Music.Film Recordings/Varese Sarabande will release a soundtrack album for the historical action drama Midway. The album features the film’s original music composed by Thomas Wander & Harald Kloser (2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day: Resurgence, White House Down). Also included are three songs performed by Annie Trousseau. The soundtrack will be released digitally tomorrow, November 8 and will be available to stream/download here. A CD version will come out on November 22 and is available for pre-order on Amazon. Midway is directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Darren Criss, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson. The movie centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The drama is being released in theaters nationwide this weekend by Lionsgate. Visit the official movie website for more information.
Here’s the album track list:
1. Nobody Wants A War (1:44)
2. Midway Main Theme (5:17)
3. See You In China (3:33)
4. Morgue (2:35)
5. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life – Annie Trousseau (2:35)
6. Pearl Harbour (1:09)
7. Is It (2:07)
8. Bombing Six (3:38)
9. What’s Their Target (0:58)
10. Attack On Midway (2:10)
11. Good Luck Sir (1:42)
12. 1 Jersey Bounce – Annie Trousseau (3:02)
13. They’ll Follow You Anywhere (1:58)
14. Still Night Submarine (1:40)
15. Above The Clouds (2:37)
16. Dogfight (2:29)
17. The Last Dive (3:16)
18. This Is For The Pearl (2:11)
19. Victory Lap (2:28)
20. Best Returns (1:29)
21. Abandon Ship (2:38)
22. Midway End Titles (4:03)
23. All Or Nothing At All – Annie Trousseau (4:03)
There were days when war films did have little music like John Williams’ MIDWAY, Jerry Goldsmith’s PATTON and MACARTHUR or TORA!TORA!TORA! Even Elmer Bernstein did not overscore his war film efforts… I fear the new MIDWAY movie, not only because of all the CGI, but because there will most likely be wall-to-wall music…
Amazingly, just watched the film and i think it was done very tastefully
I have watched a lot of war films in my time, the modern ones and modern action films over score, but as modern scores go, it was just enough.