Others say...

"Absolutely nothing new"
In terms of originality, this score receives two stars from me...perhaps one. This is a Media Ventures/Remote Control Productions score through and through, without any attempts to break the mold. Now, this type of scoring hasn't proliferated without reason; it certainly has a visceral hold--a strangling hold at times--on the listener. If you can ignore or simply have never heard the dozens of scores that came before it with extremely similar melodies, chord progressions, and styles of orchestration, I see little reason not to enjoy this score. I mean, in the brief moments when the power of the music overwhelms my memories of its kin, I do indeed enjoy it a lot. But it never lasts. I've heard enough of these to be barely impressed by another rehash of fun material that's been written for other films. More power to you if you can enjoy it. That's great! =D But I can't help finding it sadly amusing how little this type of score attempts to say anything that hasn't been said through music already, and I'm probably doomed to only truly enjoy the first few MV/RCP scores I ever heard.

"Great music to blow stuff up to"
A huge, epic sweeping score with explosive themes and incredible textures. If you like action movie music, it doesn't get much better.

"It Is Finally Here!"
Why, I wonder, did we need a petition to get this score released? It seems like someone somewhere would have listened to it and said; "As soon as we get this on the shelves, it will be selling like heck!"

Indeed, Steve Jablonsky hits the nail on the head with this more than worthy accompaniment to the 2007 hit flick. Each and every song contains hummable themes and epic orchestration. My personal favorites are the cello of "The All-Spark" and, of course, the "main theme" "Autobots."

I also find the final fifty seconds of "You're A Soldier Now," which features a souped-up version of Autobots, incredibly cool. This soundtrack is a must have!

"I love Steve Jablonsky's scores"
The music from the score is what makes the movie, and it is frickin' awesome. This is everything you wish they would include on the first released soundtrack, and I believe this wasn't going to be released until there was a demand for it. I think they released it from online petitions and public pressure, and boy was it worth it.

"Pretty good..."
What is a good score? Ultimately, what is a well written score? I'd say that would be music written in such a way that whenever one hears it played...they know exactly what movie it's from. That is one way to judge a film score. And what do you know..Steve Jablonsky did just that.
After seeing the movie in theatres...two thing stuck in my mind. The action and the score. The opening theme was very...I guess I could say addictive. After watching the movie, I know I always find myself humming the theme.
Jablonsky did a great job delivering a few memorable themes but this score is among the many of which posess the themes but not much substance. Other than the themes, a lot of the score is made up of filler music and background music. Not to say I blame him, I mean it is an action movie filled with clashing, exploding robots...why write ear-pleasing music for areas in the film where people can't really enjoy music let alone want to enjoy music? After all, a film score is, ultimately, written to fit the film. As part of the film, I must say, it's a fantastic job but set alone, Transformers is not in my top 10..but is worth listening to every once and a while.