Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams & Lorne Balfe Main Theme by Hans Zimmer
Produced by Hans Zimmer Album Produced by Rupert Gregson-Williams & Lorne Balfe
Additional Music by Evan Jolly & Jon Monroe Additional Arrangements by Max Aruj & Steffen Thum Music Conducted by George Strezov & Lyubomir Denev Jr. Orchestrator: Shane Rutherfoord-Jones Performed by Sofia Session Orchestra Concertmasters: Jordan Dimitrov, Desislava Cholakova & Irina Stoyanova Music Editor: Rod Berling Music Production Services: Steven Kofsky Recording Engineer: Plamen Penchev Assistant Recording Engineers: Simeon Edward, Alexander Kostov & Angelina Vihrova Studio Manager: Shalini Singh Music Coordinator: Queenie Li Score Mixed by Forest Christenson & Seth Waldmann at Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, CA
Session Producers: Georgi Elenkov PhD, Yuliyan Stoyanov & George Strezov Contracting Services: Boris Radilov, Yuliyan Stoyanov & Delyan Kolev at Four For Music Ltd. Session Librarians: Simeon Edward & Alexander Kostov Copyists/Assistants: Delyan Kolev & Miroslav Georgiev Recording Coordinator: Yuliyan Stoyanov Album Mastered by Pat Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering Recorded 22 May - 31 August, 2017 at Sofia Session Studio, Sofia, Bulgaria
Sony Classical Licensing: Mark Cavell Sony Classical Product Development: Jennifer Liebeskind
Special thanks to Jill Abood, Darrell Alexander, Max Aruj, David Balfe, Eva Balfe, Nina Balfe, Rufus Balfe, Rod Berling, Tony Clarke, Ollie Fitzgeralrd, Christopher Gutch, Rich Jacobellis, Steven Kofsky, Jake Kozarec, Queenie Li, Shane Rutherfood-Jones, Shalini Singh, Steffen Thum, Jo Tizard, Emma Gregson-Williams, Saskia Gregson-Williams & Hans Zimmer
Release date : 12/08/2017
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I'm surprised to have not seen more discussion of this score; I honestly think it represents some of the best music out of RCP in the past half-decade. Yeah, it still has the Journey to the Line / Time four-chord power anthem thing going on, but outside of those themes you have some really creative material that at times doesn't even feel stylistically RCP, and hell, even those structurally-simplistic themes are unusually well-orchestrated. And there's a real orchestra!
I'm going to try and add a little criticism to this one. I personally don't really see what's so great about this. The first track, and I was already thinking "Oh, it's the Bumblebee theme again. Not the AllSpark variation, but the slow, calm part." The underscore doesn't change at all, and I feel like stuff like this has been done better by people like James Newton Howard and Alexandre Desplat.
However, good for you guys for finding something interesting in it. Maybe I'm just spoiled on Desplat and Newton Howard.
Mephariel
2017-12-10 18:32:50
I agree. The score feels so flat, and we hear stuff like this many times over already.
James
2017-12-11 10:09:49
meh. That's your opinion. I agree with the fact of that the score is not interesting, but not to the point of wanting Howard or deplat as composers. This is inviable. Their niche is another.
Andrea
2017-12-11 14:14:39
Desplat! I’m only 5 episodes in but I’m happy he didn’t do it. This season is very entertaining and the score is so strong .
Brent
2017-12-11 17:29:22
On its own merits, the score may not be particularly interesting. HOWEVER, I think it works perfectly within the series. I definitely wouldn't want Newton Howard or Desplat a part of this.
Olive
2017-12-11 18:20:00
Howard and Desplat are A list composers anyway.
Andreas
2017-12-13 08:41:39
Was this score recorded with a real orchestra? Sometimes it sounds like it comes straight from a computer. Like Your Majesty for example. Lorne uploaded 2 unreleased tracks btw.
Edmund Meinerts
2017-12-13 11:52:29
I haven't heard it yet, but the majority of Balfe's scores are done with samples so I wouldn't be surprised at all
Mike
2017-12-13 16:09:05
Edmund wrong again !!!!!balfe posted some photos of the recording sessions for the crown
Edmund Meinerts
2017-12-13 23:11:35
I stand corrected. Though it's still possible that the score is a combination of live orchestra and samples, a lot of RCP music does that.
Peter78
2017-12-14 19:43:02
I am really enjoying his season of the Crown.a big balfe influence in this season with hints of Churchil and Genius I think. Really excellent music
Geoff
2017-12-15 10:18:08
Just started watching this season and the music is spot on especially the Princess Margaret episode. Gregson-Williams and Balfe have create a great score to this season.more intamint and emotional than before
Gleyn
2017-12-15 12:14:15
This score is BRILLIANT.
Pablo
2017-12-15 16:32:50
Your Majesty is addictive and could listen to this also day long.Was Theme is last year ?
