I've read quite a few reviews of the film, and if they mentioned the score, (which they usually did) it was always with positive comments regarding the music. I'd like to know where these reviews are Christian is referencing.

Oh, and don't worry Zimmer fans....unless you're some The Rock fanboy whose attention span was maxed out with The Thin Red Line, Tears of the Sun is a dark, oppressing, intense experience, one which I think has far more cohesion than what Christian says. The track "Carnage" itself should give any gun-toting navy seal nightmares...if only from it's unreal transitional contrast.

I think Christian is missing the point that style isn't a bad thing, it's only Zimmer and his pals have created a very unique and expansive musical vocabulary which is not at all your usual generic film music. I wonder, do you mean that Zimmer should cut down on his highly evolved style and score films more like how most hollywood composers do? I think your arguments should be explained a little further.

Don't get me wrong...it's a good review. But I've been reading your reviews of Zimmer scores for close to 5 years now and you always seem to make the same complaints about Zimmer's scores being too stylistic. I can't help but wonder if it's not so much you have a truly critical argument for Zimmer's unique style and methods or that your own personal dislike for them is clouding your judgement as a critic. It's fine if you simply don't find so much to like about his scores, surely I can't hold that against you. I just have found this pattern over the years, and being such a fan of Zimmer's music as I am I can't help but speak up

Well, sorry to dump it all out here....but thats what this comment section is here for, eh?

Nate