Hans Zimmer
Composer
Lorne Balfe
Co-Composer
James S. Levine
Additional Music
Ryeland Allison
Additional Music
Thomas Broderick
Additional Music
Atli Örvarsson
Additional Arrangements
Mel Wesson
Ambient Music Design
Martin Tillman
Musician
Daniel Pinder
Music Editor
Alan Meyerson
Music Scoring Mixer
Katia Lewin Jablonsky
Assistant Score Mixer
Peter Oso Snell
Technical Score Engineer
Jacob Shea
Technical Music Assistant
Mark Wherry
Digital Instrument Design
Andrew Zack
Score Coordinator
Steven Kofsky
Music Production Services
Czarina Russell
Studio Manager
FROST/NIXON, 2008, Directed by Ron Howard
FILM CREDITS
Music Composed by Hans Zimmer
Music Supervisor: Kathy Nelson
Additional Music: Lorne Balfe
Music Editor: Daniel Pinder
Score Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Orchestration: Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe
Ambient Music Design: Mel Wesson
Featured Cellist: Martin Tillman
Featured Drums: Ryeland Allison
Technical Music Coordinators: Thomas Broderick & Peter Oso Snell
Music Production Services: Steve Kofsky
Music Production Coordinator: Andrew Zack
"By George It's David Frost"
Written by George Henry Martin
Performed by Atli Örvarsson
ALBUM ASSEMBLY
Watergate : 1m2 v2 Watergate Montage
The Numbers : 1m5 v4 The Numbers (Edited)
Hello, Good Evening & Welcome : 2m9 ALT Airport + 2m10 v17 Hello, Good Evening & Welcome
Pardon The Phlebitis : 1m7 v24 Pardon The Phlebitis
Status : Status v4
Beverly Hilton : 3m20 v17 Beverly Hilton
Money : Money v3
Frost Despondent : 4m36A v8 Frost Despondent
Insanely Risky : 3m22 v39 Insanely Risky
Cambodia : 4m30 v3 Cambodia VT
Research Montage : 5m37-38 v23 Research Montage
The Final Interview : 5m40 v19 Last Day
Nixon Defeated : 6m43 v4 HZ VERSION Nixon Defeated
First Ideas : Suite
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
1m1 v4 Introduction (Alternate) (0:58)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
1m2 v2 Watergate Montage (4:27)
Hans Zimmer
1m3 By George, It’s David Frost (0:45)
Atli Örvarsson (George Henry Martin)
1m5 v4 The Numbers (2:04)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
1m7 v24 Pardon The Phlebitis (1:42)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
1m8 v11 Great Escapes (0:45)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m9 v16 Airport (0:48)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m9 ALT Airport (Alternate) (0:49)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m11S v3 Plane Source (2:15)
James S. Levine
2m12 v15 Network Executives (1:14)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m14 v10 Meeting Nixon (0:47)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m15 v11 No Holds Barred (1:17)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m16 v14 Networks Out (0:59)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m17 v1 Mike Wallace (0:34)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
2m18 v2 Reston Stays (0:33)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m20 v17 Beverly Hilton (2:27)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m21 v14 Brennan Call (Part 1) (0:57)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m21B v16 Brennan Call (Part 2) (1:09)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m22 v39 Insanely Risky (2:50)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m23 v8 Other Team (0:57)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m24A v13 Ballsy Opening (0:55)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
3m24B v9 Birt’s Rescue (0:57)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m25 v5 Emotional Moment (0:46)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m26 v8 Reminiscing (1:16)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m27 v9 Weedeater (0:48)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m28 v13 Major Operator (1:22)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m30 v3 Cambodia VT (1:00)
Hans Zimmer
4m32 v9 Foreign Policy (1:31)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m33B v4 It’s My Birthday (2:17)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
4m33S v7 Garage Source (0:57)
Thomas Broderick, Ryeland Allison
4m34S v3 Frost & Nixon Piano (0:55)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe (Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen)
4m36A v8 Frost Despondent (2:31)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
5m37-38 v23 Research Montage (3:05)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
5m40 v19 Last Day (2:19)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
6m42 v14 Emotional Disclosure (2:34)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
6m43 v14 FILM VERSION Nixon Defeated (3:22)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
6m43 v4 HZ VERSION Nixon Defeated (Alternate) (2:40)
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Suite – First Ideas (9:56)
Hans Zimmer
Suite – Money v3 (2:49)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Suite – Smoking v6 (3:08)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Suite – Status v4 (4:04)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Music by Hans Zimmer
Additional Music by Lorne Balfe
Album Arranged & Produced by Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe
