Powerful combination of vocals and orchestra
Soundtrack fanatics know that every once in a while you see a movie that has a soundtrack so powerful, so amazing, that as soon as the first track plays during the opening scene of the film you exclaim to yourself "I must have this soundtrack." The hunt for said soundtrack can last for days, months, or even years. Thankfully Amazon had this to preorder even though I had to wait a month, but boy was it worth it.

The soundtrack opens with a powerful, tribal, gutteral, almost surreal howling of a man. Throughout the album, this sound is weaved intricately with familiar orchestral sounds and a few instruments that are as fundamental to Mongol culture as the howl itself. Not only is this male vocal repeated in other tracks, but it is joined by a similarly powerful female vocal that gives the tracks a haunting power.

If you are a fan of film scores but tired of the same old from the usual composers, you must buy this album to experience the power and majesty portrayed in the music that rivals The Dark Knight.