The Purge: Election Year (soundtrack)

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The Purge: Election Year (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Film score by
Nathan Whitehead
ReleasedJuly 1, 2016
Recorded2016
Genre Film score
Length68:47
Label Back Lot Music
Producer Nathan Whitehead
The Purge soundtracks chronology
The Purge: Anarchy
(2014)
The Purge: Election Year
(2016)
The First Purge
(2018)
No.TitleLength
1."The Better Angels"2:52
2."Protest"1:22
3."Purge Games"0:51
4."No One Is Exempt"0:40
5."Hope"1:36
6."Laney Rucker"4:04
7."My Slice of the Pie"3:09
8."Sirens"3:07
9."Risk"1:29
10."Gold Guns"0:53
11."Candy Girl"2:14
12."Photograph"0:57
13."Radio Check"5:23
14."We're on Our Own"1:41
15."Murder Tourists"4:21
16."Senator, Come with Us"2:07
17."Pequeña Muerte"5:06
18."Ground Unit"2:58
19."The Tunnel"3:38
20."The Sacrifice"4:54
21."Deliver Us from Evil"3:00
22."The Guest"4:07
23."One More Move"4:33
24."You Got This"2:01
25."Landslide"1:44
Total length:68:47

Reception

Simon Abrams of RogerEbert.com noted Whitehead's music as "klaxon-like" reminiscent of Hans Zimmer's "braaahm-intensive score" from Inception (2010). [4] Owen Gleiberman of Variety and Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called it "bombastic" and "intensive". [5] [6] Filmtracks -based reviewer called the score being "ineffective and functional". [7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes: [8]

Chart performance

Chart performance for The Purge: Election Year (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [9] 50
US Soundtrack Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 24

Accolades

AwardsCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef.
International Film Music Critics Association Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film Nathan WhiteheadNominated [11]
[12]
[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schweiger, Daniel (July 3, 2016). "Composer Nathan Whitehead continues to take THE PURGE in ELECTION YEAR – Interview". Assignment X. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  2. "The Purge: Election Year (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Amazon.com. July 1, 2016. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  3. "The Purge: Election Year (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music . July 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  4. Abrams, Simon (July 1, 2016). "The Purge: Election Year movie review (2016)". RogerEbert.com . Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  5. Gleiberman, Owen (June 29, 2016). "Film Review: 'The Purge: Election Year'". Variety . Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  6. Lowe, Justin (June 29, 2016). "'The Purge: Election Year': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  7. "The Purge: Election Year". Filmtracks . July 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  8. Nathan Whitehead. The Purge: Election Year (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Media notes). Back Lot Music.
  9. "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50 - 15 to 21 July". Official Charts Company . July 15, 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  10. "Soundtracks – Week of July 23, 2016". Billboard . July 23, 2016. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  11. Levy, Dani (February 9, 2017). "'Arrival,' 'La La Land' Among Film Music Critics Nominees". Variety . Variety Media, LLC. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  12. IFMCA (2017). "2016 IFMCA Awards". IFMCA. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  13. Stone, Sasha (February 25, 2017). "International Film Music Critics Association Award Arrival Score of the Year, La La Land Wins Three". AwardsDaily . Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2020.