Cobb (soundtrack)


The score to the film Cobb by Elliot Goldenthal was released in 1994.

The score

Goldenthal himself can be heard performing the guttural vocals on the opening cue, a Baptist hymn of the sort Cobb had heard as a young child. This can be heard below.
Goldenthal's feelings on the score:

Reception

Allmusic wrote that "What could have amounted to little more than a giant mess is in fact Goldenthal's most sophisticated and ambitious score to date..."

Track listing

  1. Variations on an Old Baptist Hymn
  2. Stump Meets Cobb
  3. Cooperstown Aria
  4. Nevada Nightlight
  5. Reno Ho'
  6. Newsreel Mirror
  7. Meant Monk
  8. Cooperstown Aria
  9. Winter Walk
  10. Hart and Hunter
  11. Georgia Peach Rag
  12. The Baptism
  13. Reno Ho' (Part II)
  14. The Homecoming
  15. Sour Mash Scherzo
  16. Cobb Dies
  17. The Beast Within -
  18. The Ball Game - Sister Wynona Carr

Audio

This track features vocals by Goldenthal.
This track exemplifies the duality of the score.
''Typical Goldenthalian brass and horns dominate this track.''

Crew/Credit