Moonrise Kingdom (soundtrack)

Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedMay 15, 2012
Genre
Length1:04:11
LabelABKCO
Producer
Wes Anderson film soundtrack chronology
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack)
(2009) 		Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack)
(2012) 		The Grand Budapest Hotel: Original Soundtrack
(2014)

Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack) is the accompanying soundtrack album for the identically named 2012 coming-of-age comedy-drama film released on May 15, 2012 through ABKCO Records.[1][2] The soundtrack album featured original compositions from Alexandre Desplat and supplemented existing music by Benjamin Britten, as well as classical songs from Hank Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Schubert and Françoise Hardy.[3][4] Both Anderson and Randall Poster compiled the film's soundtrack.

The soundtrack was positively received by music critics and analysts, and was listed in several year-end and decade-end lists of "best soundtracks".[5][6] It also topped the Billboard Classical Albums chart upon release.[7] Desplat's score suite which was separated into five different tracks, and Mark Mothersbaugh's theme was bundled into a separate score album, that was released on June 19, 2012 by ABKCO.[8]

  1. ^ "Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack)". ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Minske, Evan (May 2, 2012). "Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom Soundtrack: Check Out the Tracklist and a Piece of the Score". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  3. ^ Dobbins, Amanda. "Moonrise Kingdom Soundtrack: Hank Williams, Françoise Hardy, Benjamin Britten…". Vulture. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (May 2, 2012). "'Moonrise Kingdom' Soundtrack Features Françoise Hardy, Hank Williams, Alexandre Desplat & Lots Of Classical Music". IndieWire. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
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  8. ^ Moonrise Kingdom (Original Score), January 1, 2012, retrieved July 6, 2022