Don't Look Up (soundtrack)

Don't Look Up (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
Soundtrack album by
Nicholas Britell
ReleasedDecember 10, 2021
Recorded2021
Genre
Length56:54
LabelMaisie Music Publishing
Republic Records
ProducerNicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell chronology
Italian Studies
(2021) 		Don't Look Up
(2021) 		Carmen
(2022)
Singles from Don't Look Up (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)
  1. "Just Look Up"
    Released: December 3, 2021

Don't Look Up (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) is the soundtrack to the 2021 film Don't Look Up directed by Adam McKay. The film's original score is composed by Nicholas Britell in his fourth collaboration with McKay, following The Big Short (2015), Vice (2018) and the HBO television series Succession (2019–2022), where McKay was the executive producer. Britell's score consisted of widest range of instrumentation used in the film, that produces multiple genres and musical styles, ranging from big-band jazz, traditional orchestral sounds and electronics and offbeat music.[1] The album was led by the promotional single "Just Look Up" performed by Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi. that was described as a "love song for the end of the world".[2][3] The song was issued on December 3, 2021 for streaming and digital download.[4] The album featuring Britell's original score and an original song titled "Second Nature" by Bon Iver, was released on December 10, by Republic Records.[5] The musical score received critical acclaim and led him receiving several nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Original Score, his third Academy Award nomination, following Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).[6]

  1. ^ Blyth, Antonia (March 5, 2022). "Adam McKay Made 'Don't Look Up' Because Climate Crisis Is Not Years Away, "It's Right Now" – Contenders Film: The Nominees". Deadline. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Pond, Steve (December 10, 2021). "How Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi Wrote a Love Song for the End of the World". TheWrap. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Burlingame, Jon (January 27, 2022). "'Don't Look Up's' Musicians on Writing a Song About Impending Doom and Love". Variety. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Skinner, Tom (December 3, 2021). "Hear Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi's new collaboration, 'Just Look Up'". NME. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Blistein, Jon (December 10, 2021). "Bon Iver and Nicholas Britell's 'Don't Look Up' Song Is a Wicked Anthem for the End of the World". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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