10 Cloverfield Lane (soundtrack)

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10 Cloverfield Lane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
Bear McCreary
ReleasedMarch 11, 2016
Recorded2015–2016
Genre Film score
Length63:32
Label
Producer
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10 Cloverfield Lane (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2016 film 10 Cloverfield Lane directed by Dan Trachtenberg and produced by J. J. Abrams under his Bad Robot production company. The film's score is composed by Bear McCreary and released under his Sparks & Shadows and Paramount Music label on March 11, 2016.

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Development

Bear McCreary was offered to score the film during June 2014. [1] [2] While he was unaware of the project, he received the script from the producers and after reading it, he found it exciting as it was "an absolute page-turner, just a gripping thriller". [3] McCreary met Abrams and Trachtenberg to discuss the musical ideas which went on for six weeks. After their initial discussions, he sketched those ideas and visited on set to get a clarity on the musical landscape and build the sonic foundation for the score. Abrams could not fully participate in the musical discussions as he was directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) but joined it after completing the film. [3] Trachtenberg found the musical score to evoke Bernard Herrmann's compositions for Alfred Hitchcock's films, but also takes inspiration from Ennio Morricone and Jerry Goldsmith's science fiction and thriller scores during the 1960s–1970s. [4] [5]

Since the film is mostly set in a contained environment, he wanted to develop a tense score which would be tight, close and claustrophobic but also provide an epic feel and develop the score bigger as the film is a part of a broader cinematic universe. [6] Abrams' involvement, who had a keen eye on the film's music, pushed the score in a more cinematic direction and evolved the film's tone as well. The resultant score eventually became a culmination of the aforementioned factors which was a unique mix of sounds. [5] [7] The music in the first act had percussive sounds, for which McCreary used a blaster beam, most famous for its use in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Most of the film score had an orchestral palette but also blended propulsive percussion sounds with the addition of multiple instruments. It was considered to be the soul of the film. He used a Turkish instrument named the yaylı tambur which was prominently used in the score, and custom percussions made from the sounds of cans, barrels, cinderblocks, broken glass and hit machinery which McCreary recorded in his warehouse. Those sounds combined to provide a mix of orchestral, synth and electro-acoustic score jammed together in one. [3] [5]

Release

The film score was released under McCreary's Sparks & Shadows and published by Paramount Music label on March 11, 2016, alongside the film. [8] A vinyl edition was released through Mondo on March 10, 2017. [9]

Reception

Filmtracks.com wrote "10 Cloverfield Lane remains a truly engaging score that performs beyond most expectations." [10] Pete Simons of Synchrotones called it as "an expertly executed thriller score, with a dense and warm orchestral sound, beautiful orchestrations and an attractive main theme". [11] Sean Wilson of MFiles wrote "Although there's no denying that the 10 Cloverfield Lane score is often a challenge to listen to thanks to its near-relentless nature, what it also demonstrates is that McCreary is one of our finest modern-day musical storytellers." [12] Stephanie Zacharek of Time wrote "The movie's finest feature may be Bear McCreary's playfully malicious score, a beehive of worried-sounding strings that channels the spirit of Hitchcock fave Bernard Herrmann." [13] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "brooding orchestral score". [14] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com wrote "Bear McCreary's overheated, Hermann-esque score will make anyone who's seen Psycho think of Marion Crane in the opening act of Hitchcock's classic." [15] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called it as a "pulsating score". [16]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Michelle"6:08
2."The Concrete Cell"8:29
3."Howard"5:00
4."A Bright Red Flash"2:53
5."At the Door"2:59
6."Two Stories"2:46
7."Message from Megan"3:07
8."Hazmat Suit"3:01
9."A Happy Family"3:52
10."The Burn"6:14
11."Up Above"3:03
12."Valencia"6:12
13."The New Michelle"3:25
14."10 Cloverfield Lane"6:23
Total length:63:32

Credits

Credits adapted from liner notes [17]

Orchestra
Instrumentalists
Soloists

Accolades

AssociationCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Bear McCreary Nominated [18]
[19]
World Soundtrack Awards Discovery of the Year Nominated [20]
[21]

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