2. De Profundis
3. Mind Reading
4. Photographs
5. Suicide Ghost
6. Malcolm's Story/Cole's Secret
7. Hanging Ghosts
8. Tape of Vincent
9. Help the Ghosts/Kyra's Ghost
10. Kyra's Tape - Download Full Track
11. Malcolm Is Dead
This soundtrack is one of the best I own out of the 19 I have. I'm a huge movie soundtrack freak and I loved the Sixth Sense when I saw it in theaters. The music is so compelling and peaceful, and then will terrify you in the next moment. This is the first time I have heard one of James Newton Howard's composed soundtracks, and he does it so beautifully. The music is just plain creepy at some points that it runs chills down my spine. The last track, Malcom is Dead, is the best one because it presents the element of shock when he realizes that he has been dead the entire time, and leaves off with a very sad and touching theme. If you liked the movie then this soundtrack is totally for you, I would definetely reccomend it to anyone who likes soundtracks and motion picture scores.
2. First Crop Circles
3. Roof Intruder
4. Brazilian Video
5. In the Cornfield
6. Baby Monitor
7. Recruiting Office
8. Throwing a Stone
9. Boarding Up the House
10. Into the Basement
11. Asthma Attack
12. Hand of Fate, Pt. 1
13. Hand of Fate, Pt. 2
James Newton Howard has always been one of the unsung Hollywood heroes. A man whose work is done completely behind the scenes yet stands center stage during some of filmmaking's greatest moments. His chilling compositions accompanied Haley Joel Osment's infamous "I see dead people" quote in "The Sixth Sense." You can hear Howard's notes exploding off the screen with tremendous energy in "Major League." And he never fails to wring the smiles out of us during moments in films like "Dave", where his music makes the moment seem that much more satisfying. This is a man who has scored some of the best films of all-time (all of M. Night Shyamalan's films to date, many films for director Ivan Reitman, "The Fugitive," etc.) and yet hasn't gotten proper recognition. Meaning, an Oscar. Hopefully, with his spectacularly well-timed and affecting score for the newest sci-fi masterpiece "Signs", Howard will finally get his name on the ballot. It's long overdue.
Now, the first thing a lot of people will remember when they think about the film "Signs" is the amazing use of silence M. Night Shyamalan was so specific with. Because, after all, nothing is more scary than no noises whatsoever. The film wouldn't have been nearly as atmospheric if an eighties techno horror film score would've been pulsating at every moment. James Newton Howard must've known this when he began composing his score for "Signs," which doesn't run for very long (about a half hour of music total for the entire film). His music leaps when it has to, but mostly we get a three-note undertone that is so profoundly creepy that we don't even realize how much it has gotten under our skins until we leave the theater and we're walking in a dark parking structure with those notes repeating in our heads. Suddenly, the shadows have eyes. But Howard's score isn't just about the creepiness it instills; there are also tracks like "Asthma Attack" which are simply wonderful and communicate the sense of love that radiated through the screen during the film. True music has to be able to stand on its own, apart from the medium it accompanies. This score does.
2. Reflections of Elijah
3. Weightlifting
4. Hieroglyphics
5. Falling Down
6. Unbreakable
7. Goodnight
8. The Wreck
9. Second Date
10. School Nurse
11. Blindsided
12. The Orange Man
13. Carrying Audrey
14. Mr. Glass / End Title
If you like somber, but powerful and dramatic music please buy this. Lots of darkness (low strings, french horn, "music box" type piano). It'll bring chills to your spine at each crescendo build. At first listen, you'll want to fast forward to certain themes, such as the part in the movie where Willis is seeing visions of what to come in the train station (track 1), or the scene with the Orange Man (track 12). You'll find that these same themes are throughout the entire soundtrack in each song. As a whole, the music perfectly backgrounds the movie, the two fit hand in hand. In my opinion, this is a really intelligent movie soundtrack to own. It does really good as study music, and music to play when you're just in your room alone. One of the most beautiful soundtracks you could possibly ever own in your collection.
