While writing and recording , were asked by renowned movie director to provide the for his upcoming sci-fi epic . The band accepted and promptly began working on both albums simultaneously. Although at first many fans criticized since it was issued as an official release rather than a motion picture , it has proven to be one of 's better motion picture over the years. The majority of the music is instrumental, with dialogue from the movie in place of 's singing (only two tracks contain lyrics), but the songwriting is still unmistakably . Highlights abound, such as and the roar of But it was the two more conventional songs that were the album's two best tracks -- the anthemic U.K. Top Ten hit and the woefully underrated rocker With involved, is certainly not your average, predictable . ~ Greg Prato