| 127 Hours: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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| Released | 2 November 2010[1] | |||
| Recorded | K. M. Musiq Studios, Los Angeles AIR Studios, London Miloko Studios, London Hear No Evil Recording Studio, London Panchathan Record Inn and AM Studios, Chennai Nirvana Studios, Mumbai | |||
| Genre | Post-industrial, experimental, ambient | |||
| Length | 1:01:23 | |||
| Label | Interscope, Fox Music | |||
| Producer | A. R. Rahman, Gretchen Anderson | |||
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127 Hours: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to Danny Boyle's 2010 film of the same name. It was composed by Academy Award Winner A. R. Rahman, Boyle's previous collaborator on Slumdog Millionaire. The score, centred on guitar, was recorded mainly in London and was completed in three weeks.[2] The soundtrack was released digitally on 2 November and physically on 22 November, by Interscope Records and Fox Music.[3] The score is briefly orchestral and the song's main theme, "If I Rise" features Rahman playing the Harpejji.[4]
The soundtrack album includes original score and the theme song composed by Rahman, the tracks "Never Hear Surf Music Again" by Free Blood, "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers, Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2, "Ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand, "If You Love Me" by Esther Phillips, and "Festival" by Sigur Rós.[5] The original theme song of the film, "If I Rise", is written by A. R. Rahman (music), Dido and Rollo Armstrong (lyrics) and performed by Dido along with Rahman. It was featured in the climax scene of the film.[6]
The film's subject Aron Ralston's favourite band, Phish, is mentioned in the film. During production, Boyle asked Ralston how Phish lyrics could be included in the film. Ralston sings lines from the Phish song "Sleeping Monkey" when swimming in one of the early scenes of the movie.[7] But the soundtrack album did not feature this song. Another song "The Funeral" from Band of Horses is not in the soundtrack album, but is used in the end of the trailer.
- ^ Shankaran Malini (29 December 2010). "Rahman's music enthralls for 127 hours". Express News Service. The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ Roberts, Sheila. "Composer A.R. Rahman Interview 127 Hours". Collider. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "127 Hours: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album to Be Released Digitally on November 2nd and in Physical Format on November 22 on Interscope, Featuring New Original Music by Oscar-Winning Film Composer A.R. Rahman"
- ^ Burlingame, Jon (11 February 2011). "Eye on the Oscars: Music". Variety. p. A3.
- ^ Grimm, Becca. "Sigur Rós, Bill Withers, Many More Featured on 127 Hours Soundtrack". Paste Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Best Song and Score is not cool enough for Reznor and Ross". AwardsDaily. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ Aron Ralston's insight helping form Boyle's ‘127 Hours' Archived 18 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Washington Post. 9 November 2009.