Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2018 film of the same name directed by Andy Serkis. The original score is composed by Nitin Sawhney, who previously worked with Serkis in Breathe (2017). The album consists of 29 tracks from Sawhney's score and an original song "Changes" performed by Kara Marni, which has three alternative versions. WaterTower Music released the soundtrack on December 7, 2018, coinciding with the Netflix premiere.
Serkis intended to search "Mowgli's tone, heart, pulse and rhythm" who thought that he wanted Nitin Sawhney to create the score which was intended to "hopefully become a visceral and immersive adaption of Kipling's novel.[1] Sawhney previously collaborated with Serkis' on the latter's directorial debut film Breathe (2017).[2]
In an interview to GoldDerby, he rebuked the rumours of the film being Disney's 2016 adaptation of the novel, while claiming it as "Andy [Serkis] going back to the original source material and finding a world that is about Andy's vision of this and interpretation of it". He wanted to capture the essence of Mowgli as the character "comes to terms with his identity at puberty between the world of animals and men".[3]
While the score needed to "appeal the mass audience", he also wanted to retain that authenticity with the Indian classical tradition. Hence, he used several region-specific instruments and combined with the 87-piece orchestra to extend the musical palette of the musical sounds.[3]
In addition to composing the original music, he also wrote the song "Changes" performed by Kara Marni, to capture the narrative and feeling of the titular character in the music and lyrics. He reprised the main orchestral theme from the film "to create that kind of melody and the flavor of the song".[3]
Track listing
No.
Title
Artist
Length
1.
"The Wolf Boy"
1:19
2.
"Changes"
Kara Marni
3:53
3.
"Invocation"
1:03
4.
"Khan's Attack"
0:29
5.
"Bagheera Finds Mowgli"
2:30
6.
"Of Course You're Different / Straight Back To the Caves"
2:58
7.
"This Is the Jungle / Practice Running"
2:16
8.
"The Monkey"
0:42
9.
"Give Him To the Tiger"
1:19
10.
"You Are a Man Cub"
2:28
11.
"The Calm Before Khan / Stalking the Man Cub / The True Kings\"
4:00
12.
"You Belong"
2:00
13.
"The Running of the Pack"
2:55
14.
"Mowgli's Failure"
1:48
15.
"The Monkeys Kidnap Mowgli"
1:46
16.
"Khan's Arrival In the Lair / Baloo and Bagheera Save Mowgli"
2:58
17.
"We're Not Special"
1:22
18.
"Kaa's Lair"
3:53
19.
"Khan's Takeover"
2:07
20.
"Mowgli's Banishment"
1:38
21.
"Bagheera's Visit"
4:18
22.
"Village Life"
2:40
23.
"Come Home"
1:48
24.
"Holi Festival"
1:37
25.
"Campfire"
1:36
26.
"Hathi's Tusk"
1:52
27.
"The Next Day"
0:39
28.
"Challenging Khan / The Fight / There's the Hunter"
4:48
29.
"Khan's End"
1:46
30.
"Lori" (Lullaby)
Nicki Wells
1:04
31.
"Changes" (Slow Burner Mix)
Kara Marni
3:34
32.
"Changes" (Reprise)
Kara Marni
3:06
Total length:
72:12
Reception
Sampada Sharma of The Indian Express wrote that "the music by Nitin Sawhney uses a lot of instruments that are usually associated with India, like the flute. But in places, Nitin goes a little overboard and we consciously feel like this is the work of an outsider who is trying too hard to remind us that the film has Indian roots".[4]The Upcoming-based Guy Lambert wrote: "When paired with a formidable Nitin Sawhney soundtrack, the picture bounces off the screen in an immersive wave, transporting the audience effortlessly into the dense Indian undergrowth".[5] Critic based at Irish Cinephile wrote that the score by Nitin Sawhney felt "great throughout the film".[6]
Cello – Jonathan Williams (P1), Bozidar Vukotic, Caroline Dale, Chris Worsey, Dave Daniels, Frank Schaefer, Ian Burdge, Joely Koos, Martin Loveday, Nick Cooper, Paul Kegg, Tony Lewis, Vicky Matthews
Clarinet, bass, contrabass – Jon Carnac (P1), Anthony Pike (P2)
Double bass – Chris Laurence (P1), Lucy Shaw, Markus van Horn, Melissa Favell-Wright, Paul Kimber, Richard Pryce, Roger Linley, Stacey Watton, Steve Mair, Steve Williams
Flute – Karen Jones (P1), Anna Noakes (P2)
French horn – Alexei Watkins, Corinne Bailey, Jonathan Williams, Laurence Davies, Martin Owen, Nicholas Korth, Nigel Black, Paul Gardham, Richard Bissill, Richard Watkins, Simon Rayner
Harp – Skaila Kanga
Oboe – David Thomas (P1), Jane Marshall (P2)
Percussion – Pete Lockett
Trombone – Andy Wood, Ed Tarrant, Mark Nightingale, Peter North, Richard Edwards, Roger Argente, Tracey Holloway
Trumpet – Alistair Mackie, Andrew Crowley, Christian Barraclough, Jason Evans
Tuba – Laurence Davies, Mike Thompson, Owen Slade, Phil Eastop, Richard Berry, Roger Montgomery, Simon Rayner
Viola – Peter Lale (P1), Andy Parker, Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Gillianne Haddow, Helen Kamminga, Jenny Lewisohn, Julia Knight, Kate Musker, Martin Humbey, Rachel Bolt, Rachel Roberts, Reiad Chibah, Sue Dench, Vicci Wardman
Violin – Tom Pigott-Smith (Concertmaster), Roger Garland (P2), Bea Lovejoy, Chris Tombling, Dai Emanuel, Debbie Widdup, Everton Nelson, Gaby Lester, Harriet Davies, Helen Paterson, Jackie Shave, Jackie Hartley, Jeremy Isaac, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Kate Robinson, Kathy Gowers, Magnus Johnston, Marianne Haynes, Mark Berrow, Martyn Jackson, Miranda Dale, Natalia Bonner, Patrick Kiernan, Perry Montague-Mason, Philippa Ibbotson, Richard George, Rita Manning, Steve Morris, Tom Kemp, Warren Zielinski, Anna Phoebe McElligott (soloist)
Orchestra
Orchestration – Nitin Sawhney, Nicholas Dodd
Leader – Tom Pigott-Smith
Conductor – Nicholas Dodd
Contractor – Isobel Griffiths
Assistant contractor – Amy Stewart
Management
Executive assistant – Tina Arena
Executive in charge of music (Warner Bros. Pictures) – Karen Elliott, Paul Broucek
Executive in charge (WaterTower Music) – Jason Linn
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