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Music of Bridgerton

The music for the historical fiction-romance streaming television series Bridgerton, on the novel series of the same name by Julia Quinn, features an orchestral and classical score composed and produced by Kris Bowers and orchestral covers of contemporary popular music,[1][2] performed by Vitamin String Quartet, Dunno and Bowers himself.[3] Both the soundtrack and covers were released in the course of the series' premiere, with the first season's album being distributed by Lakeshore Records and the second season, by Capitol Records. The music received critical acclaim.

Background

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According to the showrunner, Chris Van Dusen, he described the musical choice selection, saying "It really goes to the idea of making this feel different than your other period shows. Whether it's music or the world of the show, the scripts, the sets, the costumes; it all comes back to infusing things through our own unique modern lens and making things feel relatable to whoever's watching."[3] The director and executive producer Julie Anne Robinson said that she was inspired from the use of classic rock songs in A Knight's Tale (2001).[4] To perform the selected covers, Van Dusen wanted to feel modern especially for the ball sequences, hence he bought the Vitamin String Quartet from Los Angeles, for covering the tracks.[5]

Bowers started working on the score right after Mrs. America (2020), with the musicians performing and recording the score remotely due to COVID-19 pandemic.[6][1] He felt it as a "trial and error" approach as he discussed with Van Dusen on taking a "super-modern approach to the sound" but with the use of traditional instruments.[7][8] He tried with all the orchestral elements sound like they had been sampled and used it like producing hip hop or pop music, and followed the same for the ball scenes, but felt it did not work. Hence, he approached the traditional classical approach that was appropriate to the time it was.[6]

While zeroing Simon and Daphne's theme, he used a ravel piano which wanted to be classical but slightly modern, which made sense as the story followed the younger generation of that period.[8] The theme showed an array of emotions, which Bowers had described as:[6]

"In the beginning, it has this mysterious, somewhat longing feeling to it. It’s very dramatic, romantic and a bit darker. By the middle of the season, it starts to feel ambivalent when she discovers the truth behind what the Duke has told her. It feels ambiguous or unsettled. Towards the end, it’s triumphant, warm and much more optimistic, especially in the very last scene. That last scene mirrors one of the only times where we heard it optimistic when they make that pact. It’s the only time we hear the theme bright and happy, aside from episode one."[6]

The theme for Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) was described as "harder to crack" as every time writing, it felt too proper and did not "have the bite and sass and edge". He tried over six iterations for the theme until finalising the seventh one.[7] Another cue, he liked in the score was "What Women Do Best" as in place of the original score, he had a cue from A Clockwork Orange (1972), which the showrunner liked but could not use in the film, hence he felt scoring the original one was harder to beat the temp, which resulted in him recording till the last minute.[6][8]

Score albums

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The score for the first season composed by Bowers, were released on December 25, 2020, on the show's premiere by Lakeshore Records. The second season's score was released by Capitol Records on March 25, 2022.[9]

Track listing

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Bridgerton: Season 1 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)
No.TitleLength
1."Flawless My Dear"1:43
2."The Latest Whistledown"1:34
3."We Could Form an Attachment"3:07
4."Shock and Delight"4:02
5."Simon and Lady Danbury"4:42
6."What Women Do Best"2:47
7."Call Me Simon"0:58
8."Sommerset House"1:05
9."When You Are Alone"2:46
10."Feeling Exceptional"3:10
11."What You Saw Was a Lie"5:15
12."The Duel"7:13
13."A Love Based on Friendship"4:19
14."All is Fair in Love and War"2:20
15."Miserable Together, Happy Apart"3:34
16."Come With Me"2:27
17."One Last Dance"2:44
18."Love is a Choice"2:20
19."A Grand Finish"3:33
Total length:59:39
Bridgerton: Season 2 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)
No.TitleLength
1."Sharpening My Knives"2:24
2."Accidental Eavesdropping"2:18
3."The Real Work Begins"1:39
4."A Gift For Edwina"1:01
5."Lord Bridgerton Stung"1:30
6."Game Over"1:14
7."A Country Visit"1:19
8."Hearts and Flowers Ball"1:22
9."Nothing Could Keep Me Away"1:18
10."They Are Betrothed"1:10
11."Eloise & Theo"0:47
12."Not Far Enough"2:12
13."To Wait"1:08
14."Happy Endings Don't Exist"1:38
15."Choices"2:41
16."It's My Fault"3:51
17."I Love You"2:07
18."It Has Been Said"2:31
19."Newlyweds"2:03
Total length:34:13

