The Awakening (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2011 film of the same name directed by Nick Murphy. The original score is composed by Daniel Pemberton in his maiden feature film. Recorded at the Abbey Road Studios with the Chamber Orchestra Of London and Crouch End Festival Chorus, performing the orchestra and choir, the album was released on 15 November 2011 by Screamworks Records through MovieScore Media, and received generally positive reviews.[1]
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| Released | 15 November 2011 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 57:27 | |||
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| Producer | Daniel Pemberton | |||
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Background
editPemberton recorded his score at the Abbey Road Studios with a large ensemble orchestra and choir, even with limited resources. However, he recorded some of the music through swanee whistle in his flat and tuned it in his computer. Using time-stretching softwares, he stretched the sounds of the swanee whistle to create a "foggy" texture and make certain sounds even more creepier. In his blog written for The Guardian, he cited The Third Man (1949), Halloween (1978) Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Inception (2010) as inspirations to his score as it was "simplistic and more effective".[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Seeing Through Ghosts" (Theme from The Awakening) | 1:46 |
| 2. | "The Séance" | 2:07 |
| 3. | "'Oh, Coccinelle'/Deep Breaths" | 2:22 |
| 4. | "High Over Cumbria" | 0:56 |
| 5. | "Empty Classrooms" | 2:15 |
| 6. | "Florence Cathcart" | 1:55 |
| 7. | "Arrival at Rookford" | 1:18 |
| 8. | "Semper Veritas" | 1:32 |
| 9. | "Preparations" | 1:49 |
| 10. | "Chasing Footprints" | 3:22 |
| 11. | "Lock the House" | 1:26 |
| 12. | "The Hallway" | 1:04 |
| 13. | "Scars" | 1:07 |
| 14. | "There Is Nothing" | 0:58 |
| 15. | "Don't Go Away" | 1:00 |
| 16. | "The Dollshouse" | 2:31 |
| 17. | "No Walls or Floors" | 1:43 |
| 18. | "Damaged People" | 1:08 |
| 19. | "Patience" | 3:08 |
| 20. | "Florence Vanishing" | 1:29 |
| 21. | "The East Bedroom" | 3:33 |
| 22. | "Don't Tell Tom" | 2:39 |
| 23. | "Chorus de Susticatio" (Chorus from The Awakening) | 1:57 |
| 24. | "A Death Remembered" | 1:18 |
| 25. | "Be Still My Soul" | 4:16 |
| 26. | "Florence Is Free" | 2:57 |
| 27. | "The Awakening" (Credits) | 3:20 |
| 28. | "Reprise" (Theme from The Awakening) | 2:31 |
| Total length: | 57:27 | |
Reception
editJames Southall of Movie Wave called it as "really solid stuff, worthy of a lot of attention".[3] Matt Goldberg of Collider complimented Pemberton's score as "beautifully melancholy".[4]
Ridley Scott recruited Pemberton to provide music for The Counselor (2013) after he listened to the score for The Awakening and appreciated his work.[5][6]
Personnel
editCredits adapted from CD liner notes:[7]
- Composer – Daniel Pemberton
- Producer – Daniel Pemberton, Mikael Carlsson
- Engineer – Gordon Davidson
- Recording and mixing – Andrew Dudman
- Mastering – Konstantin Braticevic
- Music supervision – Alison Wright
- Executive producer – Mikael Carlsson
- Orchestra – The Chamber Orchestra Of London
- Orchestrator and conductor – Andrew Skeet
- Concertmaster – Stephanie Gonley
- Contractor – Cool Music Ltd.
- Choir – The Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Choir conductor – David Temple
References
edit- ^ "'The Awakening' Soundtrack Announced". Film Music Reporter. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Pemberton, Daniel (15 November 2011). "Sometimes the best film soundtracks are the most simple". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Southall, James (8 February 2012). "The Awakening soundtrack review". Movie Wave. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "THE AWAKENING Review". Collider. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Interview: Daniel Pemberton". M. Bauer Publishing. 23 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ Patches, Matt (25 October 2013). "'The Counselor' Soundtrack: A Song-by-Song Walkthrough With Composer Daniel Pemberton". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "The Awakening (Daniel Pemberton)". MovieScore Media. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2023.