Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that the first sequel to the box office juggernaut Transformers has just been released. In its first five days, it has taken in a massive $200 million. Hard to believe, isn't it?

Well, the suits-that-be knew they had a behemoth on their hands and decided that they needed a collection of tunes from hot bands to bundle together and sell to the teens who have just been stunned into an awestruck state. They won't know what they're buying until it is too late, by then the money will be out of the kids' hands and into the suits' pockets, leaving the teens with a mediocre collection of mid-tempo tunes. It is a shame to, it sometimes feels like the art of the soundtrack is dying and is treated properly by very few.

That's right, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen the Album is very middling in content with very little variety. All of the songs have a similar sound and a similar pace, right down the middle. The focus seems to be on trying to learn towards some sort of faux emotional impact with the likes of Theory of a Deadman, Green Day, and Cavo. I wonder if they thought the inclusion of these tunes would make up for the soulless script? You know, step in and create an emotional center where none is to be found. Too bad this collection's center does not have much of one either.

Another odd thing about this soundtrack is that five of the songs are not even in the movie. Why have them at all? The only thing I can guess is they did not have enough songs in the album to fill out the release, so they went and got a few more like-sounding cuts. This is far from the first time I have seen this, and it never fails to puzzle me. A few will get artists to contribute new tunes and use the "Inspired by" tag, but that is not the case here.

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