイア・ハンターを演じた、映画『ブレイド』シリーズの第1弾。この映画は『ブレイド』シリーズの幕開けとなっただけでなく、マーベルの象徴的なストーリーを大スクリーンに映し出すという、驚くべき展開の幕開けとなった。
トラックリスト1973年にマーヴ・ウルフマンとジーン・コランによって創作されたコミックのキャラクターを映画化した『ブレイド』は、デヴィッド・S・ゴイヤーが脚本を書き、スティーブン・ノリントンがスタイリッシュに監督した。スナイプスはヴァンパイアの能力を持つ人間、ダンピールを演じ、スティーヴン・ドーフ率いる邪悪なヴァンパイアと戦う。
マーク・アイシャムは、ヒップホップ（スナイプスの好み）からイギリスのエレクトロニカ（監督の好み）まで、さまざまな影響を組み合わせた『ブレイド』の音楽を担当。ジャズ・トランペッターでありながら、映画的なムードに対する卓越したセンスを持つアイシャムは、シンセサイザー、オーケストラ、合唱団とそれらのジャンルを融合させ、コミック映画の基準からすると、異例ともいえる繊細かつパワフルでドラマチックなスコアを作り上げた。
Varese Sarabandeは1998年に7トラック33分のアルバムとしてリリースしたが、このデラックス・エディションでは45トラック、72分のプログラムへと大幅に拡大しています！限定盤。
Blade (1998) is the first installment in the Blade film series, starring Wesley Snipes in his signature role as the iconic vampire hunter. The film kicked off not only the Blade franchise but Marvel’s incredible run translating their iconic stories to the big screen.
Adapting the comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in 1973, Blade was written by David S. Goyer and stylishly directed by Stephen Norrington. Snipes plays a dhampir, a human with vampire abilities, who fights evil vampires led by Stephen Dorff, with Kris Kristofferson starring as Whistler, Blade’s mentor.
Mark Isham was asked to score Blade with a combination of influences from hip-hop (Snipes’ preference) to English electronica (favored by the director). A jazz trumpeter who excelled in film due to his uncanny sense of cinematic mood, Isham blended those genres with synthesizers, orchestra and choir into what is, by comic book film standards, an unusually subtle yet powerful and dramatic score.
Varese Sarabande released the original Blade soundtrack in 1998 as a 7-track, 33-minute album. This Deluxe Edition vastly expands the sequence into a 45-track, 72-minute program, with new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger.
※Varese Sarabadeレーベルから抜粋
1. Born of Blood (Then) 1:43
2. Headed For Trouble 0:49
3. Blood Club Voices 1:24
4. Party Crasher 1:07
5. Quinn Stapled and Torched 1:28
6. Quinn Chows Down 1:10
7. Daywalker 1:26
8. The House of Lords 3:33
9. Karen Awakens 1:23
10. The Injection 2:05
11. There's A War Going On Out There 2:20
12. The Slap 1:00
13. Glyphs 0:40
14. Somebody's Gonna Take You Out 1:40
15. You've Gotta Learn To Pull The Trigger 0:54
16. Stakeout 0:31
17. High Tech Lair 0:56
18. The Translation Completed 0:22
19. Pearl Fries 0:43
20. The Book of Erebus 0:52
21. Blade Captured 1:01
22. Whistler's A Mother 0:22
23. The Subway 2:18
24. History 1:26
25. Sunblock 1:32
26. The Last Dawn 1:27
27. A Pain In The Neck 1:06
28. Man In The Street 0:25
29. Top Of The Food Chain 2:00
30. The Beating 0:50
31. Death Of Whistler 1:52
32. A Hurricane's Coming 0:45
33. Intruder 2:45
34. One Big Happy Family 1:45
35. Temple of Light 4:38
36. Curtis Isn't Himself Today 1:56
37. Blood Relations 2:35
38. The Bleeding Stone 1:47
39. The Ritual Continues 1:57
40. The Thirst Always Wins 3:23
41. The Wraiths Emerge 2:01
42. Defrosted 1:00
43. Quinn Loses His Head 0:44
44. The Blood God 3:13
45. It's Not Over 2:34