| Saving Mr. Banks (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Thomas Newman |
| Cover: | Saving Mr. Banks soundtrack.jpg |
| Released: | December 10, 2013 |
| Recorded: | 2013 |
| Studio: | Newman Scoring Stage (Los Angeles) Capitol (Hollywood)(non-score) |
| Genre: | Film score |
| Length: | 45:57 1:09:18 (deluxe edition) |
| Label: | Walt Disney |
| Chronology: | Thomas Newman |
| Prev Title: | Side Effects |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Get on Up |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
Saving Mr. Banks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album of the 2013 drama film Saving Mr. Banks, written and conducted by American film composer Thomas Newman.[1] [2]
The album features twenty-five tracks of Newman's score, as well as four re-recordings of songs written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman as performed by the film's cast, and two standalone songs ("One Mint Julep" and "Heigh-Ho"). Walt Disney Records released two editions of the soundtrack on December 10, 2013: a single-disc and a two-disc digipak deluxe edition, with the latter containing original demo recordings by the Sherman Brothers and selected songs from Mary Poppins.[3] [4]
Newman's score was critically lauded and received several accolade recognitions for Best Musical Score, including Academy Award, BAFTA, Grammy Award, and Critics' Choice Award nominations.
John Stanley of the San Francisco Chronicle positively compared Thomas Newman's music to the works of his father's [Alfred Newman].[5] Daniel Schweiger of Film Music Magazine, wrote that Newman's music was " a beautifully thematic, and anachronistically wondrous score".[6]
| List of awards and nominations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
| Academy Awards | March 2, 2014 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | |
| British Academy Film Awards[7] | February 16, 2014 | Best Film Music | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association[8] | January 16, 2014 | Best Score | ||
| Grammy Awards[9] | February 8, 2015 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | ||
| Houston Film Critics Society[10] | December 15, 2013 | Best Original Score | ||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society[11] | December 17, 2013 | Best Original Score | ||
| St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association[12] | December 16, 2013 | Best Musical Score | ||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[13] | December 9, 2013 | Best Score | ||