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| Released | December 13, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 81:39 | |||
| Label | Milan | |||
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The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album composed by Daniel Blumberg for the 2024 film The Brutalist by Brady Corbet. It was digitally released by Milan Records on December 13, 2024.
Composer Daniel Blumberg had written over two hours of music for the film. [1] He stated that his biggest challenge was finding the right instruments to evoke the time periods of the film. He used brass instruments like the trumpet to convey "very peculiar sounds related to the construction". [2]
The soundtrack opens with an overture in three parts, as Blumberg and Corbet wanted the first 10 minutes of the film to have continual music. The opening sequence of the film was choregraphed and filmed to Blumberg's demos of the overture. [3] [4]
The soundtrack was released digitally on December 13, 2024. [5] Ahead of the soundtrack's release, the three overture tracks were released on November 22, 2024. [3]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Overture (Ship)" | 4:49 |
| 2. | "Overture (László)" | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Overture (Bus)" | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Chair" | 1:44 |
| 5. | "Van Buren's Estate" | 0:53 |
| 6. | "Library" | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Jazz Club" | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Porn" | 2:11 |
| 9. | "Monologue" | 2:38 |
| 10. | "Up the Hill" | 1:11 |
| 11. | "Pennsylvania" | 1:01 |
| 12. | "Bicycle" | 2:55 |
| 13. | "Steel" | 2:12 |
| 14. | "Intermission" (featuring John Tilbury) | 11:22 |
| 15. | "Erzsébet" | 2:50 |
| 16. | "Handjob" | 1:35 |
| 17. | "Bath" | 1:02 |
| 18. | "Building Site" | 4:31 |
| 19. | "Ribbon Cutting" | 1:38 |
| 20. | "Picnic by the Lake" | 1:52 |
| 21. | "Gordon's Dinner" | 0:55 |
| 22. | "Looking at You" | 1:00 |
| 23. | "Train Crash" | 3:13 |
| 24. | "New York" | 0:57 |
| 25. | "Stairs" | 1:37 |
| 26. | "Carrara" | 1:24 |
| 27. | "Marble" | 2:08 |
| 28. | "Tunnel" | 1:05 |
| 29. | "Construction" | 2:50 |
| 30. | "Heroin" | 3:33 |
| 31. | "Search Party" | 3:21 |
| 32. | "Epilogue (Venice)" | 2:55 |
| Total length: | 81:39 | |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| Various | December 13, 2024 | Milan | [3] |
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