Heat (soundtrack)
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| Soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal | |||||
| Released | December 19th, 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Classical Avante garde Modernist Jazz fusion Progressive Electronica Progressive Rock |
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| Length | 68:62 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. 9 46144-2 |
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| Producer | Matthias Gohl | ||||
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| Elliot Goldenthal chronology | |||||
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Elliot Goldenthal's score for the movie Heat is as varying and dissonant as his other works, with little to no clear cut themes but rather a broad soundscape encapsulating all the movies elements and providing an epic, ethereal and at times shattering backdrop, typical of Goldenthal's work. The score is compiled mostly with Goldenthal's orchestrations although there are a variety of other artists featured ranging from the U2/Brian Eno project Passengers, Kronos Quartet, Lisa Gerrard, Moby et al.
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[edit] The Score
The track "New Dawn Fades" is only a part of the whole song that fades into the next track and the track "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" is slightly different from the version used in the film, the version on the score is from Moby's album Everything Is Wrong and the version in the movie is from his 1997 album I Like to Score; Goldenthal composed and arranged the Kronos Quartet performed pieces.[1]
Goldenthal composed a cue called "Hand In Hand" originally meant to be played over the end scene, but it was replaced by Moby's "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters", so he used it, replacing guitars with bagpipes, instead for the end titles to "Michael Collins". A clip of the track as it was meant to be heard in "Heat" can be heard below. There is also an "Extended Version" of the score in bootleg form, with several tracks (including "Hand in hand") which can be heard in the film but are not on the score released, available on the internet.[2][3]
Various tracks that were in some points of the film but did not make it to the soundtrack included pieces by William Orbit from his Strange Cargo albums, namely "Monkey King" and "The Mighty Limpopo".
Here is a quote by Goldenthal explaining his thinking behind the score:
| “ | In Heat, Michael Mann and I were going for an atmospheric situation. It was the first time I used what I like to call a "guitar orchestra" - where I use six or eight guitars, all playing with different tunings stacked up on top of each other in a musical way, and a mixed meter of percussion. It wasn't a type of score where you needed a big orchestral theme or you had to actually hit certain actions with music at specific times. It was much closer to the European mentality of film scoring. | ” |
The guitar orchestra, who play most significantly on two of the tracks below, is called "Deaf Elk" (an ensemble which includes Page Hamilton of the metal band "Helmut") and according to Imdb have only performed on this score.[5] Although they have worked with Goldenthal, sometimes uncredited on the films actual credits, on the his scores for "In Dreams" and "Titus" in the liner notes of which they are credited.
[edit] Track listing
- Elliot Goldenthal & Kronos Quartet - "Heat" – 7:41
- Passengers - "Always Forever Now" – 6:54
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Condensers" – 2:35
- Elliot Goldenthal & Kronos Quartet - "Refinery Surveillance" – 1:45
- Terje Rypdal and The Chasers - "Last Night" – 3:29
- Michael Brook - "Ultramarine" – 4:35
- Einstürzende Neubauten - "Armenia" – 4:58
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Of Helplessness" – 2:39
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Steel Cello Lament" – 1:43
- Terje Rypdal - "Mystery Man" – 4:39
- Moby - "New Dawn Fades" – 2:51
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Entrada & Shootout" – 1:49
- Brian Eno - "Force Marker" – 3:36
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Coffee Shop" – 1:38
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Fate Scrapes" – 1:34
- Lisa Gerrard - "La Bas: Song of the Drowned [Edited Version]" – 3:10
- Lisa Gerrard - "Gloradin" – 3:56
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Run Uphill" – 2:51
- Elliot Goldenthal & Kronos Quartet - "Predator Diorama" – 2:40
- Elliot Goldenthal - "Of Separation" – 2:21
- Moby - "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" – 6:58
[edit] Audio
The title track is performed by the Elliot Goldenthal; Kronos Quartet and Deaf Elk for the opening sequence.
This ambient, dark guitar piece is written by Elliot Goldenthal and performed by Deaf Elk.
This, the final score piece with an epic scale and dark feel, was performed by Elliot Goldenthal; Kronos Quartet and Deaf Elk and provided the music for the scene where Robert De Nero's character, "McCauley", kills "Waingro" in the airport hotel.
The cue "Hand In Hand" that was written for the end titles but ultimately replaced but the Moby track.
[edit] Press
| “ | ...an artfully assembled montage of industrial rock, darkly romantic symphonics and moody jazz guitar, evokes a nightmarish Los Angeles of dashed hopes and soiled glamour... | ” |
"New York Times" (2/11/96, Sec.2, p.30)
| “ | Michael Mann films are notable for their high-quality soundtracks. HEAT is no exception... | ” |
[edit] Crew
- Music Composed by Elliot Goldenthal
- Music Produced by Matthias Gohl
- Orchestrated by Elliot Goldenthal and Robert Elhai
- Conducted by Jonathan Sheffer and Stephen Mercurio
- Recorded and Mixed by Steve McLaughlin and Joel Iwataki
- "Deaf Elk" guitars: Page Hamilton, Mark Stewart, Andrew Hawkins, David Reid, Eric Hubel
- Electronic Music Produced by Richard Martinez
- Vocals by Elliot Goldenthal
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Heat - Music From The Motion Picture at Discogs
- A brief but informative insight into the thinking behind the score of Heat" – the third to last question) from an interview regarding Goldenthal's 'Titus' score.
- Page for the score on Goldenthal's website.
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