The score is composed and produced by Deborah Lurie,an assistant producer for Elfman,who had worked for over two-and-a-half months for the score. Elfman had assisted her on providing the themes for the film. She recorded mostly a lot of brass and winds,that made up a 100-piece orchestra and a choir singing in the conclusion,recorded by Metro Voices. In addition to that,she played most of the synthesizer parts as the film had more electronic sounds,and used Pro Tools software programming for the minimal orchestral pieces. The score was recorded at Air Studios in London.[3]
Reception
James Christopher Monger of AllMusic mentioned that Lurie's score "dutifully complements the film's grim (yet oddly hopeful) premise of an alternate world where a small band of rag dolls attempts to rescue civilization from the machines bent on destroying it. Lurie,with a little help from Danny Elfman,fills the world of 9 with dark orchestral wonder peppered with the occasional ray of sunshine that suggests a heavy childhood diet of John Williams scores."[4] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter called the score as "rousing symphonic",[5] while Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly called Lurie's score as "resonant".[6]Pop Dose commented "the music by Deborah Lurie is dark,moody and heroic when appropriate. It's a challenging soundtrack for children to sit through,no doubt."[7] Eugene Ahn of Slant Magazine called it as "gripping and fantastic score".[8] Peter Hartlaub of San Antonio Express-News wrote "Danny Elfman's score is strong".[9]
"Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz (1939), performed by Judy Garland — The song plays in a lighthearted scene when the surviving stitchpunks were celebrating the destruction of the factory and played it on a 78rpmphonograph record.
"The Captain" by The Knife — used in the film's trailer
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