Dunkirk (soundtrack)

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Dunkirk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer

Publication
(s)

July 21, 2017

Label (s) WaterTower Music

Format (s)

Download , CD

Genre (s)

Soundtrack

Title (number)

11

running time

59:46

The score for Dunkirk , a historical film by Christopher Nolan , was composed by Hans Zimmer . The soundtrack for the film was released on July 21, 2017.

production

The music for the film Dunkirk was composed by Hans Zimmer , who started work in January 2016. Here he worked with Lorne Balfe and Benjamin Wallfisch .

Since the film lacks dialogue, the music plays a key role. Patrick Heidmann from epd Film thinks that the sound and the exciting, unfamiliar film music are also more important than the pictures by cameraman Hoyte van Hoytema because of the few dialogues. Zimmer combined the film music with a recording of a ticking pocket watch belonging to director Nolan. Zimmer also processed other sound noises in the film music, such as interwoven violin and synthesizer sounds, which means that it comes along with the speed of an action film from the 1990s, according to Blake Goble of Consequence of Sound , and adapts to the individual moments of the film.

publication

The soundtrack includes 11 pieces of music and was released on July 21, 2017 by WaterTower Music as a download and on CD. The soundtrack was released on vinyl on October 13, 2017. At the beginning of July 2017, Warner Bros. published its first track, Supermarine, on YouTube. On February 28, 2018, pieces from the film music specially arranged for the Oscar concert were played live by the Los Angeles Philharmonic .

Track list

  1. The Mole
  2. We Need Our Army Back
  3. Shivering Soldier
  4. Super marine
  5. The tide
  6. Regimental Brothers
  7. Impulses
  8. Home
  9. The Oil
  10. Variation 15 (Dunkirk)
  11. End Titles

reception

Film critic Kevin McCarthy said Hans Zimmer's music starred in the film.

The Telegraph said Zimmer, who had worked with Christopher Nolan since the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises , triumphed once more with his work for Dunkirk when he combined his tension-building score with the ticking of the director's pocket watch .

Kathrin Häger from Filmdienst describes: "Sometimes the swelling scores are reminiscent of the sounds of an echo sounder , sometimes of metal struts rubbing against each other, then again of sirens that put you in a riot."

Peter Debruge from Variety speaks of a bombastic, tension-increasing film music, in which an almost omnipresent ticking of the stopwatch is woven into the sometimes overwhelming sound design of the film. It is not so much about music, but rather a bass-heavy, atmospheric background noise. His colleague Kristopher Tapley thinks Zimmer is a promising candidate for the upcoming Academy Awards , and his score is incredibly effective at driving the film forward at all times.

Chart successes

On July 28, 2017, the soundtrack entered the Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 at position 5.

Awards

On December 18, 2017, it was announced that Hans Zimmer's work was on a shortlist from which the nominations in the category Best Film Music at the 2018 Academy Awards were made. Below is a selection of nominations and awards from well-known film awards.

British Academy Film Awards 2018

Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018

Golden Globe Awards 2018

Grammy Awards 2018

  • Nomination as Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Hans Zimmer)

London Critics' Circle Film Awards 2018

  • Nomination in the category Technical Achievement of the Year (film music by Hans Zimmer)

Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards 2018

  • Nomination for the best film music

Academy Awards 2018

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2017

  • Nomination as Best Original Score

Satellite Awards 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacob Hall: Hans Zimmer Scoring 'Dunkirk': Composer Will Bring the 'Braaaahhhm!' to Christopher Nolan's WWII Film In: slashfilm.com, January 8th, 2016.
  2. ↑ Melena Ryzik: Ticking Watch. Boat engine. Slowness. The Secrets of the 'Dunkirk' Score In: The New York Times, July 26, 2017.
  3. ^ David Sexton: Dunkirk: everything you need to know about the cinematic event of 2017 In: Evening Standard, July 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Patrick Heidmann: Review of 'Dunkirk' In: epd Film, July 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/07/11/harry-styles-can-act-first-reviews-christopher-nolans-war/
  6. ↑ Blake Goble: Film Review: 'Dunkirk'. Christopher Nolan masterfully reimagines the war movie with clockwork precision In: consequenceofsound.net, July 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ WaterTower Music to Release Soundtrack for Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' In: filmmusicreporter.com, June 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ 'Dunkirk' Soundtrack In: soundtracktracklist.com, Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ http://www.gala.de/lifestyle/film-tv-musik/dunkirk-der-erste-track-von-hans-zimmer-ist-da-21401930.html
  10. ↑ SpotOn: Dunkirk: "Dunkirk": Hans Zimmer's first track is here. In: Focus Online . July 9, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Details for 2018's Oscar Concert Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, February 1, 2018.
  12. ↑ Kevin McCarthy quoted in Peter Sciretta: Dunkirk Early Buzz: What Do The Critics Think About Christopher Nolan's War Movie? In: xx, July 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ 'Harry Styles can act!' - First reactions in for Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk In: The Telegraph, July 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ Kathrin Häger: Stress In: Filmdienst - Das Magazin für Kino und Filmkultur 24/2017, pp. 11–15.
  15. ↑ Peter Debruge: Film Review: Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' In: Variety, July 17, 2017.
  16. ↑ Kristopher Tapley: Christopher Nolan's 'Dunkirk' Is the First Slam-Dunk Oscar Contender of 2017 In: Variety, July 17, 2017.
  17. ↑ Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50. July 28, 2017 - August 03, 2017 In: officialcharts.com. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  18. ↑ Zack Sharf: Oscars 2018: Best Original Score Shortlist Includes 'The Shape of Water', 'All the Money in the World' and More In: indiewire.com, December 18, 2017.
  19. ↑ Kristopher Tapley, 'Shape of Water' Leads Critics' Choice Film Nominations In: Variety, December 6, 2017.
  20. ↑ 60th GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees List In: grammy.com, November 28, 2017.
  21. ↑ Guy Lodge: 'Three Billboards',' Phantom Thread 'Lead London Critics' Circle Nominations In: Variety, December 19, 2017.
  22. ↑ Chris Evangelista: 2017 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Nominations Announced In: slashfilm.com, December 4, 2017.
  23. ↑ 2017 Awards Winners ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  24. ↑ Steve Pond: 'Dunkirk', 'The Shape of Water' Lead Satellite Award Nominations In: thewrap.com, November 29, 2017.