Marco Beltrami composed the film score in his third collaboration with Moore after Flight of the Phoenix (2004). Buck Sanders,an assistant of Beltrami also co-composed the score. Beltrami used detuned piano and violin to provide electroacoustic sounds.[1][2]
Release
The album was released through Fox Music and La-La Land Records on October 21,2008,four days after the film's release.[3][4]
Reception
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote "Beltrami,a student of Jerry Goldsmith,knows both Hollywood traditions and the demands of the contemporary action genre."[5] Cullen from SciFiPulse thought the score was dark and haunting,hoping the movie would live up to the soundtrack. He rated the album an eight out of ten,saying "The detuned piano really adds that sense of depth to the proceedings and makes every single track on the CD stand out."[6]
Mark Oakley of Den of Geek wrote "for a tenner this is definitely worth fans of sci-fi and fantasy action flicks seeking out. It's a very stylish and slick listen."[7] Bill Gibron of PopMatters wrote "the score for Payne is a series of orchestral farts followed up by unnecessary techno lifts from The Matrix and any other implausible predictable post-modern thriller. Instead of setting a mood and atmosphere,Beltrami gets in,passes a little symphonic gas,and then disappears into the filmmaking firmament. None of the tracks are memorable here [...] It’s instantly forgettable –which in many ways reflects the feature film experience flawlessly."[8]A. O. Scott of The New York Times also considered the music to be "forgettable".[9]
Producers – Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders, Pete Anthony
Additional music – Dennis Smith
Engineer – Denis St. Amand
Recording – John Kurlander, Tim Lauber, Jamie Steele
Mixing – John Kurlander
Score editor – Alex Gibson, Jamie Steele
Assistant score editor – Denise Okimoto
Music preparation – JoAnn Kane Music Services, Mark Graham
Executive producer – Matt Verboys
Liner notes – John Moore, Marco Beltrami
Art direction – Mark Banning
Orchestra
Orchestra – The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Orchestration – Pete Anthony, Bill Boston, Dana Niu, Marcus Trumpp, Rossano Galante, Dennis Smith
Conductor – Pete Anthony
Orchestra contractor – Peter Rotter, Sandy De Crescent
Stage manager – Francesco Perlangeli, Tom Steel
Concertmaster – Endre Granat
Instruments
Bass – Michael Valerio, Oscar Hidalgo, Nico Abondolo
Cello – Armen Ksajikian, Dennis Karmazyn, Paula Hochhalter, Steve Erdody
Harp – Jo Ann Turovsky, Marcia Dickstein
Horn – Brian O'Connor, David Duke, Paul Klintworth, James Thatcher
Percussion – Alan Estes, Peter Limonick, Wade Culbreath
Trombone – Alexander Iles, Robert Sanders, George Thatcher, Alan Kaplan
Viola – Andrew Duckles, Darrin Mc Cann, Robert Brophy, Brian Dembow
Violin – Alyssa Park, Darius Campo, Irina Voloshina, Jacqueline Brand, Julie Ann Gigante, Kevin Connolly, Phillip Levy, Rafael Rishik, Roberto Cani, Roger Wilkie, Sarah Thornblade, Serena Mc Kinney, Tereza Stanislav
Management
Music business and legal affairs for Twentieth Century Fox – Tom Cavanaugh
Executive in charge of music for Twentieth Century Fox – Robert Kraft
Music production coordinator for Twentieth Century Fox – Rebecca Morellato
Music supervisor for Twentieth Century Fox – Mike Knobloch
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