The Monuments Men (soundtrack) explained

The Monuments Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Type:film
Cover:The Monuments Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).jpg
Artist:Alexandre Desplat
Released:February 4, 2014
Recorded:October 22–23, 2013
Studio:Abbey Road, London
Genre:Film score
Length:60:32
Label:Sony Classical
Producer:

The Monuments Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2014 film The Monuments Men directed by George Clooney. The film's musical score is composed by Alexandre Desplat and consists of a huge symphonic orchestral score, recorded within a short span of time. It was released through Sony Classical Records on February 4, 2014 to critical acclaim.

Development

The Monuments Men is Desplat's second collaboration with Clooney as a director, after previously working on The Ides of March (2011).[1] [2] When Clooney offered him the script, Desplat felt excited as it reflected the scores of Maurice Jarre and Elmer Bernstein from the 1950s and 1960s, adding that Clooney wanted the film to reflect the timeline instead of making an epic war film.[3] Hence, Desplat wanted to curate a narrative score that resembled war music, which consisted of "a big symphony orchestra that can go from a solid, masculine, brassy sound to a very intimate, solo flute and harp duet." Since, most of the classical war scores had been curated by symphonists who had the heritage of military bands and marches, brass music played an important role to the orchestral music.[4] The score was recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London, with Desplat conducting the 110-piece orchestra and was entirely recorded within 16 hours.[5] [6]

Critical response

Calling it as a "delightful nostalgic score", Thomas Glorieux of Maintitles wrote "The Monuments Men is at times incredibly wonderful to listen to, a bit long, but a nostalgic enjoyable attempt nonetheless."[7] Timothy Monger of AllMusic wrote "With dozens of film scores in a myriad of styles to his credit, Desplat is appropriately tasteful, adapting to a classic period style while still adding his own distinctive flourishes."[8] Filmtracks.com wrote "Even if you don't find yourself in a position to enjoy this score for its affable retro styling alone, then at least you should be able to derive some pleasure from deconstructing it intellectually."[9]

David Edelstein of New York called it as a "lighthearted marching-drum-and-woodwind score".[10] Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com called it as "alternately rousing and lyrical".[11] Scott Foundas of Variety described it as "one of his most conventional scores" describing it as "a John Williams-esque Americana fanfare".[12] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "Alexandre Desplat's score is uncharacteristically sentimental."[13] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone described it as "jaunty".[14] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap called it as "vintage-sounding".[15]

Awards and nominations

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Date of ceremonyCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
World Soundtrack Awards[16] [17] 14 August 2014Film Composer of the YearAlexandre Desplat

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-11-15 . Alexandre Desplat to Reunite with Wes Anderson on 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501080238/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2012/11/15/alexandre-desplat-to-reunite-with-wes-anderson-on-the-grand-budapest-hotel/ . 2013-05-01 . 2024-06-14 . Film Music Reporter . en-US.
  2. News: Romano . Andrew . 2014-02-11 . Meet Alexandre Desplat, Hollywood's Master Composer . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170719015748/https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-alexandre-desplat-hollywoods-master-composer . 2017-07-19 . 2024-06-14 . The Daily Beast . en.
  3. Web site: Markovitz . Adam . 2013-08-12 . George Clooney talks 'The Monuments Men' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150410115857/https://ew.com/article/2013/08/12/george-clooney-monuments-men-2/ . 2015-04-10 . 2024-06-14 . Entertainment Weekly . en.
  4. Web site: Patches . Matt . 2014-02-20 . The Most In-Demand Composer in Hollywood Shares Stories About His Latest Collaborators . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151016190335/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/alexandre-desplat-interview . 2015-10-16 . 2024-06-14 . Vanity Fair . en-US.
  5. News: Horn . John . 2013-10-22 . George Clooney's 'The Monuments Men' pushed to 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221200657/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-monuments-men-20131023,0,733524.story . 2014-02-21 . 2024-06-14 . Los Angeles Times.
  6. Web site: Waxman . Sharon . 2013-10-23 . George Clooney Struggles With Tone of 'Monuments Men': 'It's Been a Bit of a Dance' (Exclusive) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140214233435/https://www.thewrap.com/george-clooney-struggles-tone-monuments-men-bit-dance-exclusive/ . 2014-02-14 . 2024-06-14 . TheWrap . en-US.
  7. Web site: Glorieux . Thomas . Alexandre Desplat: The Monuments Men . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225170351/https://www.maintitles.net/reviews/the-monuments-men/ . 2014-12-25 . 2024-06-14 . Maintitles.net.
  8. Web site: Monger . Timothy . The Monuments Men [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221003082242/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-monuments-men-original-motion-picture-soundtrack--mw0002610440 . 2022-10-03 . 2024-06-14 . AllMusic.
  9. Web site: The Monuments Men (Alexandre Desplat) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140906035823/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/monuments_men.html . 2014-09-06 . 2024-06-14 . Filmtracks.com.
  10. Web site: Edelstein . David . 2014-01-30 . Museum Piece . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307115856/https://nymag.com/movies/reviews/monuments-men-last-of-the-unjust-2014-2/ . 2014-03-07 . 2024-06-14 . New York . en.
  11. Web site: Seitz . Matt Zoller . 2014-02-07 . The Monuments Men movie review (2014) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321222756/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-monuments-men-2014 . 2014-03-21 . 2024-06-14 . RogerEbert.com . en.
  12. Web site: Foundas . Scott . 2014-01-29 . Film Review: 'The Monuments Men' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307031344/https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-the-monuments-men-1201075441/ . 2014-03-07 . 2024-06-14 . Variety . en-US.
  13. Web site: McCarthy . Todd . 2014-01-29 . The Monuments Men: Film Review . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730204307/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/monuments-men-review-hollywood-reporter-675014/ . 2021-07-30 . 2024-06-14 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  14. Web site: Travers . Peter . 2014-01-31 . The Monuments Men . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231225194934/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-monuments-men-98939/ . 2023-12-25 . 2024-06-14 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  15. Web site: Duralde . Alonso . 2014-01-29 . 'The Monuments Men' Review: George Clooney's Retro WWII Adventure Could Use Old-Fashioned Rewrite . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508113637/https://www.thewrap.com/monuments-men-review-george-clooneys-retro-flavored-wwii-adventure-use-old-fashioned-rewrites/ . 2021-05-08 . 2024-06-14 . TheWrap . en-US.
  16. Web site: Chagollan . Steve . 2014-08-13 . Arcade Fire, Alex Ebert, Pharrell Williams Among World Soundtrack Awards Nominees . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161008203225/https://variety.com/2014/music/awards/arcade-fire-alex-ebert-pharrell-williams-among-world-soundtrack-awards-nominees-1201281506/ . 2016-10-08 . 2023-01-09 . Variety . en-US.
  17. Web site: October 27, 2014 . Alexandre Desplat Proves a Perennial Fave at Gent's World Soundtrack Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180828030920/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/alexandre-desplat-gent-world-soundtrack-awards-1201340243/ . August 28, 2018 . October 28, 2014.
  18. Alexandre Desplat . The Monuments Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) . 2014 . Sony Classical Records.

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