Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After an epic year in 2005, Harry Gregson-Williams has not had a score soundtrack release since his highly successful score to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. While he has been busy, some projects just take longer than others to be released. His latest score reunites him with Tony Scott, who he has previously worked for on Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, and Domino. Their latest film, Deja Vu, returns Scott and Gregson-Williams to the tone of their first two films together with a technological espionage twist on things.
While Kingdom of Heaven and Narnia are two of my favorite scores, Gregson-Williams' fusion of electronics and ethnic music in Spy Game comes in close behind them. With such impressive works under his belt, I find Deja Vu to be a simpler score. It is very functional and perfectly appropriate for the film, but lacks the depth of Spy Game and Kingdom of Heaven.
The main theme for Claire is introduced in "Claire's Apartment". This theme is performed primarily on piano and harp and sounds a bit like slower parts of Gregson-Williams' Narnia score. "You Can Save Her" opens with this theme as well. The final appearance of the theme is in "Claire's Rescue" and gets a bit of time in the strings as well as it is developed a bit further.
Generally, the score is limited in orchestration to the strings, piano, and electronic percussion, but a few brief spots of brass come in, like in "The Hideout".
The major action cue, "Humvee Chase" is nearly all electronic and brings Gregson-Williams back into his Tony Scott mode with a rhythm very similar to that in "Red Shirt" from Spy Game. The theme is heard in small doses over the beats.
In all, Deja Vu worked great in the film and fans of Gregson-Williams' action/thriller scores will like it.
After an epic year in 2005, Harry Gregson-Williams has not had a score soundtrack release since his highly successful score to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. While he has been busy, some projects just take longer than others to be released. His latest score reunites him with Tony Scott, who he has previously worked for on Enemy of the State, Spy Game, Man on Fire, and Domino. Their latest film, Deja Vu, returns Scott and Gregson-Williams to the tone of their first two films together with a technological espionage twist on things.
While Kingdom of Heaven and Narnia are two of my favorite scores, Gregson-Williams' fusion of electronics and ethnic music in Spy Game comes in close behind them. With such impressive works under his belt, I find Deja Vu to be a simpler score. It is very functional and perfectly appropriate for the film, but lacks the depth of Spy Game and Kingdom of Heaven.
The main theme for Claire is introduced in "Claire's Apartment". This theme is performed primarily on piano and harp and sounds a bit like slower parts of Gregson-Williams' Narnia score. "You Can Save Her" opens with this theme as well. The final appearance of the theme is in "Claire's Rescue" and gets a bit of time in the strings as well as it is developed a bit further.
Generally, the score is limited in orchestration to the strings, piano, and electronic percussion, but a few brief spots of brass come in, like in "The Hideout".
The major action cue, "Humvee Chase" is nearly all electronic and brings Gregson-Williams back into his Tony Scott mode with a rhythm very similar to that in "Red Shirt" from Spy Game. The theme is heard in small doses over the beats.
In all, Deja Vu worked great in the film and fans of Gregson-Williams' action/thriller scores will like it.
