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 Posted:   Feb 7, 2024 - 4:40 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

That's a great sell-in, ygmasta! Looking forward to seeing the film, and - hopefully at some point - hear the score on a soundtrack album.

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 7, 2024 - 5:37 AM   
 By:   ygmmasta   (Member)

There will be a soundtrack album by Lakeshore Records as was stated in the end credits smile

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 7, 2024 - 9:23 AM   
 By:   chriswg24   (Member)

I saw the movie yesterday as it was released on the 2nd February here in Poland. I went to the cinema specifically to listen to Newman's score but the story captivated me extremely. It's a beautiful but sad tale, it hits all the right notes for a drama movie and, at times, it was so absorbing that I was forgetting to focus on the music primarily.

So now to the score.

Many (including me) will be happy to learn that the score is basically Tokien meets Shawshank Redemption with some flavors of 1917. There are a few outstanding cues. There's one playing towards the end of the first act that has solo guitar, there's one with trumpet solo as well and a nice piano piece featuring in the end crawler (it was an immediate earworm for me). There are vocals used throughout but in a way that I've never heard in a Newman's score. Overall, the score is the usual Newmanian warm strings plus heavily utilized clarinet - but it's not a bad thing, it's fresh and very emotional music. Newman was a perfect choice to score this movie.

There was about 50-60% music in the movie which totals to ~70 minutes of the score excluding source cues and songs. I was able to record (part of) the end credits music with my phone so if anyone is interested in a small preview just shoot me a PM.


This sounds really promising, shame we have to wait until October to hear it! I tried to send a PM but couldn't get it to work, so if you could send me one, I'd love to hear the snippet.

 
 
 Posted:   Feb 9, 2024 - 2:08 AM   
 By:   ygmmasta   (Member)

@chriswg24 for some reason I can't send PMs yet. Drop me an email

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 2, 2024 - 2:58 AM   
 By:   Jimmyt76   (Member)

Hurrah! CD release on Lakeshore records confirmed for Oct 4th!
Already pre-ordered my copy.... heard the score in the film a few times but looking forward to the album now

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DBQXPJ6B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 
 Posted:   Aug 2, 2024 - 9:47 AM   
 By:   Lokutus   (Member)

Actually a decent score from Newman for once (unlike the movie)... it's been a while.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 6, 2024 - 2:25 AM   
 By:   Jimmyt76   (Member)

Only 4 weeks to go smile - after what... 2 years+ delay?!
Very excited to be able to play this one soon...

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 11, 2024 - 12:38 PM   
 By:   Night   (Member)

Yeah, i'm looking forward to hearing it too.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 20, 2024 - 1:22 PM   
 By:   Night   (Member)

The tracklist is out now. Only two weeks left before the score is finally released.



Tracklist:

1. Sara Blum (0:35)
2. Aubervilliers-aux-Bois (2:18)
3. Imagination (0:39)
4. Mlle Petitjean (0:36)
5. Rose (3:09)
6. Dress Shoes (0:57)
7. Stay Very Quiet Run Very Fast (7:38)
8. Deep As Your Knees (3:26)
9. Julien Beaumier (3:18)
10. Zebra (1:19)
11. Days Weeks (1:27)
12. Dannevilliers (1:54)
13. Winter Spring (1:47)
14. Tourteau (3:52)
15. Time to Heal (1:38)
16. (Wonder Story) (2:15)
17. Puppet Show (0:57)
18. Cinema Mernuit (2:13)
19. Dream (1:10)
20. New York (1:39)
21. The Soul of the World (1:46)
22. Late For School (3:31)
23. The Giant Wolves (2:59)
24. A Dark and Scary Place (2:30)
25. Sea of Bluebells (3:13)
26. Clinging to Hope (2:01)
27. August 1944 (2:58)
28. Vivienne (0:46)
29. The End of My Story (2:42)
30. Vive l’Humanité (3:07)
31. White Bird (3:54)
32. Songbird (2:37)
33. Little Bird – Ariella Glaser (1:48)

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2024 - 12:58 PM   
 By:   chriswg24   (Member)

I was lucky enough to see a preview of the film and I can safely say.that this is a really special Newman score, especially the last 15 minutes of the film, it’s very orchestra, some wonderful piano work and feels quite Shawshank in tone.

Really excited to have this score in a couple of weeks to get lost in.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2024 - 1:01 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

That's a good tease right there.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 21, 2024 - 1:11 PM   
 By:   c8   (Member)

I was lucky enough to see a preview of the film and I can safely say.that this is a really special Newman score, especially the last 15 minutes of the film, it’s very orchestra, some wonderful piano work and feels quite Shawshank in tone.

Really excited to have this score in a couple of weeks to get lost in.


Newman seems to have been writing composed nothingness the past few years so I’m thrilled to hear this may be a real return to form. Keeping my fingers crossed and getting excited!

 
 Posted:   Sep 22, 2024 - 6:01 AM   
 By:   AdoKrycha007   (Member)

Wow, there's a CD too. eek It's probably the first score on a CD from Lakeshore in 5 years or something like that... roll eyes

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 23, 2024 - 7:56 AM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

It's strange to see a lot of Newman's low key efforts of recent times get CD releases, while his lovely score to ELEMENTAL (Disney) stayed digital only (or LP as well, I would imagine).
If this is as nice as noted above, I look forward to bagging the CD (although I found lots of MAN CALLED OTTO to be quite lovely too).

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 23, 2024 - 8:11 AM   
 By:   John Mullin   (Member)

Wow, there's a CD too. eek It's probably the first score on a CD from Lakeshore in 5 years or something like that... roll eyes

I assume that since the film has been delayed for so long, all the CDs were produced back when it appeared that there was still a market for them!

 
 Posted:   Sep 24, 2024 - 5:50 AM   
 By:   AdoKrycha007   (Member)

It doesn't matter if the film was delayed.
It's just the fact that this label deigned to release something on CD after many years.
And they used to release such great scores on CD...

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 26, 2024 - 6:36 AM   
 By:   Night   (Member)

Only about a week left before this score released.

I can't wait to savor a new Newman score. I'm looking forward hearing the samples of the score when they're released too.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 1, 2024 - 4:48 PM   
 By:   Night   (Member)

Only two days left, but still no samples available online I think...

Some reviews of the film mention the score (apparently Newman also wrote another song too), like this one:

"Veteran composer Thomas Newman not only contributes another lilting score, but also a haunting song (with lyrics by Palacio) sung by the young stars, as well as over the end credits."

Maybe another Oscar nomination coming Newman's way? The song will probably help.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 3, 2024 - 8:00 AM   
 By:   Night   (Member)

A single track from the score has been released:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di7Hz-IsAxk

A nice teaser.

I'm looking forward hearing the entire score tomorrow.

 
 Posted:   Oct 3, 2024 - 8:01 AM   
 By:   Jason LeBlanc   (Member)

Samples of every track:

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/white-bird-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1766805226

 
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