2011 soundtrack album by Hans Zimmer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ? Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
is the
soundtrack album
to the 2011
film of the same name
.
Hans Zimmer
collaborated again with
Lorne Balfe
to produce the score. It was released on 13 December 2011, three days before the film was released itself.
Musically, the album is influenced by
classical
and
Romani music
.
While reading page five of the script, Zimmer came to a part about a Gypsy fortuneteller. He called the director,
Guy Ritchie
and told him they needed to do a road trip to
Slovakia
. Zimmer felt that it was appropriate to reflect the
Romani culture
in his music. Zimmer got two Romani bands (
Ciganski baroni
and
Kokavakere Lavutara - Sendreiovci
) to record the score for the film, resulting in the score for the film as envisioned.
[1]
[2]
He said:
"You have two cultures collide on the soundtrack, that you go from this typical heavy Germanic action music to just the frivolity of one of those Gypsy songs, full of life, full of lightness, full of spirit, I had a problem with authority from a very early age."
[1]
Track listing
[
edit
]
All music is composed by
Hans Zimmer
except where indicated
Title
|
---|
1.
| "I See Everything"
| 0:39
|
---|
2.
| "That Is My Curse (Shadows ? Part 1)"
| 1:51
|
---|
3.
| "Tick Tock (Shadows ? Part 2)"
| 8:12
|
---|
4.
| "Chess (Shadows ? Part 3)"
| 7:34
|
---|
5.
| "It's So Overt It's Covert"
| 3:19
|
---|
6.
| "Romanian Wind"
| 1:56
|
---|
7.
| "Did You Kill My Wife?"
| 2:42
|
---|
8.
| "He's All Me Me Me"
| 1:56
|
---|
9.
| "The Mycroft Suite"
| 1:41
|
---|
10.
| "To the Opera!"
| 4:03
|
---|
11.
| "The Braying Mule" (music by
Ennio Morricone
)
| 2:34
|
---|
12.
| "
Die Forelle
" (written by
Franz Schubert
) (performed by
Julius Drake
and
Ian Bostridge
)
| 3:22
|
---|
13.
| "Zu viele Fuchse fur euch Hansel"
| 1:47
|
---|
14.
| "The Red Book"
| 4:00
|
---|
15.
| "Moral Insanity"
| 1:31
|
---|
16.
| "Memories of Sherlock"
| 2:11
|
---|
17.
| "The End?"
| 2:26
|
---|
18.
| "Romani Holiday" (Antonious Remix)
| 5:38
|
---|
Deluxe Version
Title
|
---|
19.
| "Shush Club No. 3"
| 4:31
|
---|
20.
| "Beautiful Eyes"
| 2:13
|
---|
21.
| "Just Follow My Lead (The Waltz)"
| 4:44
|
---|
Total length:
| 11:28
|
---|
Tracks not included on the album:
- Notes
Release
[
edit
]
Purchase of the enhanced physical CD includes an insert allowing the free download of three bonus tracks from the score: "Shush Club No. 3", "Beautiful Eyes" and "Just Follow My Lead (The Waltz)".
[5]
[6]
Reception
[
edit
]
Allmusic
rated the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, cited by James Christopher Monger that the soundtrack "once again infused the series with wit and wickedness, stacking his already established themes with an effusive Romanian flair, reflecting the addition of
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
star
Noomi Rapace
's turn as a Gypsy fortune teller."
[7]
On the other hand,
Filmtracks.com
gave the album 1 out of 5 stars, stating that it "completely lacks major development of new motifs and does little to expand upon the two-part theme from the
original film
."
[8]
References
[
edit
]
External links
[
edit
]
|
---|
|
Stage
| |
---|
Radio
| |
---|
Music
| |
---|
Art
| |
---|
Comics
| |
---|
Games
| |
---|