The music here may not be as colourful as the gaudy packaging and film, but it's certainly further proof of a maturing filmic style from Nyman. Like Gattaca there's a lot of reliance on strings within the Band. It makes for a sense of melancholia that lasts the 40-minute running time. "Molly" to "Franklyn" is a gentle ride. They both feature Nyman on piano leading his endearing rolling motif, which pops up through many of the other tracks--all of which are named after characters in the film. Of them, "Dan" gets the most upbeat version of one of the secondary themes. All of Nyman's scores feature that distinctive Nyman sound, but this one is perhaps best described as taking the non-piano melodiousness of The Piano and going that little bit further. --Paul Tonks