King Kong CD cover

King Kong - 2005

Decca - B0005715-02 - 74 min.
UPC # 028947652243

Music Composed by James Newton Howard
Exective Producers: Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh
Produced by James Newton Howard & Jim Wiedman
Recorded by Joel Iwataki & Alan Meyerson
Additional Recording by James T. Hill; Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Scoring Crew: Larry Mah, Mark Eshelman, Brian Clements, Adam Michalak,
Greg Loskorn, Kirsten Smith, Mark Gebauer, Tom Hardisty, Jay Sylvester,
Tim Lauber, Bill Talbot, Tom Steel, Jason Lloyd, Stacy Robinson, Eddie Bydalek


Supervising Music Editor: Jim Weidman
Music Editors: David Olson, Peter Myles, Malcolm, Fife, Marie Ebbing, Johmathon Stevens.
Music Consultant: Mark Willsher
Score Conducted by: Peter Anthony, Mike Nowak, Bruce Babcock
Supervising Orchestrator: Jeff Atmajian
Orchestrators: Pete Anthony, Pat Russ, Brad Dechter, Jon Kull, Bruce Babcock, Frank Bennett, Conrad Pope
Auricle Control Systems: Richard Grant
Music Preperation: Joann Kane Music Service
Librarian: Mark Grahan
Music Contractor: Sandy Decrescent
Vocal Contractors: Hollywood Film Chorale, Sally Stevens
Boy soloist: Ben Inman
Solo Vocal Coordinator: Becky Bentham for Hothouse Music Ltd.
Additional Voices: Liz Constantine
Ethnic Winds: Chris Bleth, Pedro Eustache
Ambient Music Design: Mel Wesson
Additional Music by: Blake Neely, Chris P. Bacon
Supervising Technical Assistant: Stuart Thomas
Technical Assistants: Chris P. Bacon
Assistant to Mr Howard: Ann Ica Ackerman
Music Coordinator: Nigel Scott
Score recorded at the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage at Sony Studios, Todd-AO West Scoring,
Fox Scoring Stage, O'Henry Sound Studios and Cow on the Wall Studios
Score Mixed at: TODD-AO WEST
Mastered by: Erick Labson at Universal Mastering Studios West
Creative Direction: Fanny Gotschall
Art Direction & Design: Justin Clark
Production Manager: Tom Arndt


AVAILABILITY OF CD COPIES

Can be purchased from various US sources for under $16us; Canadian sources for under $20ca; UK sources for about 10# and other European sources for about 20eur. New Zealand sources will be selling it for about $30nz.

Link to soundtrack sample download


REVIEWS & MISC.

Music On Film Review

ScoreNotes Review

Movie-Wave Review

Music From The Movies Review

Movie Music UK Review

James Newton Howard King Kong page, including link to scoring video clips

"The Tech of Kong" - Soundtrack Net Article

MovieMusic - King Kong - Themes and Motifs

Variety article about James Newton Howard replacing Howard Shore

Filmtracks Review

Soundtrack Net Review

All Music Review with Sample Downloads

Universal Music King Kong track downloads

Amazon Customer Reviews & MP3 - 99c downloads

Amazon German Reviews

TRACK LIST

01. King Kong - 1:09
02. A Fateful Meeting - 4:16
03. Defeat Is Always Momentary - 2:48
04. It's In The Subtext - 3:19
05. Two Grand - 2:34
06. The Venture Departs - 4:03
07. Last Blank Space On The Map - 4:43
08. It's Deserted - 7:08
09. Something Monstrous...Neither Beast Nor Man - 2:38
10. Head Towards The Animals - 2:48
11. Beautiful - 4:08
12. Tooth And Claw - 6:17
13. That's All There Is... - 3:36
14. Captured - 2:25
15. Central Park - 4:36
16. The Empire State Building - 2:36
17. Beauty Killed The Beast I - 1:59
18. Beauty Killed The Beast II - 2:22
19. Beauty Killed The Beast III - 2:14
20. Beauty Killed The Beast IV - 4:45
21. Beauty Killed The Beast V - 4:13



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