Chart performance

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Soundtrack albums

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Bridgerton: Season 1 (Covers from the Netflix Series) featured selections of songs from Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Celeste and Maroon 5, picked by the music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas.[22][23] The first four of them were covered by the Vitamin String Quartet, except for the last two of the tracks—Celeste's "Strange" covered by the show's composer Bowers with his friend Hillary Smith and Axel Tenner (known by his stage name Duomo), performing Swift's "Wildest Dreams".[24] The soundtrack was released by Lakeshore Records in a six-track extended play on December 25, 2020, alongside the show's premiere.[25]

The covers for the second season had been released in conjunction with the premiere on March 25, 2022, with the score album also accompanied them.[26][27] Capitol Records distributed the score and soundtrack.[9] Some of the covers featured artists from Nirvana, Madonna, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles, Pink, Robyn, Alanis Morissette and Lata Mangeshkar.[28] The tracks were covered by Hannah V, Joe Rodwell, Steve Horner, Kiris Houston, Tomas Peire-Serrte and Midnite String Quartet, along with appearances from Vitamin String Quarter, Bowers and Duomo, who covered the contemporary songs for the first season's soundtrack.[28] The soundtrack was released in two-disc 180 gram LP record on December 9, 2022, which contained Bower's score in one of the discs.[29][30]

Track listing

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Bridgerton: Season 1 (Covers from the Netflix Series)
No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."Thank U, Next" (Vitamin String Quartet)Ariana Grande3:26
2."Girls Like You" (Vitamin String Quartet)Maroon 53:23
3."In My Blood" (Vitamin String Quartet)Shawn Mendes3:30
4."Bad Guy" (Vitamin String Quartet)Billie Eilish3:13
5."Strange" (Kris Bowers feat. Hillary Smith)Celeste3:18
6."Wildest Dreams" (Duomo)Taylor Swift3:23
Total length:20:13
Bridgerton: Season 2 (Covers from the Netflix Series)
No.TitleOriginal artistLength
1."Stay Away" (Vitamin String Quartet)Nirvana3:07
2."Material Girl" (Kris Bowers)Madonna4:04
3."Diamonds" (Hannah V and Joe Rodwell)Rihanna1:56
4."Dancing On My Own" (Vitamin String Quartet)Robyn4:39
5."You Oughta Know" (Duomo and Tomas Peire-Serrate)Alanis Morissette2:47
6."Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" (Kris Bowers)Lata Mangeshkar3:28
7."Sign of the Times (Stripped)" (Steve Horner)Harry Styles2:39
8."What About Us" (Duomo)Pink4:51
9."How Deep Is Your Love" (Kiris Houston)Calvin Harris3:46
10."Wrecking Ball" (Midnite String Quartet)Miley Cyrus3:53
Total length:35:10

Chart performance

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Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominees Result Ref.
2021 Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Music Score and Musical for Episodic Long Form Broadcast Media Brittany DuBay (for "Shock and Delight") Nominated [44]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series Kris Bowers Nominated [45]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Kris Bowers (for "Diamond Of The First Water") Nominated [46]
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons Nominated
Outstanding Music Supervision Alexandra Patsavas (for "Diamond Of The First Water") Nominated
2022 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Music Supervision Alexandra Pastvas Nominated [47]
Outstanding Musical Score Kris Bowers Nominated
Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Kris Bowers Nominated [48]
MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Musical Moment Anthony and Kate dancing to Midnight String Quartet's cover of "Wrecking Ball" Nominated [49]
2023 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album Bridgerton Season Two (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series) (by Kris Bowers) Nominated [50]

See also

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References

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