Tag Archives: Tree Of Life

News, Press & Reviews, Scores, Soundtracks

Drive, Nightcrawler, Tree Of Life Named To ‘The 50 Best Films Of The Decade So Far’ List | Indiewire

March 6, 2015 Film Music Daily Staff

Now that the Academy Awards has come and gone, Indiewire published a list of The 50 Best Films Of The Decade So Far, according to their editorial staff. Lakeshore Records released the soundtracks to three of the films on this list: Drive (score by Cliff Martinez), Nightcrawler (score by James Newton Howard), The Tree of Life (score by Alexandre Desplat), plus an honorable mention for Blue Valentine (score by Grizzly Bear). Did all of your favorite films make the list? Which ones would you like to see? Read the full story at Indiewire.

Don’t miss a beat: subscribe to Film Music Daily!

News, Scores

6 Soundtracks For Your ‘Cosmos’ Themed Playlist

March 16, 2014 Film Music Daily Staff

One of the biggest television premieres in recent history belongs to the Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey series, hosted by Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. The reboot of the landmark Cosmos series from the 1980s (hosted by Carl Sagan), explores how we discovered the laws of nature and found our coordinates in space and time. Lakeshore Records has produced quite a collection of beautiful celestial and terrestrial-themed film scores created by some of the most recognized Composers in the business.

Download these soundtracks to build your Cosmos-themed music collection:

Creation Score by Christopher Young
iTunes: http://bit.ly/CreationScore | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1gx9KdQ

Jumper Score by John Powell
iTunes: http://bit.ly/JumperScore | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1oeQjJl

Roving Mars Score by Philip Glass
iTunes: http://bit.ly/RovingMarsMusic | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1gx94oT

The 11th Hour Score by Jean Pascal Beintus & Eric Avery
iTunes:http://bit.ly/11thHourScore | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1qJZOlP

The Lake House Score by Rachel Portman
iTunes: http://bit.ly/TheLakeHouseOST | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1cb1C35

Tree of Life Score by Alexandre Desplat
iTunes: http://bit.ly/TreeOfLifeMusic | Amazon: http://amzn.to/1ieLjlZ

Watch the trailer for Cosmos:

Classic Albums, Composers, Press & Reviews

Fathers Day Soundtrack : The Tree Of Life by Alexandre Desplat

June 16, 2013 Film Music Daily Staff

In celebration of Fathers Day we offer The Tree Of Life.

Album Available at iTunes :
The Tree Of Life, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Music by Alexandre Desplat

David Ng from the Los Angeles Times writes,

In each of his five feature films to date, Malick has used classical music as his principal soundtrack. “The Tree of Life” features selections and snippets from more than 30 individual pieces — including works by Brahms, Mahler, Bach, Górecki and Holst. They are all woven together seamlessly with the help of some original music by Alexandre Desplat.

A movie that envelops the intimate story of a family between the birth and death of the universe, “The Tree of Life” is a cosmic experience that resists easy narrative summary. The film won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May but has polarized critics and audiences. At its core, the movie focuses on the conflict between the natural and the spiritual worlds, which is to say that it pits the seen versus the unseen.

Malick’s choices of music stand in for the unseen in this thematic equation, though not always in obvious ways. The media-shy filmmaker is said to be a classical-music buff, along with being a birdwatcher and a hiking enthusiast. His soundtrack selections for “The Tree of Life” could spawn a lengthy essay on their own. Here are a handful of key pieces that provide the movie with some of its most musically inspired and memorable moments …