Produced by John Powell Executive Album Producer: Robert Townson Executives in Charge of Music for Universal Pictures: Kathy Nelson & Harry Garfield Music Business Affairs for Universal Pictures: Phil Cohen Album Direction for Universal Pictures: David Buntz Music Editor: Mike Higham Music Conducted by Gavin Greenaway Music Orchestrated by John A. Coleman & John Ashton Thomas Orchestral Contractor: Isobel Griffiths Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright Music Recorded & Mixed by Simon Rhodes Additional Recording: Daniel Lerner Recorded & Mixed at Abbey Road, Studio 1 Assistant Engineer: Rob Houston Music Copyist: Fiesta Mei Ling Solo Vocal: Oliver Powell Composer Assistants: Germaine & Matteo Franco
John Powell would like to thank Paul Greengrass, Lloyd Levin, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nick Angel, Chris Rouse, Clare Douglas, Rick Pearson, Mike Higham, Laura Engel, Richard Kraft, & all the musicians
This music is a prayer for peace & is dedicated to Melinda, Oliver & all those killed & damaged on September 11th 2001
With thanks to Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Greengrass, Lloyd Levin, Liza Chasin, Debra Hayward, Angela Morrison, Michelle Wright, Sheeraz Shah, Nick Angel, Sarah-Jane Robinson, Grainne McKenna, Lucy Wainwright, Alexandra Hill, Nicola Garrett, Kate Fasulo, David Livingstone, Charlotte Saint, Kate Wyhowska, Justine Concannon, Susan Butterly, John Powell, Mike Solinger, Germaine & Matteo Franco, Mike Higham, Isobel Griffiths & all at Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures thanks Eddie Egan, Alex Flores, Adam Fogelson, Robert Gasper, Tiffany Jones, Jordan Hudock, Trevon Kezios, Anita LaBonte, Donna Langley, Felicia Less, Fiorenza Lewis, David Linde, Jessica Montague, David O'Connor, Keith Palmer, Chris Saranec, Steve Scott, Angie Sharma, Marc Shmuger, Pam Springs, Kelly Stone & Robin Ward
Release date : 06/06/2006
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I agree with you Martin. This film doesn't want, or need a big brassy heroic score. It needs and underscore and that's what it got. This is a film where the music isn't trying to draw attention to itself.
I'd just like to congratulate Powell on pulling off such a difficult project. It's always a challenge to write a convincing underscore, but on this one, being in a touchy genre must have been harder than we expect.
I saw the film recently in Sydney and found the score to be a sensitive accompaniment to the film. The references to - unwittingly or not - New York minimalism (especially Steve Reich) are very canny and appropriate. A film like this doesn't need a psychologically manipulative or lavish score. Underscoring is what's required and congratulations on delivering just that with no loss of sophistication.
Hey um i donno what to say because well i only watched the trailer and well i live in the Bahamas and they did not bring the movie here :( and i really wanted to watch it because even though i don't kno anyone that died on september 11th i still feel pain in my heart :( and i really want to watch United 93 and well i bet the soundtrack is awesome because i've heard some of the extracts but i really want to watch the movie...can anyone help
(Los Angeles, CA) John Powell scores the much-anticipated United 93 for Universal Pictures and writer-director Paul Greengrass. The film is a real time account of the heroism in United Flight 93, the fourth plane to be hijacked the morning of September the 11th, 2001. The film premiered at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, screened at Canned and opened April 28. United 93 marks the second collaboration between Powell and Greengrass; the two had collaborated previously on The Bourne Supremacy and will rejoin in The Bourne Ultimatum. For United 93, Powell created an ambient score which he recorded in London with a live orchestra. Varese Sarabande will release the score CD June 6.
As the Powell-scored Ice Age: The Meltdown continues its march to the $200 million mark at the box office, audiences have turned out for another summer box office monster Powell has scored, X-Men: The Last Stand, which has broken records to gross over $175 million in just two weeks.
Powell's long and storied career in music began in Britain where he joined performance art group Media Arts while attending Trinity College of Music. While composing music for television and commercials for Air-Edel Music, he worked alongside composers Hans Zimmer and Patrick Doyle and made his first foray into feature films. After Powell co¬founded the commercial music house Independently Thinking Music (ITM) with longtime collaborator Gavin Greenaway, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue feature film composing.. He immediately scored several projects for DreamWorks Television, but it was his stirring score for John Woo's blockbuster Face/Off that put him in Hollywood's short list. He has since scored a wide variety of films and is well known for his scores to actioners Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Italian Job, The Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy as well as jazzy scores for Be Cool and Alfie.
In addition to Jason Bourne's next adventure, Powell's upcoming slate includes the animated musical Happy Feet, and the film adaptation of the graphic novel The Watchmen.
I don't think it comes close to an orchestra - I've only listened to it a couple of times because it's so boring and all I remember is some violins and the occasional percussion.
my thoughts exactly .. the end and dedication are decent but the rest.. and during this time no release for the dynamic klaus badelt score for "Ultraviolet".. ts ts ts
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