Soundtrack - The Dark Tower : A Tom Holkenborg’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Par Mulder, 28 juillet 2017

Sony Classical proudly announces the release of The Dark Tower (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) featuring the music of the prolific Dutch composer Tom Holkenborg. The soundtrack will be released digitally on July 28 and on CD on August 4. The movie opens in theaters nationwide on August 4.

About the film and soundtrack, Tom Holkenborg says: "Dark Tower is an incredible mix of horror, fantasy and western, it inhabits a unique and singular world, human and personal, yet also other, and the score had to try and reflect this. It was a fascinating project to work on, and an honor trying to score the words and imagination of the great Stephen King."

There are other worlds than these. Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, the ambitious and expansive story from one of the world’s most celebrated authors, makes its launch to the big screen. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. The fate of the worlds is at stake – good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, the screenplay is by Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner and Anders Thomas Jensen & Nikolaj Arcel, based on the novels by Stephen King. The film is produced by Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard, and Erica Huggins.

Few Hollywood composers have enjoyed as successful and far-reaching a career as Tom Holkenborg. Tom Holkenborg is a Grammy® nominated and multi-platinum producer, musician, and composer whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music, as well as in the vanguard of exciting new film composers. He is able to draw on his extensive knowledge of classical forms and structures while keeping one finger planted firmly on the pulse of popular music. When this eclectic background is paired with his skill as a multi-instrumentalist (he plays keyboards, guitar, drums, violin, and bass) and mastery of studio technology, a portrait emerges of an artist for whom anything is possible.

The foundation for Holkenborg’s career started in his native Holland where he created multiple film scores, and undertook mentorships with celebrated composers Harry Gregson-Williams (on Domino and Kingdom of Heaven) and Klaus Badelt (on Catwoman). But things really started to fall into place when Holkenborg started collaborating with Oscar®-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Their partnership lasted several years, and most recently included 2016’s blockbuster Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which marked the seventh scoring collaboration between Holkenborg and Zimmer. Holkenborg worked with Zimmer on The Amazing Spider Man 2, Man of Steel, Dark Knight Rises, Madagascar 3, Megamind, and Inception.

Tracklist:
01 - The Dark Tower
02 - The Face of My Father
03 - I Kill With My Heart
04 - Skin People
05 - Getting a Toothbrush
06 - Dutch Hill
07 - Guardian
08 - Arrival in Mid-World
09 - His Shine Is Pure
10 - The Map
11 - Thinny
12 - Something Got Out
13 - We Don't Have Chicken
14 - Manny Village
15 - See Across Worlds
16 - There's Always Another Battle
17 - A Chicken, a Goat and One Bullet
18 - Keystone Earth
19 - Portal Activity
20 - Smiley Face
21 - The Creed
22 - Death Always Wins
23 - Dixie Pig
24 - Tall, Dark and Handsome
25 - Full Package as Advertised
26 - It Will Fall
27 - Collateral Damage
28 - Hot Dogs
29 - Roland of Eld (Main Titles)

Sony Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, OKeh, Portrait, and Masterworks Broadway imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.sonymusicmasterworks.com/.

Buy the soundtrack here: ITunes and Amazon

The Dark Tower
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Produced by Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard, Erica Huggins
Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Pinkner, Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel
Based on The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Claudia Kim, Fran Kranz, Abbey Lee, Jackie Earle Haley
Music by Tom Holkenborg
Cinematography Rasmus Videbæk
Edited by Alan Edward Bell, Dan Zimmerman
Production company : MRC, Imagine Entertainment, Weed Road
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Running time : 95 minutes
Country United States

Photos: Copyright Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH

(Source : press release The Krakower Group)