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 Posted:   Aug 5, 2014 - 9:04 PM   
 By:   Krakower Group   (Member)

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SCORE ALBUM OF THE GIVER
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY AUGUST 12 AND ON CD SEPTEMBER 16

Music by Academy Award® -Nominated Film Composer Marco Beltrami

Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of the original motion picture score album of The Giver. Composed by two-time Academy award-nominee Marco Beltrami, the score for The Giver is available digitally on August 12 and on CD on September 16. Based on Lois Lowry's award-winning and bestselling novel, the highly anticipated film features an outstanding cast including Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan and Taylor Swift. The Giver will be released in theaters nationwide on August 15.

Composer Marco Beltrami’s success in composing the scores for mainstream films like The Giver owes much to his background in concert composition. His mastery of a big range of orchestral effects is evident in this score, which calls for predominantly pensive moods. The album opens with shimmering, ethereal sounds in the main titles, then proceeds with serene themes and orchestration in “Jonas Gets the Gig” and “First Memory”, and a beautiful liquid melody for keyboard in “Color.” These moods change with the stirrings of unease and drumbeats in the track “Happiness and Pain,” while the second half of the album expresses the developing conflicts of the movie with the martial percussion and metallic threat of “War,” the dissonances of “Accelerated Training,” and the excitement of “Escape from the Nursery” and “Capturing Jonas.” The recurrence of motifs and the musical summing-up in the end credits with choral effects and a lovely string solo bring unity and a calming conclusion to the score.

Beltrami was nominated in 2007 for his work on 3:10 to Yuma and again in 2010 for his score to The Hurt Locker. He studied at the Yale School of Music and in Italy, before learning the trade of film composition with the great Jerry Goldsmith. Beltrami’s composing career began with the thriller Death Match in 1994. He gained recognition for his work on horror films such as Mimic (1997), The Woman in Black (2012), and all four films in the Scream series (1995–2011). He has also composed two scores for the Die Hard franchise: Live Free or Die Hard and A Good Day to Die Hard, the latter is also available on Sony Classical.

Recent work includes the score to Clint Eastwood’s Trouble With The Curve and the music to the Brad Pitt action thriller World War Z. Beltrami’s versatile talents have taken him beyond the action and horror genres to work on independent films, for which he gained two prestigious awards: a Satellite Award for Best Original Score for the drama film Soul Surfer, and in 2012 the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score for the critically acclaimed The Sessions.

About the movie
The haunting story of The Giver centers on Jonas (Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community’s memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community’s secret past. With this newfound power of knowledge, he realizes that the stakes are higher than imagined – a matter of life and death for himself and those he loves most. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all – a challenge that no one has ever succeeded at before. The Giver is based on Lois Lowry’s beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbery Medal and has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

Sony Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Okeh, Portrait, Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal, and Masterworks Broadway imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.SonyMasterworks.com.

Tracklisting:

1. Main Titles
2. Jonas Gets the Gig
3. Color
4. Arriving at the Giver’s
5. First Memory
6. Gabriel Arrives
7. Do You See It?
8. Tray Ride
9. Happiness and Pain
10. What Is Love?
11. War
12. The Kiss
13. Jonas Runs Away
14. Accelerated Training
15. Escape from the Nursery
16. Desert Ride
17. Capturing Jonas
18. The Mountain and Despair
19. Rosebud
20. End Credits


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 Posted:   Aug 6, 2014 - 4:51 AM   
 By:   DeputyRiley   (Member)

Track times?

 
 Posted:   Aug 6, 2014 - 11:40 AM   
 By:   Lokutus   (Member)

Waiting for them too... so far only available info is combined running time of 49:09 +/- few seconds

 
 Posted:   Aug 6, 2014 - 12:17 PM   
 By:   DeputyRiley   (Member)

Looks like even though digital download is available Aug. 12 the CD has been pushed back from Sept. 9 to Sept. 16, even though Amazon still has it listed as Sept. 9.

Hey Cinemedia Promotions, could you please shed some light on the ETA of track times and confirm that the CD has indeed been pushed back to Sept. 16 from Sept. 9?

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 6, 2014 - 12:25 PM   
 By:   Krakower Group   (Member)

Am checking on the release date and have asked the label for the full booklet to see if they list track times in the booklet.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 6, 2014 - 12:25 PM   
 By:   Krakower Group   (Member)

Am checking on the release date and have asked the label for the full booklet to see if they list track times in the booklet.

 
 Posted:   Aug 6, 2014 - 12:41 PM   
 By:   DeputyRiley   (Member)

Am checking on the release date and have asked the label for the full booklet to see if they list track times in the booklet.

Thank you so much for your quick and courteous reply, I very much appreciate your help. smile

 
 Posted:   Aug 8, 2014 - 10:57 AM   
 By:   DeputyRiley   (Member)

Cinemedia Promotions,

I have found the tracktimes, which I have listed below.

