Terminator: Dark Fate (soundtrack)

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"Since we live in this new electronic world, the technology development over the last 20-odd years has been insane, compared to where we were in 1991. I remember that really well. I was making music in 1984 and in 1991. I remember how limited the capabilities were to really explore electronic music. But now, in 2019, the only limitation is your fantasy. There's so many things you can do, musically, in the electronic landscape right now. For me, it was important to pay homage to the original score of Brad Fiedel, but at the same time, I am hired as the composer. It's not a matter of doing it literally the same as he did it. It was very important that I put my stamp on it."

— Holkenborg, on the changing trends and paying homage to Brad Fiedel's score, in an interview to Screen Rant . [5]

Holkenborg discussed with Miller on the film's music, with the latter received notes from Cameron via the production team and sent it back to him. He used minimal orchestra and added more sound design, blending to the percussion instruments to "make the music emotional". He also subtly used the orchestra with a minor reduction in the tempo, and also used Arnold's theme in adagio which was the "crowning moment". He mentioned on crafting the musical language of the Rev-9 Terminator, a challenge, as "the Rev-9 is a combination of a synthesizer bass line accompanied with brass and strings that bend up" and coupled it with the "very threatening sound design and that became the Rev-9’s fingerprint". [4] He used a blaring prison alarm for the action sequence in an immigration detention center as he wanted it to be a part of the music, and when the cue was delivered, which was included in the film. He described his score as being "way more aggressive" than Fiedel's. [5]

Holkenborg used approximately 15 instruments while composing, majorly includes cello, bass, electric guitar, bass guitar, Spanish guitars, percussion, drum kit, along with synthesisers. He also used the sound of an anvil, kitchen sink and washing machine, which were sampled and treated to "re-purpose sounds that we know in our daily lives into musical instruments", which he described it as "fun to create such music and stress-free". [5]

Track listing

Terminator: Dark Fate (Music from the Motion Picture)
Terminator Dark Fate (soundtrack).jpg
Film score by
Tom Holkenborg
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019
Recorded2018–2019
StudioNewman Scoring Stage,
Twentieth Century Fox Studios
Genre Film score
Length58:00
Label Paramount Music
Terminator soundtrack chronology
Terminator Genisys
(2015)		Terminator: Dark Fate
(2019)
Terminator: Dark Fate (Music from the Motion Picture)
No.TitleLength
1."Terminated [lower-alpha 1] "1:28
2."My Name Is Dani"3:39
3."REV 9"3:10
4."Iron Spike"2:52
5."Enter Sarah"0:59
6."Grace"4:24
7."Drones Coming"1:46
8."The Wall"4:12
9."Terminator [lower-alpha 1] "2:57
10."Coyote"2:18
11."The Picture on the Fridge"0:42
12."C5"4:10
13."HUMV"1:59
14."You Saved Me"5:41
15."Screaming Turbines"4:13
16."For John"7:59
17."Epilogue"1:10
18."Dark Fate [lower-alpha 2] "4:19
Total length:58:00
  1. 1 2 This track references Brad Fiedel's "I'll Be Back" from Terminator 2: Judgment Day .
  2. ↑ This track references Brad Fiedel's "Main Title (Terminator 2 Theme)" from Terminator 2: Judgment Day .

Reception

Zanobard Reviews wrote "Tom Holkenborg’s score for Terminator: Dark Fate is absolutely superb. He’s always rather been in his element with dark and dramatic action music, and so he feels right at home as a composer here. Said cues here are of his typical loud and thrilling style, and hearing Fiedel’s Terminator theme alongside them at various intervals just makes them even better (see For John). The softer side of the score is also pretty good, with cues like My Name Is Dani and You Saved Me being great examples of how Holkenborg isn’t just good at composing fast-paced orchestra. However, the score could actually have done with a couple more action cues, along with a few more appearances of the original Terminator theme as well as the composer’s new Dark Fate motifs." [6]

Filmtracks.com wrote "you have to commend Holkenborg for returning to Fiedel's established themes, samples, and modes. Enthusiasts of the franchise's vintage, metallic thrashing for action scenes will appreciate the bare and raw carnage that Dark Fate extends. Many casual moviegoers will also appreciate the better enunciation of the five-note concept rhythm of coolness and Sarah's main theme in the closing scenes. But the actual spotting, rendering, and placement of this score is oddly dissatisfying throughout. There are better fan-made tributes to Fiedel's original material than what we hear from a composer paid significant money to produce generally the same thing, and Balfe's arrangement of the Judgement Day end titles remains superior." [7] Jonathan Broxton wrote "With the exception of the lovely acoustic guitar writing for Dani, most of Holkenborg’s action music treads a fine line, sometimes coming across as competent but workmanlike, but much too often being overly-raucous, overly-belligerent, and overly-irritating. Absent of Fiedel’s theme, this would be a score I would avoid like the plague, but Holkenborg’s contemporary updating of the piece, and its clever interpolation into the body of the score, allows me to give it a hesitant recommendation." [8]

Credits

Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [9]

Instruments
Orchestra
Cover art
Management

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  2. ↑ "Terminator: Dark Fate – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2XLP". Mondo. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  3. ↑ Moreno, E. J. (May 20, 2021). "Exclusive Interview - Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) on Zack Snyder's Justice League and early inspirations". Flickering Myth. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Filmtracks: Terminator: Dark Fate (Tom Holkenborg)". www.filmtracks.com. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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  9. ↑ Terminator: Dark Fate [Music from the Motion Picture] - Tom Holkenborg | Credits | AllMusic , retrieved October 24, 2022
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