Pal88
2017-12-15 17:15:37
Music is royal and grand and the show is very good. Looking forward to more seasons
AndrewBilling
2017-12-15 23:05:42
Very impressed with the music from this season. Enjoying listening to it.there doesn’t seem to be much of the main theme used ?
Martine
2017-12-16 16:47:15
The show is very good.we managed to watch the show in two days!the music by Gregson-Williams and Balfe is perfect. The score is some of the best TV music at the moment.going to defiantly buy the album now and see what it’s like
AndyP7
2017-12-16 19:27:34
Bring Him Home and Future King are great
Guatav8
2017-12-18 13:06:26
The Downfall is 6 minutes of perfection.I can not stop listening to it
Watched The Crown on christmas and and really noticed the music this season more than the last.You can definitely hear Balfes influence.the music for Princess Margaret is perfection
BrianFilm82
2017-12-26 12:24:46
Be My Portrait is beautiful
StevenMK
2017-12-26 12:34:03
The series has an interesting mixture of styles with orchestral and electronic that make the show not feel dated even though it is a period drama.Bouden Duty has to be by Balfe.he really has finally started to find his own unique voice.
MikelK
2017-12-26 16:42:38
It’s great binge watching over Christmas !!!!!a fantastic score by them both.what did Zimmer have to do with this season?
james (now james callahan)
2017-12-26 19:37:45
Music by Rupert Gregson-Williams & Lorne Balfe Main Theme by Hans Zimmer
Produced by Hans Zimmer Album Produced by Rupert Gregson-Williams & Lorne Balfe
AndyP
2017-12-26 22:54:51
Thanks for the credits. Basically Balfe and Gregson-Williams did it all then!! The Downfall is a brilliant track and features heavily in the episode
ArranFilmGeek
2017-12-27 03:14:40
I find the blend of the orchestra and the synths different and quirky.Hints of Genius and Churchil in this score also but defiantly best tv score this year
AndrePM
2017-12-27 14:36:08
Dismissed , Bring Him Home, Philips Dream are some of the best tracks on the album
Andrew
2017-12-28 15:18:23
Really great soundtrack
Marcus
2017-12-28 22:26:51
Great season with a great score
BBoles
2017-12-30 02:47:36
So does anyone know who did what ?Its fantastic music and interested to know
Great soundtrack to a cool show. The music brings a lot of tension to the show and make it feel modern and not traditional.amazing team having Gregson-Williams and Balfe though
This seasons score is very good and feels more meaningful and thought provoking that last years.Much more development of the famous Duck Shoot and also more individual character lead themes.Excellent and hope it wins some awards this year
Anyone who knows how many "unreleased" tracks Lorne Balfe is going to post on Youtube. There already four of them. Why are they not included on the soundtrack? They sound amazing.
First, the "that's just your opinion" statement has no merit whatsoever. It's nothing but dismissive and disrespectful.
Second, maybe I should have specified. I don't think Desplat/Howard should have worked on this, I just think they've had scores that have done this style of score better (string focused, European sounding scores).
I am aware they are not TV composers. (Besides maybe Series of Unfortunate Events).
Jonathan
2017-12-11 22:24:27
I think it’s better than Desplat . BUT it doesn’t matter.its what’s best for the show not who the better composer is !Crown score is fantastic and emotional . And perfect to images
JamesT
2017-12-12 02:31:37
Personally, I am loving it!
WillFil
2017-12-12 11:30:55
Hope this show never ends. Balfe and Gregson-Williams score fits in perfectly
Anahil
2017-12-12 13:48:01
Beautiful music and very powerful I have been listening to the soundtrack constantly
Wow !!! Rupert Gregson’s Williams and Lorne Balfe . Two of the best RCP composers in a long time
Tom
2017-12-08 01:34:23
Totally agree
Edmund Meinerts
2017-12-08 12:06:39
They've both been around for a while, hell RGW was working already in the late 90s!
Peter
2017-12-08 14:10:05
Edmund is as negative as ever !!! Always has to make some dumb put down comment.I purchased the soundtrack this morning and loving it.Stunning
Olive
2017-12-08 14:51:07
RGW was the first RCP composer with who Balfe worked.
Edmund Meinerts
2017-12-08 14:55:48
I'm not being negative. I'm correcting a false statement. OP made it sound like these were some fresh new talents on the scene when they've been around for ages. I could say that Hans Zimmer is the best RCP composer in a long time as well, but that would be a patently ridiculous statement for exactly the same reasons.
Just because I'm one of maybe three people around here who doesn't constantly gush like some fanboy on YouTube (especially about Lorne Balfe this year for some reason), now I'm suddenly dumb and negative?
AndyP
2017-12-08 16:41:31
Edmund - relax.You should just start a John Powell forum and only read and write in that.some of us are simply loving others music and enjoying their work.
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