His Dark Materials - Season 1 (TV Series)

Score Produced by Lorne Balfe
Music Production Coordinator: Queenie Li
Music Production Services: Steven Kofsky
Additional Arrangements: Steffen Thum, Max Aruj, Boris Salchow, Mike Ladouceur & Shane Rutherfoord-Jones

Music Editor: Al Green
Orchestrator: Shane Rutherfoord-Jones
Cello: Tina Guo & Peter Gregson
Drums: Chad Smith
Electric Guitar: Alexandre Fransche
Horn: Sarah Willis
Recorder: Richard Harvey
Vocal: KT Tunstall
Violin: Lindsey Stirling
Ethnic Choir: Vanya Moneva Bulgaria
Conductor: Matt Dunkley
Score Mix Engineers: Seth Waldmann & John Chapman
Assistant Mix Engineers: Soya Soo & Aldo Arechar
Score Technical Assistants: Michael Bitton & Alfie Godfrey
Score Recording Engineer: Simon Smith
Score Recorded by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Score Mixed at Remote Control Productions

Executive Producers for Silva Screen Records: Reynold D'Silva & David Stoner
Digital Manager: James Borrer
Album Mastered by John Webber at AIR Mastering

Lorne Balfe would like to thank...
Jane Tranter, Dan McCulloch, Jessica Levin, Laurie Borg, Stephen Haren, Queenie Li, Max Aruj, Steffen Thum, Shane Rutherfoord-Jones, Mike Ladouceur, Michael Bitton, Alfie Godfrey, Joseph Cho, Matt Dunkley, Seth Waldmann, John Chapman, Soya Soo, Aldo Arechar, Al Green, Michael Haren, Jake Kozarec, Christopher Gutch, Darrell Alexander, Steven Kofsky, Chad Smith, Tina Guo, Lindsey Stirling, KT Tunstall, Alexander Preston, Laura Glass, Adina Friedman, Jessica Breslow, Richard Harvey, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Silva Screen Records, David & Eva Balfe, Nina, Rufus Balfe & Marnie Balfe

01 – His Dark Materials (1:38)
02 – The Alethiometer (4:35)
03 – Lyra – The Child Of Prophecy (2:20)
04 – The Settling Of A Daemon (3:54)
05 – Scholastic Sanctuary (3:06)
06 – The General Oblation Board (2:58)
07 – The Life Of Roger Parslow (2:42)
08 – The Machinations Of Lord Boreal (2:50)
09 – A Gilded Cage (1:24)
10 – The Strength Of Gyptians (3:38)
11 – A Plea To Fate (3:13)
12 – The Legacy Of Svalbard (2:30)
13 – Mrs. M. Coulter (2:05)
14 – The Magisterium (3:03)
15 – The Path Foretold (2:15)
16 – Release The Spy-Fly (2:07)
17 – The Tales Of Lee Scoresby (2:43)
18 – The Compass Points North (2:34)
19 – Will – The Knife Bearer (2:15) (Physical CD Bonus Track)
20 – The Witches Of Lake Enara (3:15)

His Dark Materials (Season 1)

2019 86'11

Release date : 12/20/2019

BOOKLET CREDITS

Original Score by Lorne Balfe

Executive Producers for Silva Screen Records: Reynold D'Silva & David Stoner
Digital Manager: James Borrer
Album Mastered by John Webber at AIR Mastering

CD1

01 – Iorek’s Armor (2:00)
02 – The Great Flood (4:09)
03 – Lyra’s Jordan (1:49)
04 – Everyone Is Special (2:52)
05 – The Golden Compass (1:38)
06 – Where Is Roger? (2:32)
07 – Readying The Boats (1:53)
08 – Leaving Jordan (3:13)
09 – Tell Me Where He Is (2:02)
10 – Voyages (3:34)
11 – Cocktail Party (2:29)
12 – I Will Succeed (1:45)
13 – There Was A Gyptian Nurse (4:09)
14 – Daemons To Dust (2:56)
15 – Clear Your Mind (1:36)
16 – The List (2:41)
17 – Look To The Stars (1:16)

CD2

01 – Gateway To The North (1:35)
02 – You Loved A Witch (3:40)
03 – Iorek Breaks Loose (2:18)
04 – Some Sort Of Ghost (3:17)
05 – Polar Adventure (2:13)
06 – The Silver Guillotine (3:05)
07 – Battle Of Bolvangar (3:03)
08 – Parting Ways (2:11)
09 – Armored Claws (2:42)
10 – Assuming The Mantle (2:15)
11 – Airships Approaching (3:27)
12 – Fog And Ice (2:35)
13 – Bridge To The Stars (2:27)
14 – The End Of The Magisterium (2:47)
15 – Crossing Worlds (4:41)
16 – Into The Sky (1:21)

10 Comments

mpolonest123 February 4, 2020 at 4:03 pm - Reply

There’s a solid 40 minutes of strong material here. I particularly like how Balfe takes the various themes from the suites and develops them, it really is a good companion album to the Anthology set,

The rest is functional, not bad but nothing really standout either.
BrianP December 22, 2019 at 1:36 pm - Reply

Really love the fact Lorne Balfe is posting the score music for all of the themes for piano.Volume 1 has to be the best tv soundtrack this year
MrZimmerFan December 19, 2019 at 3:32 pm - Reply

Now in Itunes NZ, the album for the first season

https:/ /music.apple.com/nz/album/his-dark-materials-original-televi sion-soundtrac k/1491 851961
JD December 19, 2019 at 1:40 am - Reply

What is your source?
AlitaFan December 17, 2019 at 9:57 pm - Reply

I heard Hans Zimmer is scoring Bond 25 :)
Thomas November 13, 2019 at 12:36 pm - Reply

This is Balfe’s best music yet for sure and shows a side to his musical skills we don’t get to hear much I think.
It’s been interesting reading posts about Balfe doing Bond.Has he confirmed yet if he is ?
mpolonest123 November 10, 2019 at 5:00 pm - Reply

“The Alethiometer” might be my new favorite track of the year. Those chord progressions scream JNH/Jerry Goldsmith and are pretty similar to Balfe’s work on Beyond: Two Souls/Blackwood.

I’m glad to see this score getting some love, I’ve always been annoyed with how people seem to slam Balfe for his more workmanlike efforts while ignoring the stronger scores he has done over the years.
superultramegaa November 6, 2019 at 3:44 am - Reply

Damn. After skimming the album, you might be right about this being a great product from Balfe. Jesus, woodwinds, beautiful string and choral writing, melody, and an overall creative sound pallet. The only other score of his that gets close to this quality IMO is Genius Season 2.

There are a few moments where the electronics sound ugly and overbearing, but they're thankfully pretty sparse.

I fully agree that we need more of this Lorne style!
JBSO99 November 5, 2019 at 9:25 pm - Reply

Okay, so I'm not the biggest Balfe fan, but when he does it right, I have to recognize it.

And this is a really good example of the best he can achieve. Tracks like the main theme, The Alethiometer, The Strength of Gyptians or A Plea To Fate show how great he can be, and makes me wonder why he would not use this style more often in his scores.

Anyway, I cannot wait to hear how he develops and uses the themes when the score album is released!
Anonymous October 31, 2019 at 11:29 pm - Reply

Tina Guo and Richard Harvey are musicians

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