DC-Universe - Black Adam : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music by Lorne Balfe available today

By Mulder, 14 october 2022

Today, WaterTower Music releases Black Adam Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Lorne Balfe. This album features a whopping 43 tracks from the upcoming New Line Cinema antihero action adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson. To make sure the score leaves audiences with an impression of nostalgia for the less-widely known DC characters in the film, as if we’ve all known about who these characters are and have been aware of their folklore forever (on par with names like Batman and Superman), Lorne crafted classic feeling themes with contemporary spins to ensure audiences felt that they’ve known these heroes for generations. In addition to the soundtrack release today, a 3x 180 gram vinyl will be coming soon from Mondo. Be sure to also listen to the incredible EDM remixes of Lorne's "Black Adam Theme" and "The Justice Society Theme" by anonymous dancefloor music producer iZNiiK! 
 

WaterTower Music is excited to announce today’s release of the soundtrack to the upcoming New Line Cinema action adventure “Black Adam,” starring Dwayne Johnson. The first-ever feature film to explore the story of the uncompromising DC antihero comes to the big screen under the direction of Jaume Collet-Serra (“Jungle Cruise”). The 43-track Black Adam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by noted Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated composer Lorne Balfe (“Mission Impossible: Fallout,” “The Lego Batman Movie,” “Black Widow”) has just been released – in advance of the film. “Black Adam” smashes into theaters and IMAX internationally beginning 19 October 2022, and in North America on October 21, 2022.  
 
Earlier this month, prior to this full soundtrack release, WaterTower Music released two of Balfe’s themes from this film, the Black Adam Theme and The Justice Society Theme. “It was exciting to get into the Black Adam theme, and I really wanted to capture his essence as the DC comic book world’s anti-hero,” explained the composer. He went on to note that “this movie is a reintroduction to to the legacy of the Justice Society and I am excited for the public to reacquaint themselves!”
 

Balfe further elaborated as to his overall musical and philisophoical approach to Black Adam. “My goal was to get the emotion and darkness of the main characters back story across to the audience, whilst simultaneously intertwining the old themes and familiarities of the DC comic book world and introducing a new class of superheroes.” He further noted “One way to bring in the feeling of an ancient world together was to collaborate with traditional instruments from Latin America, India, Africa and the Middle East. A particular highlight for me was a percussion session I did where we enlisted several musicians playing various  traditional instruments together to achieve this specific sound. Further, we had a large brass section across the score to give the weight and power of the main character’s past, which I balanced out with high tempo, more melodic sounds to give the audience that more familiar heroic feel. We also experimented a lot with choir on this project which was able to contribute a unique and classical sound that ties in nicely with Black Adam’s story.”

The Black Adam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is now available for streaming and digital purchase, on CD and coming soon on vinyl via Mondo, who are excited to continue their on-going DC soundtrack series with the premiere physical release of the 43-track Black Adam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) on 3x 180 Gram color vinyl. Featuring artwork by Luke Preece, housed in a tri-fold jacket and pressed on 3x 180 Gram color vinyl (also available on 3x 180 Gram black vinyl), Pre-Orders begin on 10/21 at 10AM PST at MondoShop.com. The track list is as follows: 
 
Tracklist : 
01. - Teth-Adam 
02. - Kahndaq
03. - The Awakening
04. - The Revolution Starts
05. - Introducing the JSA
06. - Shaza-Superman
07. - Our Only Hope
08. - Change Your Name
09. - What Kind of Magic?
10. - Is It the Champion?
11. - Your Enemies
12. - Black Adam Spotted
13. - Not Interested
14. - Just Say Shazam
15. - Ancient Palace
16. - Little Man
17. - Time to Go
18. - Release Him
19. - Father & Son
20. - Black Adam Theme
21. - Fly Bikes
22. - Nanobots
23. - Through the Wall
24. - 23lbs of Eternium 
25. - Is This the End?
26. - It Was Him
27. - Lake Baikal 
28. - Capes and Corpses
29. - Hawkman's Fate
30. - The JSA Fights Back
31. - A Bad Plan Is a Good Plan
32. - Dr. Fate
33. - Prison Break
34. - Wet Rocks
35. - Not a Hero
36. - The Doctor's Destiny
37. - Slave Champion
38. - Legions of Hell
39. - The Man in Black
40. - Adam’s Journey
41. - The Justice Society Theme
42. - Black Adam Theme (iZNiiK Remix)
43. - The Justice Society Theme (iZNiiK Remix)

In ancient Kahndaq, the slave Teth Adam was gifted the almighty powers of the gods.  But he used those powers for vengeance and was imprisoned.  Now, 5,000 years later, he is freed and once again wields his dark sense of justice onto the world.  Refusing to surrender, Teth Adam is challenged by a team of modern day heroes known as the Justice Society—Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Atom Smasher and Cyclone—who seek to return him to eternal captivity.
 
Johnson stars alongside Aldis Hodge (“City on a Hill,” “One Night in Miami”) as Hawkman, Noah Centineo (“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”) as Atom Smasher, Sarah Shahi (“Sex/Life,” “Rush Hour 3”), Marwan Kenzari (“Murder on the Orient Express,” “Aladdin”), Quintessa Swindell (“Voyagers,” “Trinkets”) as Cyclone, Mo Amer (“Mo,” “Ramy”), Bodhi Sabongui (“A Million Little Things”), and Pierce Brosnan (the James Bond and “Mamma Mia!” franchises) as Dr. Fate.

Collet-Serra directed from a screenplay written by Adam Sztykiel and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani, based on characters from DC created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck.  The film’s producers are Beau Flynn, Hiram Garcia, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, with Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Chris Pan, Walter Hamada, Adam Schlagman, Geoff Johns, Eric McLeod and Scott Sheldon executive producing.
 
The director’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar-nominated director of photography Lawrence Sher (“Joker”), production designer Tom Meyer (“Real Steel, ”Finch”), editors Mike Sale (“Red Notice,” “Skyscraper”) and John Lee (“Anyone Home?”), costume designers Kurt and Bart (“Deadpool 2,” “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 & 2”), Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Bill Westenhofer (“Life of Pi,” “Wonder Woman”), and composer Lorne Balfe (“Black Widow”).
 

New Line Cinema Presents a Seven Bucks/Flynn Picture Co. Production, A Jaume Collet-Serra Film, “Black Adam,” distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
 
Synopsis :
Nearly five millennia after receiving the superpowers of the ancient gods - and being imprisoned in the process - Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to dispense his own brand of justice in the modern world...

Black Adam
Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani
Based on Characters from DC
Produced by Beau Flynn, Dwayne Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia
Starring : Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, Pierce Brosnan
Cinematography : Lawrence Sher
Edited by John Lee, Michael L. Sale
Music by Lorne Balfe
Production companies : New Line Cinema, DC Films, Seven Bucks Productions, FlynnPictureCo.
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release datesOctober 3, 2022 (Mexico City), October 21, 2022 (United States)
Running time : 124 minutes

Photos : Copyright Warner Bros

(Source : press release)