Heat is the best movie made in Hollywood ever, in my opinion. I like everything about it, including the music. The music complements the movie perfectly, and the way the music is layered into the scenes is done with absolute perfection.

The movie, in my interpretation, is a great deal about the symbiotic relationships people with non-similar qualities have. The thief and detective, the detective and his wife, the thief and his girlfriend. In all of these relationships explored, the soundtrack is central to our understanding of them.

Neil and Edie, on her deck overlooking Los Angeles at night, includes a beautiful soundtrack movement, in one of the most romantic movie scenes I have seen, with Last Night by Terje Rypdal & The Chasers coming into the scene at just the right moment.

In the restaurant, when Vincent returns from a crime scene to his waiting wife Justine, Mystery Man by Terje Rypdal slowly filters into her poetic diatribe about how her husband's drive and profession disrupts their relationship. If I had to pick one definitive scene, I think this one best explains what the film is about. Wow. This is an unbelievably good script.

Ultramarine, by Michael Brook, appears in a couple of different spots, illustrating the urban, nighttime, big city realism the film portrays so brilliantly.

Individually and in their totality, the music, like the film, is quite a lonely place. The music yearns and cries out, explores, lingers, and luckily we get to hear substantial parts of each piece to achieve a depth of understanding.

Aside from a couple of tracks, such as Armenia by Einsturzende Neubauten, which is unlistenable except for a small section that plays in the movie (where it is very appropriate), much of the rest are complete and cohere beautifully.

The tracks I listen to most frequently:
1 - Heat by Kronos Quartet
2 - Always Forever Now by Brian Eno/U2
5 - Last Nite by Terje Rypdal & The Chasers
6 - Ultramarine by Michael Brook
9 - Steel Cello Lament by Elliot Goldenthal
10 - Mystery Man by Terje Rypdal
18 - The first 60 seconds of Run Uphill by Elliot Goldenthal until it morphs into "movie music".
21 - God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters by Moby.

And there are other good ones.

One of the best movie ever made, with a now legendary confrontation between Pacino and De Niro, and a great soudtrack. Enjoy the bank robbery in downtown LA

Alright, first of all, in my opinion this is the best movie ever made. No question. It is simply perfect. With that said, you may say that my review is biased. But I think my analysis of this album is pretty fair.

I didn't really notice the music in the film too much, it was kinda just background music, except for a few cases. Track 21, "God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters" by Moby is simply a beautiful song, you may remember it during the final scene and the credits. It is wonderful. Moby also has another great song on the album, track 11 "New Dawn Fades", which you may remember from the late-night highway pursuit between Pacino and DeNiro. And finally, the only other song of note on this album is the high-intensity track 13 "Force Marker" by Brian Eno, which you may remember from one of the best scenes in film, the L.A. bank robbery/shootout.

Aside from tracks 11,13, and 21, there is really nothing here on this album. And I think that the 'soundtrack' moniker is incorrect. I would have labeled this album under original 'score' from the movie. This is almost fully instrumental, with only 3 tracks that standout, and it is simply not worth listening to. This is true even for someone who thinks this is the best movie ever made.

If you are looking for great 'soundtracks' look at Vanilla Sky, Great Expectations, and Donnie Darko.

has many songs from the movie not just a few like many other worthless soundtrack cd's

ive always enjoyed this movie becuase it's one of the all time greats, and any great movie has to have great audio.

hence this cd

What can i say? I dont even remember the number of times i have seen this movie. And the soundtrack is excellent. To tell the truth , after listening to this soundtrack, i was curious about soundtracks of Michael Mann's other movies.So i got other soundtracks too. Latest one being Collateral. Buy it!