Pearl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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Released | September 23, 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2022 | |||
Genre | Film score | |||
Length | 49:32 | |||
Label | A24 Music | |||
Producer | ||||
Tyler Bates chronology | ||||
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Timothy Williams chronology | ||||
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Pearl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2022 film Pearl , directed by Ti West; a prequel to X and the second installment in the X film series. The film score is composed by Tyler Bates and Timothy Williams and released through A24 Music on September 23, 2022.
When the production of X being interrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West developed the script to Pearl and sent the complete draft to Bates, which he liked it and eventually expressed his involvement on scoring the film. [1] [2] By the time Bates finished the score for X, A24 told West and the other crew members that they planned to release two films within a short span of time, which meant that the score had to be written, composed and produced within two months. [3]
Bates then told West about roping his orchestrator Timothy Williams as a co-composer, so that he could deliver the score on time. [4] Greg Prechel composed additional music and arranged instruments. [5] Both of them immediately worked on the film's score after the March 2022 SXSW Film Festival. [6] [7]
Bates and Williams shared a liking of film scores from the classical Hollywood cinema mostly from Bernard Herrmann, John Barry, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone and Maurice Jarre. [8] [3] In contrast to X, the duo wanted to produce a stylistically classical approach from that period, so that people could conceive it as a classic film over a slasher-horror film. [8]
A. O. Scott of The New York Times described it as "frenzied and portentous". [9] RogerEbert.com called it as a "gorgeous wall-to-wall score [...] that kicks off with a sumptuous main theme". [10] Joshua Rothkopf of Entertainment Weekly called it as a "churning wall-to-wall orchestral score" that was "intentionally emotive". [11] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "the big surging sounds of Tyler Bates and Tim Williams’ old-school orchestral score signal high drama and danger from the start." [12] Clarrise Loughrey of The Independent described it as "winningly romantic". [13] Kim Newman of Empire summarized "The almost-continuous orchestral score by Tyler Bates and Timothy Williams is a romantic counterpoint to the onscreen action." [14] Shakyl Lambert of CGMagazine wrote "the score feels ripped straight out of an epic before dropping the pretense to something way more creepy." [15]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Pearl Main Titles" | 2:22 |
2. | "One Day" | 3:15 |
3. | "Go Fetch Your Father" | 3:24 |
4. | "Ride Home" | 2:31 |
5. | "Dancing with Scarecrows" | 2:28 |
6. | "Papa" | 2:40 |
7. | "Bless Us, Oh Lord" | 3:12 |
8. | "The Projectionist" | 3:05 |
9. | "The Arts in Europe" | 2:27 |
10. | "Alligator Egg" | 2:07 |
11. | "The Whole World Is Gonna Know My Name" | 3:17 |
12. | "What About Your Dog?" | 3:37 |
13. | "The Red Dress" | 2:12 |
14. | "Hot-House Rag" | 1:38 |
15. | "We're Looking for Something Different" | 2:17 |
16. | "I Should Probably Get Going" | 2:07 |
17. | "A Bicycle and an Axe" | 1:45 |
18. | "The Tableau" | 2:23 |
19. | "I'm So Happy You're Home" | 2:45 |
Total length: | 49:32 |
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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International Film Music Critics Association | February 23, 2023 | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Tyler Bates and Tim Williams | Nominated | [16] |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | May 21, 2023 | Best Score | Nominated | [17] [18] |