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2012 soundtrack album by Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer and Reinhold Heil
Cloud Atlas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2012 filmCloud Atlas directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, who co-composed the score with Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek. Thefilm contains approximately two hours of original music. WaterTower Music and Sony Classical Records released the soundtrack album via digital download on 23 October 2012 and CD on 13 November 2012. It was further nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Thefilm ‘s co is contributed – is contributed director Tom Tykwer is contributed contribute music to the film along with his longtime collaborator Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek . Both Kilmek is contributed and Tykwer , contribute additional music to Don Davis ‘ score forTheMatrix Revolutions (2003) directed by Wachowskis and shared a rapport with the directors. According to Tykwer, music became a character for the film that supported several elements of the film.[1]
Thescore was write even before the film begin production . Themusic was record in Leipzig , Germany with the MDR Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Radio Chorus , and Gene Pritsker serve as the orchestrator .[2] He further adapted the score into a stand-alone six-movement symphony for the orchestra, called “TheCloud Atlas Sextet”, written by one of the film’s main characters, ambitious composer Robert Frobisher (Ben Whishaw) along with a group of six musicians.[3][4] Tykwer described it as a melody that begins from “a simple string line to a riff in a 1970s rock piece, to a jazz sextet playing in the background at the Cavendish party” along with a group of subjective voices. Thepiece was the eventual motif of the film’s musical palette as it demanded something beautiful and malleable enough to take the audiences through five centuries.[3]
TheCloud Atlas soundtrack received critical acclaim. Film Music Magazine critic Daniel Schweiger described the soundtrack as “a singular piece of multi-themed astonishment”, and selected it as one of the best soundtracks of 2012.[5][6] Filmtracks.com give a mixed review , describe it as ” a score that may sound superficially impressive in its ambition but is reveal to be a lifeless zombie in search for its soul . “[7] Danny Bowes of reactor wrote ” Themusic, as it should be with one whole storyline being about the composition of the “Cloud Atlas sextet,” is wonderful.”[8] James Christopher Monger of AllMusic wrote “Tykwer, Klimek and Heil could have tried to take on Cloud Atlas’ immensity head on, utilizing the kind of explosive, heavy artillery that has become the norm for big spectacle films (which is what many composers would have done after feasting their eyes on the film’s epic, sumptuous visuals), but by choosing a more nuanced discipline, they’ve not only helped to illuminate the film’s emotional core, they’ve gone and unearthed it.”[9]
title |
Featuring artist |
1. |
“Prelude: TheAtlas March” |
|
1:15 |
2. |
“Cloud Atlas Opening title” |
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3:47 |
3. |
” travel to Edinburgh “ |
|
1:42 |
4. |
“Luisa’s Birthmark” |
|
3:00 |
5. |
“Cavendish In Distress” |
|
1:23 |
6. |
“Papa Song” |
|
4:15 |
7 . |
“Sloosha’s Hollow” |
Gabriel Mounsey |
2:59 |
8. |
“Sonmi-451 Meets Chang” |
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3:34 |
9. |
” Wo n’t let Go “ |
|
4:09 |
10. |
“Kesselring” |
|
1:54 |
11 . |
“TheEscape” |
|
5:43 |
12. |
” Temple Of Sacrifice “ |
|
2:03 |
13 . |
“Catacombs” |
|
1:35 |
14 . |
“Adieu” |
|
4:15 |
15. |
“New Direction” |
|
1:46 |
16. |
” All Boundaries is Are Are convention “ |
|
2:38 |
17 . |
“TheMessage” |
|
2:13 |
18. |
“Chasing Luisa Rey” |
|
4:53 |
19 . |
” Sonmi ‘s Discovery “ |
|
3:23 |
20. |
” Death is Is Is Only A Door “ |
|
3:48 |
21 . |
“Cloud Atlas Finale” |
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4:17 |
22. |
“TheCloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra” |
Gene Pritsker |
4:57 |
23. |
“Cloud Atlas End title” |
Gene Pritsker |
7:56 |
total length : |
77:25 |
Credits adapted from CD liner notes:[24]
- Music composed, produced, arranged and edited by – Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer
- Programming and mixing – Gabriel Isaac Mounsey
- additional programming – Jordan Balagot , Justin Bell
- Recording – Max Knoth, Olaf Dix
- Additional recording – Thomas Wieber
- Mastering – Patricia Sullivan
- Music consultant – Charlotte Goltermann, Tina Funk
- Cover artwork
- Booklet editing and design – WLP Ltd.
- Liner notes – Tom Tykwer
- Management
- music business and legal affair – Marcellus Puhlemann
- Head of music management and ADR – Carsten Dufner
- licensing – Mark Cavell
- product development – Isabelle Tulliez
- Orchestra and choir
- Orchestra – MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony
- Choir – MDR Leipzig Radio Choir
- Orchestrator – Justin Bell
- lead orchestrator – Gene Pritsker
- Additional orchestrators – Charles Coleman, Max Knoth, Vincent Oppido
- Conductor – Kristjan Järvi
- Assistant conductor – Torodd Wigum
- Concertmaster – Waltraud Wächter
- Choir director – Howard Arman
- Orchestra manager – Matthias Winkler
- Orchestra recording and mixing – Matthias Sachers, Robert Baldowski
- Assistant engineers – Guido Thomaschinski, Mathias Metzner
- Copyist – Vincent Oppido
- Soloists
- Clarinet – Michyo Suzuki
- Piano – Ragna Schirmer, Taka Kigawa
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