Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Score
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| Released | August 5, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studio | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Label | Atlantic Records | |||
| Producer | Brian Tyler | |||
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Score is the soundtrack album to the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is a reboot of the Turtles film series. The album features the original score composed by Brian Tyler and was released by Atlantic Records on August 5, 2014.
In June 2013, it was reported that Brian Tyler had been hired to compose the score for the film.[1] Tyler aimed to capture a fun and adventurous tone with the score.[2] He described the main theme for the Turtles as being three separate themes in one. The first theme was made to make the listener feel like they were hearing the origin story of the characters. The second is more adventurous and was influenced by Saturday morning serials, as well as the scores of Star Wars (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Back to the Future (1985), and Superman (1978).[2]
Tyler incorporated some Asian instruments, such as taiko drums and bansuris, into the score, particularly for the villain Shredder.[2] Despite likening the score to an "insane theme park", Tyler also sought for it to make the audience "feel grounded by a theme even as the camera is swooping around".[2] The soundtrack was released by Atlantic Records on August 5, 2014.[3] A single to promote the film and separate from the album, "Shell Shocked" by musicians Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, and Ty Dolla $ign and featuring Kill the Noise and Madsonik, was released on July 22, 2014.[4][5][3]