Avatar (soundtrack)

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All lyrics are written by James Horner, except where noted.

Avatar (Music from the Motion Picture)
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Soundtrack album by
James Horner
ReleasedDecember 15, 2009
Recorded2009
StudioNewman Scoring Stage, Fox Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Soundtrack
Length78:51
Label
Producer Executives:
  • Craig Kallman
  • Kevin Weaver
Avatar soundtrack chronology
Avatar:
Music from the Motion Picture
(2009)		 Avatar:
The Way of Water
(2022)
No.TitleLength
1."You Don't Dream in Cryo. ...."6:09
2."Jake Enters His Avatar World"5:24
3."Pure Spirits of the Forest"8:49
4."The Bioluminescence of the Night"3:37
5."Becoming One of "The People", Becoming One with Neytiri"7:43
6."Climbing Up "Iknimaya – The Path to Heaven""3:18
7."Jake's First Flight"4:49
8."Scorched Earth"3:32
9."Quaritch"5:01
10."The Destruction of Hometree"6:47
11."Shutting Down Grace's Lab"2:47
12."Gathering All the Na'vi Clans for Battle"5:14
13."War"11:21
14."I See You (Theme from Avatar)" (performed by Leona Lewis) (composed by Horner, Thaddis Harrell, Simon Franglen [7] )4:20
Total length:78:51
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks [1]
No.TitleLength
15."Pandora"3:17
16."Viperwolves Attack"3:49
17."Great Leonoptryx"1:33
18."Escape from Hellgate"3:25
19."Healing Ceremony"2:21
20."The Death of Quaritch"5:20
Total length:19:45

Personnel

Chart positions

The album has also charted on the Billboard 200 album chart on the week of January 2, 2010, debuting at number 172. The following week it climbed the chart to gain a new peak at number 119, and then the following week it leaped to number 32. On the week of January 23, 2010 the soundtrack hit its current peak at number 31.

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart [8] 89
Austrian Albums Chart [9] 11
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [9] 37
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) [9] 55
Dutch Albums Chart [9] 74
French Albums Chart [10] 19
French Digital Albums Chart [11] 1
German Albums Chart [12] 10
Greek Albums Chart [13] 10
Mexican Albums Chart [9] 69
Polish Albums Chart [14] 53
Spanish Albums Chart [9] 75
Swiss Albums Chart [9] 9
UK Albums Chart [9] 15
U.S. Billboard 200 Chart [15] 31
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums [15] 4
U.S. Billboard Soundtrack Albums [15] 5

I See You

"I See You" entered the Irish Singles Chart on the 14th January 2010 at number 47.

Chart (2010)Peak
position [16]
Irish Singles Chart 47

References

  1. 1 2 "iTunes - Music - Avatar (Music from the Motion Picture) [Deluxe Edition] by James Horner". iTunes. April 16, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ Mikael Carlsson (June 19, 2007). "Fox confirms Horner on Cameron's 'Avatar'". Film Music Weekly.
  3. ↑ Jim Dorey (April 2, 2008). "Na'vi Alien Language Incorporated In 'Avatar' Music Soundtrack". MarketSaw Blog. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2008.
  4. ↑ Mikael Carlsson (January 3, 2009). "Top-10 Most Anticipated Scores of 2009". Upcoming Film Scores. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  5. ↑ Fukushima, Glenn (November 16, 2009). "Atlantic Unveils "AVATAR: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE"; Official Companion Album to James Cameron's Upcoming Epic Adventure Features Music Composed & Conducted by Oscar-Winner James Horner, Plus "I See You (Theme From Avatar)," Performed by Leona Lewis". marketwire. Archived from the original on November 19, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  6. ↑ "AVATAR - Music from the Motion Picture". Avatarscore.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ Balls, David (November 16, 2009). "Leona Lewis records 'Avatar' theme song". Archived from the original on November 19, 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Australia's Official Music Charts". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on October 25, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Steffen Hung. "Soundtrack / James Horner - Avatar". lescharts.com. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Disques : les Prêtres conservent la tête des ventes !" (in French). Ozap. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
  11. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  12. ↑ ":: MTV | Album Top 50 KW 2 | charts". Mtv.de. September 22, 2011. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Ελληνικό Chart". Ifpi.gr. Archived from the original on August 6, 2003. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Official Retail Sales Chart - Top 100". Polish Music Charts (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  15. 1 2 3 https://www.billboard.com/artist/soundtrack/chart-history/
  16. ↑ "Leona Lewis - I See You - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
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