Executive Album Producers: Ron Howard & Brian Grazer
Executive Producer for Varese Sarabande: Robert Townson
Music Supervisor: Kathy Nelson
Executives in Charge of Music for Universal Pictures: Kathy Nelson & Harry Garfield
Featured Cellist: Martin Tillman
Music Editor: Daniel Pinder
Music Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Assistant Engineer: Katia Lewin
Additional Recordings by Lorne Balfe
Score Technical Engineers: Tom Broderick & Peter "Oso" Snell
Digital Instrument Design: Mark Wherry
Music Production Services: Steven Kofsky
Score Coordinator: Andrew Zack
Technical Assistant: Jacob Shea
Music Mixed at Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, CA
Studio Manager, Remote Control Productions: Czarina Russell
Album Compiled by Daniel Pinder
Album Mastered by Patricia Sullivan Fourstar at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Music Business Affairs for Universal Pictures: Phil Cohen
Album Direction for Universal Pictures: David Buntz
Director of Film Scoring for Universal Pictures: Tiffany Jones
Hans Zimmer would like to thank: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Todd Hallowell, Peter Morgan, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kathy Nelson, Michael Rosenberg, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill & Louisa Velis, Ryeland Allison, Nick Angel, Bob Badami, Tiffany Bordenave, David Buntz, Ben Burfield, Claudius Bruese, Ronni Chasen, Anthony Ciccolini, Michael Gorfaine, Chris Jenkins, Steven Kofsky, Christina Mansky, Frank Montano, Atli Örvarsson, Sarah Pinder, Ryan Rubin, Jeff Sanderson, Sam Schwartz, Talley Singer, Shalini Singh, Chris Strong, Robert Townson, Mindy Weissman, Mel Wesson & Andrew Zack
A Special Thanks to Suzanne Zimmer & The Mini Z's, Zoe Zimmer & Brigitte Zimmer
Special Thanks: David Bernardi, Liza Chasin, Linda Christie, Sammy Choza, Eddie Egan, Bette Einbinder, Hamik Farhadian, Adam Fogelson, Debra Hayward, Jimmy Horowitz, Jordan Hudock, Karen Kehela Sherwood, Trevon Kezios, Anita LaBonte, Donna Langley, Fiorenza Lewis, David Linde, Kimberly Lindgren, Lauren Martin, Frank Palazzolo, Keith Palmer, Eric Polin, Patrick Ryan, Chris Saranec, Angie Sharma, Marc Shmuger, Pam Springs, Kyle Staggs Patrick Strong & Robin Ward
Hans Zimmer
02 – The Numbers (1:54)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
03 – Hello, Good Evening And Welcome (1:31)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
04 – Pardon The Phlebitis (1:45)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
05 – Status (3:59)
Hans Zimmer
06 – Beverly Hilton (2:24)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
07 – Money (2:47)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
08 – Frost Despondent (2:29)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
09 – Insanely Risky (2:49)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
10 – Cambodia (0:59)
Hans Zimmer
11 – Research Montage (3:03)
Hans Zimmer
12 – The Final Interview (2:17)
Hans Zimmer
13 – Nixon Defeated (2:43)
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
14 – First Ideas (9:55)
Hans Zimmer
I just listened to this score for the first time and it sounds so much like The Dark Knight, reusing the Zebra “Clock” sounds from the Joker suite, Mel Wesson’s ambient sound design, so much of this score sounds like TDK
makes sense since they were done back to back. I think the most interesting thing about this score is that there are no orchestrators for this film. Zimmer and Balfe orchestrated it themselves
Well, there were no “orchestrators” in the traditional sense as there was no orchestra! The only parts they’d have had to notate would be the soloist parts for Martin Tillman and Ryeland Allison (assuming the latter even had notated parts)
I just listened to this score for the first time and it sounds so much like The Dark Knight, reusing the Zebra “Clock” sounds from the Joker suite, Mel Wesson’s ambient sound design, so much of this score sounds like TDK
makes sense since they were done back to back. I think the most interesting thing about this score is that there are no orchestrators for this film. Zimmer and Balfe orchestrated it themselves
Well, there were no “orchestrators” in the traditional sense as there was no orchestra! The only parts they’d have had to notate would be the soloist parts for Martin Tillman and Ryeland Allison (assuming the latter even had notated parts)
I just listened to this score for the first time and it sounds so much like The Dark Knight, reusing the Zebra “Clock” sounds from the Joker suite, Mel Wesson’s ambient sound design, so much of this score sounds like TDK
makes sense since they were done back to back. I think the most interesting thing about this score is that there are no orchestrators for this film. Zimmer and Balfe orchestrated it themselves
Well, there were no “orchestrators” in the traditional sense as there was no orchestra! The only parts they’d have had to notate would be the soloist parts for Martin Tillman and Ryeland Allison (assuming the latter even had notated parts)
@Mike – can confirm I still regard Frost/Nixon as a joint Zimmer/Balfe score, although it’s obviously worth noting Hans did the suite, Watergate, and several of the later (and significant) cues by himself