I bought the Serenity soundtrack on Tuesday evening. Unfortunately, I was unable to post to the blog until today. I am not one who normally buys soundtracks, especially one with only instrumental music. Now I have a decent collection of classical music, but movie soundtracks are a different animal.

I like the soundtrack, but much like many others, I was disappointed that the instrumental version of the Firefly theme played at the end of the credits is not there. I am not sure if there was some sort of music rights issue or if they were just waiting to put it on the Firefly soundtrack due out later in October.

The music was not as moving on my car stereo as it was in the theater. It seems like the themes in the music change too quickly. I guess the movie moved pretty fast, but I think the soundtrack cuts up the themes a bit. For some reason I find it very reminiscent of LOTR:Return of the King. I hear the same kind of haunting solitude in the themes. It rings out quite a bit in the more somber themes in Serenity. While listening to the music I had pictures of Aragorn looking very solemn come to mind. The soundtrack is definitely something to be listened to at home on the stereo--the softer themes are lost in the car.

"She's tore up plenty, but she'll fly true." Zoe in Serenity