The original score is composed by Marco Beltrami who co-produced the film score with Buck Sanders. It was recorded at the Skywalker Sound and United Recording Studios, performed by Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. The score was released through Back Lot Music on April 14, 2023.
Development
Marco Beltrami was announced as the film's composer on January 2023.[1] Beltrami replaced Lorne Balfe, who previously worked with McKay on The Lego Batman Movie (2017) and The Tomorrow War (2021).[1] Gabe Hilfer served as the music supervisor.[2] Having worked on several horror films, Beltrami established ideas on integrating horror with humor into the score.[3] Beltrami recalled that he used Middle Eastern influences into the score, while drawing elements from gangster films, and went through a unique blend of musical styles that enhance the film's emotional depth and comedic elements.[3] For the protagonist, Beltrami wrote a bluesy theme served as a recurrent motif, and he further experimented with use of interchangeable tempos with keys and blending orchestral music with electronic components, where at certain instances led to unintended comedic effects.[3] The score was recorded at the Skywalker Sound and United Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.[4]
Track listing
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Back to the Beginning"
1:20
2.
"Wake and Bake"
2:18
3.
"Transitional Period"
0:47
4.
"Renfield Leaves Meeting"
0:53
5.
"Apache Joe"
1:35
6.
"Dragging Bodies"
1:04
7.
"Drac-hole"
2:06
8.
"Los Lobos"
1:30
9.
"Mulates Arrival"
2:10
10.
"Rebecca and Renfield Kick Ass"
2:01
11.
"Sweet n Low Hero"
1:50
12.
"World Domination Plan"
2:14
13.
"Inspiration"
1:11
14.
"Teddy Meets Dracula"
2:25
15.
"You're the Monster Renfield"
2:22
16.
"Dracula Arrives at CODA"
1:43
17.
"Dracula Questions"
0:54
18.
"Let's Eat"
1:49
19.
"Renfield Mourns"
1:02
20.
"Rebecca's Escape"
1:57
21.
"Teddy in Dracula's Lair"
1:38
22.
"SWAT Team Ambush"
1:25
23.
"Hello Mr. Dracula"
1:36
24.
"Renfield and Rebecca"
1:31
25.
"Dracula in Renfield's Head"
1:25
26.
"The Familiar Battle"
4:32
27.
"Full Husk Emptied"
1:16
28.
"Rebecca Throws Shade"
1:14
29.
"Final Embrace"
2:49
30.
"Renfield's Affirmations"
1:38
31.
"We Can Be Heros"
1:15
32.
"A Patchy Carmen"
1:30
33.
"Renfield Blues"
2:10
34.
"Dracula's Gaze"
3:59
Total length:
61:09
Reception
Owen Gleiberman of Variety and Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter described the score "pulsating" and "thrilling".[5][6] Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood wrote "Marco Beltrami's ramped-up score is right in tune with the classics of the genre."[7] Lara Popovic of Fordham Observer wrote "The score, crafted by Marco Beltrami, properly encapsulates Dracula and Renfield's eerie beginnings and an action packed plot."[8] Nicholas Bell of Spin noted that Beltrami's "customary engaging" score felt "blunted".[9]
Orchestra contractor – Janet Ketchum, Peter Rotter
Concertmaster – Kay Stern
Scoring crew – Danielle Adams, Dann Thompson, Sean Royce Martin, Steve Veilleux
Instruments
Bass – Sean Hurley
Bassoon – Stephen Paulson, Steven Braunstein
Cello – Andrés Vera, Angela Lee, Emil Miland, Michael Graham, Miriam Perkoff, Nina Flyer, Stephen Harrison, Vanessa Ruotolo
Clarinet – Jerome Simas, Jose González Granero
Double bass – Alden Cohen, Andy Butler, Charles Chandler, Michael Minok, Michel Taddei, Robert Ashley
Drums – Victor Indrizzo
Flute – Janet Ketchum, Linda Lukas, Stephanie McNab
Guitar – Andrew Synowiec, Buck Sanders
Harp – Jieyin Wu
Horn – Bruce Roberts
Oboe – Gabe Young, Russell De Luna
Percussion – Allen Biggs, Stan Muncy, Timothy Dent
Piano, celeste – Brenda Vahur
Timpani – Alex Orfaly
Trombone – Bruce Chrisp, David Ridge, John Engelkes, Mark Lawrence
Trumpet – Guy Piddington, John Freeman, Mark Inouye
Tuba, brass – Jeffrey Anderson
Viola – Alexandra Leem, Chad Kaltinger, Clio Tilton, Jason Totzke, Katherine Johnk, Marcel Gemperli, Margaret Eldridge, Margaret Tichener, Natalia Vershilova, Patricia Heller
Violin – Adrienne Sengpiehl, Caitlyn McSherry, Emanuela Nikiforova, Evan Price, Hande Erdem, Jennifer Cho, Jeremy Cohen, Joseph Christianson, Joseph Edelberg, Josepha Fath, Julie Kim, Kayo Miki, Lylia Guion, Lyly Li, Matthew Szemela, Michael Grossman, Michelle Maruyama, Natasha Makhijani, Nelly Kovalev, Rachel Noyes, Rick Shinozaki, Rita Lee, Shaleah Feinstein, Yasushi Ogura, Yuri Cho
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