The Crow

The Crow
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Based on the hit comic book about a man who returns from the dead to avenge his killers, the film adaptation of The Crow suffered a cruel irony when star Brandon Lee (son of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee) died during production after a bizarre onset accident. That event only deepened the film's aura of death and gothic unease, moods that are brilliantly underscored by this well-chosen collection of stark alt rock, dark metal, and industrial dirges.

The opener, the Cure's typically angst-ridden "Burn," is about as sentimental as this album gets, bookended by Jane Siberry's wistful "It Can't Rain All the Time." Sandwiched in between is a virtual primer on powerful mid-1990s alt and industrial rock, from Nine Inch Nails hammering Joy Division's "Dead Souls" into its own image to the blistering snarl of Helmet, Pantera, and the Rollins Band. So-called pop-song scores often have a cheap afterthought feel to them; this one, a refreshingly integral part of the film itself, stands as a great album in its own right. --Jerry McCulley

Album Tracks
1. Burn - Bamonte, Perry
2. Golotha Tenement Blues
3. Big Empty - DeLeo, Dean
4. Dead Souls - Curtis, Ian
5. Darkness - De La Rocha, Zack
6. Color Me Once - Ritchie, Brian
7. Ghost Rider - Rev, Martin
8. Milquetoast - Hamilton, Page
9. The Badge
10. Slipe Slide Melting
11. After the Flesh - McCoy, Buzz
12. Snakedriver - Reid, Jim
13. Time Baby III - Goodall, Jim
14. It Can't Rain All the Time - Siberry, Jane

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