Leave No Trace (soundtrack)

Leave No Trace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by Dickon Hinchliffe
Released	June 29, 2018 (standard) August 10, 2018 (deluxe)
Recorded	2018
Genre	Film score
Length	29:16 (standard) 37:15 (deluxe)
Label	Lakeshore Records
Producer	Dickon Hinchliffe
Dickon Hinchliffe chronology
Ordinary World (2016) Leave No Trace (2018) Ben Is Back (2018)

Leave No Trace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the score album to the 2018 film Leave No Trace directed by Debra Granik. The film's musical score is composed by Tindersticks frontman Dickon Hinchliffe in second collaboration with Granik after Winter's Bone (2010). Lakeshore Records released the soundtrack on June 29, 2018.

Release

The soundtrack was released through Lakeshore Records on June 29, 2018, alongside the film. ^[1] A deluxe edition with two additional tracks the album accompanied on August 10. ^[2] This album featured the end credits song "Moon Boat" performed by Kendra Smith and The Magician's Orchestra; it was also Smith's solo recording since 1996. ^{[3] [4]} A vinyl LP was distributed by Sutro Park Records in 2021. ^[5]

Critical reception

Mark Kermode of The Guardian wrote "Dickon Hinchliffe’s musical cues are beautifully sparse, consisting mostly of polytonal drones (rather than melodies), interspersed by song". ^[6] Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair called it as an "aching score". ^[7] Diane Carson of KDHX wrote "Dickon Hinchliffe's music seldom interprets the mood, but when it does, tension increases exponentially." ^[8] David Ehrlich of IndieWire called it "minimalistic". ^[9] Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter and Peter Debruge of Variety called it a "moving score". ^{[10] [11]}

Track listing

Standard edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forest Park"	1:18
2.	"Rough Country"	2:02
3.	"The Runner"	1:13
4.	"Taken"	1:35
5.	"Drive to the Farm"	2:26
6.	"Raid"	1:38
7.	"Return to the Forest"	2:41
8.	"Lost"	2:39
9.	"Not That Kind of Trouble"	1:30
10.	"Tiny House"	0:57
11.	"Shelter"	3:38
12.	"The Long Night"	1:40
13.	"Finding Will"	1:33
14.	"Bus Out of Town"	2:06
15.	"We Share a Star"	2:20
Total length:		29:16

Deluxe edition

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Sunshine"	2:59
17.	"Moon Boat" (performed by Kendra Smith and The Magician's Orchestra)	5:00
Total length:		37:15

Release history

Region	Edition	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
Various	Standard	June 29, 2018	Digital download streaming	Lakeshore	[12]
	Deluxe	August 10, 2018			[13]
		2021	Vinyl	Sutro Park	[5]

References

1. filmmusicreporter (June 15, 2018). "'Leave No Trace' Soundtrack Details". Film Music Reporter. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
2. Film Music Daily Staff (June 29, 2018). "New Soundtrack Releases: 'Leave No Trace', 'Black Mirror: Arkangel' Pre-order + New Bandcamp Releases and More!". Film Music Daily. Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
3. Moon Boat. YouTube . August 6, 2018. Archived from the original on March 18, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
4. Strouse, Kristy (June 26, 2018). "Interview With Debra Granik, Director Of LEAVE NO TRACE". Archived from the original on December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
5. Hinchliffe, Dickon. Leave No Trace (Vinyl). Sutro Park Records. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2025– via Bandcamp.
6. Kermode, Mark (July 1, 2018). "Leave No Trace review – flawless, deeply affecting". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
7. Lawson, Richard (January 23, 2018). "Sundance Review: Leave No Trace Finds Aching Humanity Off the Grid". Vanity Fair . Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
8. Carson, Diane (January 23, 2018). "'Leave No Trace' quietly and calmly explores a profound relationship". KDHX . Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
9. Ehrlich, David (January 21, 2018). "'Leave No Trace' Is A Rock-Solid Coming-of-Age Story from 'Winter's Bone' Director Debra Granik — Sundance 2018 Review". IndieWire . Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
10. Frosch, Jon (January 20, 2018). "'Leave No Trace': Film Review | Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
11. Debruge, Peter (January 21, 2018). "Film Review: 'Leave No Trace'". Variety . Archived from the original on March 9, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
12. "Leave No Trace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music . June 29, 2018. Archived from the original on March 18, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
13. "Leave No Trace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe]". Apple Music . August 10, 2018. Archived from the original on April 12, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.