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Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

Released: May 4, 2007

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  • "OPENING MONTAGE"
    WRITTEN BY CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, DANNY ELFMAN AND DEBORAH LURIE
  • "THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL"
    WRITTEN BY IRVING BERLIN
    PRODUCED BY RANDY KERBER
  • "BACKSTAGE"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND JOHN DEBNEY
  • "ROMANTIC NIGHT"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND JOHN DEBNEY
  • "PLEASED TO MEET YOU"
    WRITTEN BY ANDREW STOCKDALE
    PRODUCED BY D. SARDY
    PERFORMED BY WOLFMOTHER
    WOLFMOTHER APPEARS COURTESY OF MODULAR RECORDINGS PTY. LTD.
  • "THE NAME GAME"
    WRITTEN BY LINCOLN CHASE AND SHIRLEY ELLISTON
  • "SPIDER-MAN DRUM CADENCE"
    WRITTEN BY ROBERT VITTI
    PERFORMED BY PORT CHESTER HIGH SHCOOL MARCHING BAND
  • "MERHANDIZED INFANTRY"
    WRITTEN BY DAVID McBAIN
    PERFORMED BY PORT CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND
  • "THEME FROM SPIDER MAN"
    WRITTEN BY BOB HARRIS AND PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER
    PERFORMED BY PORT CHESTER HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND
  • "MINUET" FROM "SYMPHONY NO. 39, K.543"
    WRITTEN BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
    ARRANGED BY GAYLE LEVANT
  • "MINUET"
    WRITTEN BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
    ARRANGED BY SUZIE KATAYAMA
  • "MINUET" FROM "A LITTLE NOTEBOOK FOR ANNA MAGDALENA BACH"
    WRITTEN BY JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
    ARRANGED BY SUZIE KATAYAMA
  • "LILLIBURLERO"
    WRITTEN BY HENRY PURCELL
    ARRANGED BY SUZIE KATAYAMA
  • "PETER'S PHONE CALL"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND JOHN DEBNEY
  • "SAD GIRL"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND DEBORAH LURIE
  • "PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN C MINOR, OP. 18, 2ND MOVEMENT"
    WRITTEN BY SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
    PERFORMED BY POLISH NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    BERND GLEMSER, PIANO
    COURTESY OF NAXOS
    BY ARRANGEMENT WITH SOURCE/Q
  • "THE TWIST"
    WRITTEN BY HANK BALLARD
    PERFORMED BY CHUBBY CHECKER
    COURTESY OF ABKCO MUSIC & RECORDS, INC.
  • "PEOPLE GET UP AND DRIVE YORU FUNKY SOUL"
    WRITTEN BY JAMES BROWN, FRED WESLEY AND ST. CLAIR PICKNEY
    PERFORMED BY JAMES BROWN
    COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL RECORDS
    UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES
  • "L O V E"
    WRITTEN BY BERT KAEMPFERT AND MILT GABLER
    PRODUCED BY RANDY KERBER
  • "FEVER"
    WRITTEN BY EDDIE COOLEY AND JOHN DAVENPORT
    PRODUCED BY RANDY KERBER
  • "STORMY WEATHER"
    WRITTEN BY HAROLD ARLEN AND TED KOEHLER
    PRODUCED BY RANDY KERBER
  • "PETER'S TURMOIL"
    WRITTEN BY JOHN DEBNEY
  • "PETER AND HARRY"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND DEBORAH LURIE
  • "PETER SAVES MJ"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND DEBORAH LURIE
  • "I'M THROUGH WITH LOVE"
    WRITTEN BY GUS KAHN, MATT MALNECK AND JOSEPH LIVINGSTON
    PRODUCED BY RANDY KERBER
  • "HAPPY ENDING"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND DEBORAH LURIE
  • "LOVE THEME REPRISE"
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN AND DEBORAH LURIE
  • "SIGNAL FIRE"
    WRITTEN BY GARY LIGHTBODY, JONATHAN QUINN, NATHAN CONNOLLY, TOM SIMPSON AND PAUL WILSON
    PRODUCED BY JACKNIFE LEE
    ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY D. SARDY
    PERFORMED BY SNOW PATROL
    SNOW PATROL APPEARS COURTESY OF FICTION RECORDS
  • "MOVE AWAY"
    WRITTEN BY BRANDON FLOWERS, DAVE KEUNING AND MARK STOERMER
    PRODUCED BY FLOOD AND ALAN MOULDER WITH THE KILLERS
    ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY D. SARDY
    PERFORMED BY THE KILLERS
    THE KILLERS APPEAR COURTESY OF THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP
  • "FALLING STAR"
    WRITTEN BY NIC CESTER AND CHRIS CESTER
    PRODUCED BY D. SARDY
    PERFORMED BY JET
    JET APPEARS COURTESY OF ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP.
  • ADDITIONAL MUSIC CUES FROM SPIDER-MAN AND SPIDER-MAN 2
    WRITTEN BY DANNY ELFMAN

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Review: Spider-Man 3

by Dan Goldwasser May 3, 2007
3 / 5 Stars

The first big film of the summer, Spider-Man 3 has been highly anticipated for a while, and many people are clamoring to see what happens in this next chapter in the saga of Peter Parker. Taking place where the second film left off, Parker (Toby Maguire) is hoping to ask his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) to marry him - but everything seems to get in his way. His ex-best-friend Harry Osborn (James Franco) is out for revenge for the death of his father that he blames on Spider-Man, and an alien symbiot has bonded with his suit, channeling his agression and making him more reckless. This results in a perceived relationship with Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard), much to MJ\'s chagrin. Also, Peter is dealing with the new kid on the block, Eddie Brock, Jr. (Topher Grace), who is vying for Peter\'s photographer job at the Daily Bugle. And if that wasn\'t enough, apparently the real killer of Peter\'s uncle, Flint Marko (Thomas Hayden Church) is on the loose - but has been changed into sand at the molecular level, becoming the villainous Sandman. Will Peter and Harry settle their differences? Will Spider-Man deal with Sandman? Will MJ and Peter save their relationship? Will Brock get Peter\'s job? All will be revealed in the film, and it takes a solid 2.5 hours to do so.



Clearly there\'s plenty of stuff is going on, and it\'s never boring. While it\'s never confusing, it does feel a little \"full\" at times. Director Sam Raimi doesn\'t have as much of the stylistic visuals that he\'s known for, but the visual effects (at least in the digital projects I saw it at) was quite crisp and clear. At times the visual effects were suffering from obvious artificiality, but other times, such as the birth of Sandman, the effects were amazingly done. It cost over $300 million to make this film, and while it\'s entertaining, I can\'t see why anything would ever cost that much - especially when a movie like Raiders of the Lost Ark cost only $18 million to make in 1981, even though it had significantly fewer visual effects. As cool as visuals can be, Hollywood needs to focus on story first.



The music, by Christopher Young, uses Danny Elfman\'s themes from the previous films, and he created new themes for Sandman, Venom, and Black-Suited Spider-Man, all of which nicely in the film. There was apparently some musical funkiness behind the scenes, as some sequences have music tracked in from the previous films, including a few new cues composed by Debbie Lurie and John Debney, using Elfman\'s material. Still, Young\'s material shines through, and this is a great opportunity for this underrated veteran composer to get more visibility.




The story that plays out in Spider-Man 3 wraps up the trilogy nicely, while leaving some openings for future installments. It\'s not a perfect film by any means, and is not as tight as the second film. It will be interesting to see if Raimi returns for another one, but I hope for his sake, he takes a break from the franchise and returns to his roots.

more reviews by Dan Goldwasser

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