The Brutalist (soundtrack)
2024 soundtrack album by Daniel Blumberg
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The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album composed by Daniel Blumberg for the 2024 film The Brutalist by Brady Corbet. It was digitally released by Milan Records on December 13, 2024.
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| Released | December 13, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 81:39 | |||
| Label | Milan | |||
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Production
Composer Daniel Blumberg had written over two hours of music for the film.[1] He stated that his biggest challenge was finding the right instruments to evoke the time periods of the film. He used brass instruments like the trumpet to convey "very peculiar sounds related to the construction".[2]
The soundtrack opens with an overture in three parts, as Blumberg and Corbet wanted the first 10 minutes of the film to have continual music. The opening sequence of the film was choreographed and filmed to Blumberg's demos of the overture.[3][4]
Release
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Overture (Ship)" | 4:49 |
| 2. | "Overture (László)" | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Overture (Bus)" | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Chair" | 1:44 |
| 5. | "Van Buren's Estate" | 0:53 |
| 6. | "Library" | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Jazz Club" | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Porn" | 2:11 |
| 9. | "Monologue" | 2:38 |
| 10. | "Up the Hill" | 1:11 |
| 11. | "Pennsylvania" | 1:01 |
| 12. | "Bicycle" | 2:55 |
| 13. | "Steel" | 2:12 |
| 14. | "Intermission" (featuring John Tilbury) | 11:22 |
| 15. | "Erzsébet" | 2:50 |
| 16. | "Handjob" | 1:35 |
| 17. | "Bath" | 1:02 |
| 18. | "Building Site" | 4:31 |
| 19. | "Ribbon Cutting" | 1:38 |
| 20. | "Picnic by the Lake" | 1:52 |
| 21. | "Gordon's Dinner" | 0:55 |
| 22. | "Looking at You" | 1:00 |
| 23. | "Train Crash" | 3:13 |
| 24. | "New York" | 0:57 |
| 25. | "Stairs" | 1:37 |
| 26. | "Carrara" | 1:24 |
| 27. | "Marble" | 2:08 |
| 28. | "Tunnel" | 1:05 |
| 29. | "Construction" | 2:50 |
| 30. | "Heroin" | 3:33 |
| 31. | "Search Party" | 3:21 |
| 32. | "Epilogue (Venice)" | 2:55 |
| Total length: | 81:39 | |
Accolades
Personnel
- All music composed by Daniel Blumberg
- Daniel Blumberg – producer, recording engineer, piano, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizer
- Peter Walsh – producer, mixing engineer, recording engineer, percussion, brass
- Frank Arkwright – mastering engineer
- Sophie Agnel – piano
- John Tilbury – piano
- Tom Wheatley – double bass
- Joel Grip – double bass
- Elena Kakaliagou – French horn
- Pierre Borel – alto saxophone
- Seymour Wright – alto saxophone
- Evan Parker – soprano saxophone
- Axel Dörner – trumpet
- Carina Khorkhordina – trumpet
- Hilary Jeffery – trombone
- Simon Sieger – tuba, trombone, piano
- Robin Hayward – tuba
- James Dunn – percussion
- Michael Griener – percussion
- Steve Noble – percussion
- Antonin Gerbal – drums
- Vince Clarke – synthesizer, drum machine
- Adrien Brody – vocals (tracks 9, 24)
Release history
Notes
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