Godzilla: King of the Monsters (soundtrack)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Bear McCreary
ReleasedMay 24, 2019 (2019-05-24)
Recorded2018–2019
StudioAir Studios, Dean Street Studios, Heaven Recording Studio (Hong Kong)
GenreFilm score
LabelWaterTower Music
ProducerJoe Augustine, Bear McCreary, Michael Dougherty (exec.), Peter Afterman (exec.), Margaret Yen (exec.)[1]
Bear McCreary chronology
The Professor and the Madman
(2019) 		Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2019) 		Rim of the World
(2019)
MonsterVerse chronology
Kong: Skull Island
(2017) 		Godzilla: King of the Monsters
(2019) 		Godzilla vs. Kong
(2021)
Singles from Godzilla: King of the Monsters
  1. "Old Rivals"
    Released: April 7, 2019
  2. "Godzilla (feat. Serj Tankian)[2]"
    Released: April 15, 2019
  3. "Rodan[3]"
    Released: May 23, 2019
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Soundtrack Universe[1]
The Action Elite[2]
Sci-Fi Bulletin[3]
Review Graveyard[4]
Filmtracks[5]

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2019 American monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.[a] A sequel to Godzilla (2014), it is the 35th film in the Godzilla franchise, the third film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio.[b] Directed and co-written by Michael Dougherty, the film's musical score is composed by Bear McCreary, the third film composer to work on the MonsterVerse franchise.[c] His involvement in the film was confirmed in July 2018, and recording of the musical score began later that year in Hong Kong. Several themes from Akira Ifukube's musical score for Godzilla (1954), were incorporated and sampled in the score.[9] The album and score influenced a mix of electronic, trance and orchestral music with Japanese music for few of the themes. The soundtrack was released by WaterTower Music on May 24, 2019,[10] a week before the film's theatrical release date. A limited edition triple LP soundtrack was released by Waxwork Records on July 5.[11]

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  2. ^ Abbate, Jake (April 15, 2019). "Bear McCreary and Serj Tankian Cover "Godzilla" for King of the Monsters Soundtrack". SuperHeroHype. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Butler, Mary Anne (May 23, 2019). "Wanna Hear Bear McCreary's Rodan Theme from 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters'?". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
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  6. ^ Kalat 2010, p. 25.
  7. ^ Ryfle 1998, p. 121.
  8. ^ Kalat 2010, p. 84.
  9. ^ "All The Classic Godzilla Music On The King of the Monsters Soundtrack". ScreenRant. June 3, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference BearMcCreary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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