However, do you have an update on the release of the CD? I know the digital version is released this Tuesday August 12, but Amazon still lists the CD release as September 9th while you list the CD release as September 16. Any word on which date is correct?

Track times, for those interested! smile

1. Main Titles (3:07)
2. Jonas Gets The Gig (1:33)
3. Color (2:05)
4. Arriving at the Giver's (1:48)
5. First Memory (1:30)
6. Gabriel Arrives (0:58)
7. Do You See It (0:56)
8. Tray Ride (2:30)
9. Happiness & Pain (2:56)
10. What Is Love? (2:21)
11. War (3:20)
12. The Kiss (2:27)
13. Jonas Runs Away (2:52)
14. Accelerated Training (2:40)
15. Escape From The Nursery (2:10)
16. Desert Ride (2:19)
17. Capturing Jonas (3:32)
18. The Mountain and Despair (1:46)
19. Rosebud (4:32)
20. End Credits (3:49)

TT: 49:09

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 8, 2014 - 4:14 PM   
 By:   Krakower Group   (Member)

Sorry for the delay! I just got it in and was about to post it when I saw you got it already.

This 16th - they didn't get some element in time which bumped the release to the 16th.

Cinemedia Promotions,

I have found the tracktimes, which I have listed below.

However, do you have an update on the release of the CD? I know the digital version is released this Tuesday August 12, but Amazon still lists the CD release as September 9th while you list the CD release as September 16. Any word on which date is correct?

Track times, for those interested! smile

1. Main Titles (3:07)
2. Jonas Gets The Gig (1:33)
3. Color (2:05)
4. Arriving at the Giver's (1:48)
5. First Memory (1:30)
6. Gabriel Arrives (0:58)
7. Do You See It (0:56)
8. Tray Ride (2:30)
9. Happiness & Pain (2:56)
10. What Is Love? (2:21)
11. War (3:20)
12. The Kiss (2:27)
13. Jonas Runs Away (2:52)
14. Accelerated Training (2:40)
15. Escape From The Nursery (2:10)
16. Desert Ride (2:19)
17. Capturing Jonas (3:32)
18. The Mountain and Despair (1:46)
19. Rosebud (4:32)
20. End Credits (3:49)

TT: 49:09

 
 Posted:   Aug 8, 2014 - 9:37 PM   
 By:   DeputyRiley   (Member)

Sorry for the delay! I just got it in and was about to post it when I saw you got it already.

This 16th - they didn't get some element in time which bumped the release to the 16th.


Thanks for the update and confirmation!

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 10, 2014 - 5:13 PM   
 By:   JamesSouthall   (Member)

My review of this:

http://www.movie-wave.net/the-giver/

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 22, 2014 - 6:06 PM   
 By:   Krakower Group   (Member)

Just an update on this - Sony confirmed that they were able to get the production of the CD rushed through and that the CD will be coming out on 9/9!

 
 Posted:   Aug 22, 2014 - 6:17 PM   
 By:   DeputyRiley   (Member)

Just an update on this - Sony confirmed that they were able to get the production of the CD rushed through and that the CD will be coming out on 9/9!

Once again, thank you for the update! smile

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 26, 2014 - 10:29 AM   
 By:   Mike_H   (Member)

http://www.examiner.com/article/composer-marco-beltrami-provides-his-musical-gifts-for-the-giver

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 26, 2014 - 2:50 AM   
 By:   Willgoldnewtonbarrygrusin   (Member)

Finally got it. What a beautiful score. Shooting right into my personal Beltrami Top Five.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 26, 2014 - 5:09 AM   
 By:   crocodile   (Member)

Wel also liked it:

http://www.filmsonwax.co.uk/the-giver/

Karol

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 31, 2018 - 11:49 AM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

I really enjoyed this one, probably helped to actually watch the movie (anyone here still do that?). I'll always just think about Taylor Swift singing & playing the theme in the film however.....had to be a proud moment for Marco. ;-)

Bumping this to see if one of our resident Beltrami experts can speak to how much is missing from the CD? Seemed like quite a bit, although what we got is a nice listen and I'm not upset over it just curious.
As much as I'm moving into the "get off my lawn" years, I can point to this having a nice, memorable theme you will remember after film or album view/listen. It's not a Waxman level of composition, but it's still nice.

-Sean

 
 Posted:   Mar 31, 2018 - 1:13 PM   
 By:   Lokutus   (Member)

Full score is close to 84 minutes

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 31, 2018 - 1:27 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I find the album MORE than long enough as is, but yes -- I agree it's a fine one. One of Beltrami's best in recent years, for a film that leaves something to be desired.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 31, 2018 - 1:48 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Really Thor? I may have thought as much on the initial raw listen, but appreciated it much more after seeing the film.
It's not high at, but a decent time waster, the film, and it made me appreciate a good score much much more.

So, 34mins. lost.....thanks again Lokutus.

 
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