Trouble with the Curve (soundtrack)

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Trouble with the Curve (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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ReleasedSeptember 18, 2012
Recorded2012
Studio
Genre Film score
Length42:36
Label Varèse Sarabande
Producer Buck Sanders
Marco Beltrami chronology
The Woman in Black
(2012)
Trouble with the Curve
(2012)
The Sessions
(2012)

Trouble with the Curve (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2012 film Trouble with the Curve directed by Robert Lorenz starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, Matthew Lillard, and John Goodman. The film score is composed by Marco Beltrami and released through Varèse Sarabande label on September 18, 2012.

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Development

Marco Beltrami composed the film score, who noted that the film was "deceptively simple" as the performances were so strong, with the film did not need help with any story points. Beltrami considered the spotting of the film's music were extremely delicate which made writing the score quite challenging, despite its simplistic Americana feel. Beltrami used a bluesy electric guitar for Gus Lobel (Eastwood), and a warm acoustic guitar for Mickey Lobel (Adams), while Gus' theme is progressed acoustically. [1] [2]

Robert Lorenz, who knew that Eastwood usually composes music for his own films, said that Eastwood "had a strong desire to distinguish this film" from Eastwood's directorials. Beltrami had to experiment with few pieces until they found the right notes or instruments. Eastwood attended a day of recording which took place at the Eastwood Scoring Stage on the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank while the mixing happened at Beltrami's Pianella Studios in Malibu, California. [1] [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Good Mornin' Gus"1:48
2."Flanagan"0:55
3."Late Night Call"0:53
4."Beautiful North Carolina"1:45
5."Bo's Homer"2:35
6."Mickey's Home Run"1:47
7."Another Hit"2:50
8."Post Clogging"0:56
9."Walking and Talking"1:16
10."Ballgame"0:48
11."Wilson at Bat"3:11
12."Off the Case"1:19
13."He'll Wait"3:58
14."They Choose Bo"1:32
15."Horse with No Name"2:50
16."Get on the Bus, Gus"1:19
17."The Real Deal"3:12
18."Trouble with the Curve"4:29
19."Not All I've Got"2:04
20."On My Way" (performed by The Neighbors with Greg Camp)3:09
Total length:42:36

Reception

Erin V. of The Joy of Movies wrote "What I like about the music here is how it helps to tell the story without ever becoming cloying. Like the whole film, it is a quiet human drama, and the music appropriately reflects this. Beltrami’s score is a prime example of how dramatic doesn’t always mean loud. The whole score is fairly even in volume but works very well at portraying its emotional beats." [4] Filmtracks wrote "Beltrami competently follows all the basic genre rules and provides the bare minimum necessary for the music to function." [5] Justin Chang of Variety and Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter considered the score to be "equally fine" and "dramatic". [6] [7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes: [8]

Orchestra
Instruments

References

  1. 1 2 Burlingame, Jon (November 15, 2012). "Beltrami dials it down". Variety . Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  2. "Beltrami Throws a Curve". Film Score Monthly . September 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  3. Burlingame, Jon (November 15, 2012). "A place to experiment and create". Variety . Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  4. V., Erin (October 19, 2012). "Soundtrack Review: Trouble With The Curve". The Joy of Movies. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  5. "Trouble With the Curve (Marco Beltrami)". Filmtracks . September 20, 2012. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  6. Chang, Justin (September 16, 2012). "Trouble With the Curve". Variety . Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  7. McCarthy, Todd (September 16, 2012). "'Trouble with the Curve': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
  8. Marco Beltrami. Trouble with the Curve (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Media notes). Varèse Sarabande.