James Newton Howard - The Tourist - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)

Composer James Newton Howard's score for Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's 2010 Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie thriller The Tourist, strikes a nice balance between electronic-driven, modern heist cues and more traditional, James Bond-inspired espionage themes. Howard was brought on to replace composer Gabriel Yared late in the film’s production, and while his work here is predictably solid, it’s Yared's lone contribution to The Tourist -- the amiable, Michael Nyman-esque closing piece “Dance in F” -- that provides one of the soundtrack’s most enjoyable moments.~ Review by James Christopher Monger