Milan Records will release the official soundtrack album for the Netflix animated film The Sea Beast. The album features the movie’s original score composed by Grammy Award winner Mark Mancina (Moana, Speed, Twister, Tarzan, Bad Boys, Brother Bear, Con Air, August Rush, Cry Macho). Also included is the original song Captain Crow written by Nell Benjamin & Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde: The Musical) and produced by Mancina. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 8. The pre-order link will be added to this article soon. The Sea Beast is directed by Chris Williams and features the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, Dan Stevens, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Kathy Burke. The film follows a legendary sea monster hunter who gets saddled with an unexpected ally when a young girl stows away on his fabled ship. The animated adventure is currently playing in select theaters and will premiere on Netflix on July 8.
Here’s the track list of the album:
1. Prelude to the Sea (2:43) 2. The Sea Beast (2:23) 3. King and Queen (2:13) 4. Someday (1:26) 5. Jacob Evolving (2:23) 6. Captain Crow – Nell Benjamin & Laurence O’Keefe (1:37) 7. The Fight of the Giant Crab (2:52) 8. The Hunters Code (5:27) 9. One More Try (2:45) 10. Jacob into the Sea (1:55) 11. Crow’s Betrayal (2:29) 12. Little Blue (2:20) 13. Red (1:59) 14. Gwen Batterbie (2:10) 15. Wear It Down (5:22) 16. Blue and Maisie (3:00) 17. Maisie’s Speech (2:01) 18. Wherever the Wind Takes Us (1:45)
Overall a solid thematic orchestral score. It's a little bit HTTYD, BRAVE and Moana. The song is a lot of fun too. Unfortunately it really doesn't have much in the way of action music. What there is was pretty generic.
It's like How To Train Your Dragon had a baby with Pirates of the Caribbean. It's fun and enjoyable, but not quite up to original Mancina/Tarzan standards. Also, the Dolby Atmos on streaming is delightful! In the past Mancina has had moments in scores that almost sound like they're in mono but I feel like this score was really opened up and large sound-wise.
I don't know what happened to Mancina, he used to write amazing action music now it's primarily dull percussion loops. I love everything about Moana other than the action music in the film. Sea Beast is great other than the action music. Listen to his scores for Planes and Planes Fire and Rescue. They're some of the best action music Ive heard in decades.
Twister will always be one of my favorite action scores. I listen to that LaLaLand release all the time. It's nice to see Mancina bac and there are some nice moments in this score, but overall it didn't hook me, like a Sinbad or Water Horse. I need to go back and give it another listen.
