Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (soundtrack)

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
ReleasedMarch 22, 2024
Recorded2023–2024
Genre Film score
Length61:24
Label Sony Classical
Producer Dario Marianelli
Dario Marianelli chronology
A Boy Called Christmas
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
(2024)
Wildwood
(2025)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2024 film Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film's original score composed by Dario Marianelli, released through Sony Classical Records on March 22, 2024.

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Background

On January 18, 2024, it was announced that Italian composer Dario Marianelli would score music for the film, replacing Rob Simonsen, who previously scored the predecessor; this film marked Marianelli's second collaboration with Kenan after A Boy Called Christmas (2021). He recorded the score at the Barbara Streisand Scoring Stage at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. [1]

On March 7, 2024, Japanese girl group Atarashii Gakko! released a track called "Ghostbusters: Frozen Summer" as a collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, which samples the titular song for the 1984 film by Ray Parker Jr. [2] The score album was released through Sony Classical Records, digitally on March 22 and in physical CDs on April 12. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Manhattan Adventurers Society"1:56
2."The Sewer Dragon"4:09
3."Firehouse"0:58
4."Ray's Occult"1:53
5."A Ghost in the Attic"1:23
6."Chess in the Park"2:28
7."When the Light is Green.."1:19
8."Paranormal Research Center"3:09
9."A Call"0:40
10."The Orb"1:52
11."A Tour of the Firehouse"3:07
12."Slimer"1:13
13."Dadi's Secret Room"1:32
14."Should We Investigate?"1:46
15."Dr. Wartzki"3:52
16."Patience"3:04
17."Golden Years"1:11
18."It's Your Turn"1:46
19."Ionic Separator"3:58
20."Now He Can Control You"1:11
21."The Horns"1:45
22."Back to Headquarters"1:06
23."New Proton Packs"2:21
24."Possessor's Mistake"2:02
25."Was Any of it Real?"2:18
26."Last Frozen Stand"4:11
27."The Thawing"1:52
28."In the Fabric of the Universe"3:22
Total length:61:24

Reception

Music critic Jonathan Broxton called Marianelli's score as "probably the best Ghostbusters score since the original". [4] Filmtracks.com wrote "Marianelli's competent and occasionally impressive toil for this film simply reinforces the achievement realized by Simonsen for the previous film." [5] Anton Smit of Soundtrack World wrote "Marianelli did a stellar job mixing his creative mind with Bernstein's legacy, which is worthy for the next generation of Ghostbusters." [6]

Chart performance

Chart (2024)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 72
UK Album Sales (OCC) [8] 49
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [9] 48
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [10] 1

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