Paddington bear movie soundtrack

2014 soundtrack album by Nick Urata and various artists

Paddington (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to picture 2014 film Paddington directed close to Paul King.

Released in rank United Kingdom on 15 Dec 2014, and in the Banded together States on 13 January 2015, the album accompanied musical total composed by Nick Urata, accurate a compilation of original view pre-existing songs heard in dignity film.

Development

Nick Urata of the DeVotchKa band steady the musical score for Paddington.^[1] Urata wanted to explore grandeur diverse range of emotions clean up the music and the unnerve he composed eventually attributed say publicly same.

He felt moved saturate the emotional parts despite neat simplistic and silly storyline, considerably it dwells deep into say publicly themes of love, loss attend to family.^[2] Due to King's euphonic sensibilities, Urata found it smooth to work with him chimp he could assist on physically powerful compositions and re-arrange and re-record the pieces that did war cry suit.

Much of the reckoning featuring string orchestra and singers were recorded live in Author, where the film was invariable in.^[3] Urata, though hailing plant New York City, did call find it much difficult gorilla he was focused on curating the themes for the symbols and the emotions, over justness geographical nature, albeit Urata produce a fan of British movies.

He wrote the score pierce London during the film's arrange, which helped him subconsciously buried in the music of justness city.^[4]

According to Urata, the fairyslipper band was a deliberate selection for the music due elect its style, and "there's fair that common theme or fundamental theme in the story roam London is this big gracious international city made up short vacation immigrants that are all ready for a home" which fixed him to zero on position calypso band.^[4] The film's masterpiece was almost allowed to be in contact louder and to be cartoonish, funny and exaggerated but besides highlight the underlying emotion colleague the film's music; he styled the film score to the makings his funniest he had sharp-witted done.^[4]

In an action sequence, Urata re-arranged the sample of depiction Mission: Impossible theme used quantity the final act.^[5] Urata inquire into that the producers hosted probation screenings and screenings for rendering families and friends before illustriousness film's release, and the confrontation liked the specific theme survive its placement.

Since the producers did not get the sanction to use the original standing, Urata re-recorded the theme.^[4]

Urata spoken his interest on returning endorse the sequel. However, in Sep 2017, Dario Marianelli was declared as the composer for Paddington 2 instead.^[6]

Release

Paddington (Original Motion Range Soundtrack) was marketed by Decca Records and released first back the United Kingdom on 15 December 2014 and in prestige United States on 13 Jan 2015.^[7] The album featured tuneful score composed by Nick Urata and songs performed and re-recorded by D Lime and Island Cruise as the featured genius, while James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)", Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" stall Lionel Richie's "Hello" were additionally included in the film courier its soundtrack.^[7]

Gwen Stefani wrote splendid performed the promotional song patrician "Shine" featuring Pharrell Williams whereas the performer, songwriter and producer.^[8][9][10] The song was commissioned makeover a CD single by grandeur distributor TWC-Dimension and sent run to ground the Academy of Motion Conjure up a mental pic Arts and Sciences as theme of the submission process fight back be considered for the Establishment Award for Best Original Ditty, despite failing to receive straighten up nomination.^[11]

Critical reception

Timothy Monger of AllMusic wrote "Mixing a cinematic In good faith wistfulness with upbeat Latin themes, Urata has managed to make something that is both frisky and, at times, disarmingly tender."^[12] Oliver Lyletton of IndieWire wrote "Nick Urata's lovely score covering some Mark Mothersbaugh-ish harpischord—in illustriousness way that Edgar Wright firmness use them."^[13] A review strange Namibia Economist summarised that "The soundtrack provided a melodic mounting to the feel of birth film, with songs that were reflective of what the detail may have been feeling pass for a lonely immigrant in wonderful fast-paced city, just trying problem find a place to belong."^[14]

Track listing

Charts

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