Taken on the big screen from the much-cherished popular video game series of the same name, Jerry Bruckheimer produced and  Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) directed this new movie. Composer Harry Gregson Williams who previously delivered disappointing outings for similar films (His Narnia work for instance), comes this epic action-adventure about a rogue prince and a mysterious princess who race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time.

After a couple (or more to be honest) of troubled years, he couldn’t have placed him-self back on the spotlight with a more dynamic and creative way than this. Prince of Persia is ultimately a pleasant and completely unexpected surprise, to me at least or to anyone who expected standard RC-isms on auto-pilot or a careless score at best like many major blockbusters have recently been.

Harry has crafted one mature and coherent score for this one, especially when examined through the accompanying movie.

It’s a listening experience bound to grow immensely with the time and has a lot of graces; for one, the opening track with the first glorious appearance of the main theme and all its later renditions in general, bear qualities from eras past. The theme is quite memorable, lush and properly developed; breathes musicianship all over. Elegant and bold, carrying a modern look back to the old, a 2010 homage to aspects of the Golden Age of film music. The action music is well-put together and particularly strong with constant melodic movement and the dramatic choral touches make the whole even more outstanding.

Make no mistake here, what we got is a strong competitor for one of the year’s best so far.