The A-Team (soundtrack)

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The A-Team: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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ReleasedJune 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)
Recorded2010
StudioNewman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox, Los Angeles, California
Genre Film score
Length72:28
Label Varèse Sarabande
Producer Alan Silvestri
Alan Silvestri chronology
A Christmas Carol
(2009)
The A-Team
(2010)
Captain America: The First Avenger
(2011)

The A-Team: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2010 film The A-Team directed by Joe Carnahan, based on the 1980s television series of the same name created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell. The film's musical score is composed by Alan Silvestri and released on June 21, 2010 through the Varèse Sarabande label.

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Development

On December 1, 2009, it was announced that Alan Silvestri would compose the film score. [1] [2] Silvestri recorded his score with a 90-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox. [3] Silvestri incorporated the theme from the television series composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter, besides composing new themes for the film. Dean Parks performed solo guitars in the film score. [3]

Critical reception

Thomas Glorieux of Maintitles wrote "if they would have thrown away 20 minutes of its boring second part, The A-Team would have humorously killed you fools, even without its classic main theme at the end." [4] James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "a very, very good album is in here somewhere; sadly that's not what we were given." [5] James Christopher Monger of AllMusic wrote "while his take on the bloodless vigilantes' shenanigans hardly merits comparison to his work on the Back to the Future trilogy, Silvestri has managed to successfully blend the cheesy, pioneering spirit of Mike Post and Pete Carpenter's iconic A-Team theme with the reverb-drenched, military snare, Hans Zimmer-inspired bravado of modern war/action films." [6] Filmtracks.com wrote "If only Silvestri's approach had been as enthusiastically memorable, then perhaps a plan for the score truly would have come together." [7] Richard Propes of The Independent Critic was critical of the film's score calling it as "limp and unimaginative". [8]

Track listing

All music is composed by Alan Silvestri, except where indicated

The A-Team: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Somewhere in Mexico" (Uses original The A-Team Theme composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter)2:12
2."Saving Face"3:32
3."Alpha Mike Foxtrot"4:29
4."Welcome to Baghdad"4:22
5."The Plan"6:11
6."Court Martial"3:09
7."Putting the Team Back Together"3:39
8."Flying a Tank"6:10
9."Frankfurt"4:11
10."Retrieving the Plates"4:09
11."Safehouse"3:50
12."Safehouse Aftermath"4:58
13."Shell Game"2:44
14."The Docks (Part 1)"7:35
15."The Docks (Part 2)"5:47
16."I Love It When a Plan Comes Together" (Uses original The A-Team Theme composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter)5:26
Total length:72:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [9]

Orchestra

Instruments

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