‘Avatar’ Music Score Likely to Run as Long as the Film
Although James Cameron’s Avatar has been generating a lot of buzz, very little information has surfaced regarding James Horner’s musical score for the film. In fact, details about the score have been as secretive if not more secretive than the film itself, especially when you consider Horner has been working on it since as early as June 2008.
Thanks to Fox Music executive vice president Mike Knobloch, we now have a little more insight into what to expect from the score, how long it will be, and what it might sound like.
“It’s a brilliantly unique blend of traditional and contemporary, electronic elements and spans the entire spectrum of attitude and energy – from bombastic action to the delicate, romantic discovery of a new world,” Knobloch said.
“The recording of the score has been an ongoing process for months and it’s still in process. Electronic elements of the score are being recorded at a studio assembled specifically for this project. The orchestral component of the score is being recorded in groups of dates that started in June [2008],” Mike Knobloch explained.
In speaking with Movie Score Magazine, Knobloch couldn’t confirm any final stats or runtime for the score, since it isn’t finished yet, but he did confirm it is likely to run for as long as the film which, as we know, is about 3 hours.
Knobloch said those stats “are still changing and evolving as James Horner is keeping up with James Cameron and the cutting room, who are still busy fine-tuning the film. The film will run the better part of three hours and there will likely be nearly as much score.”
Movie Score Magazine also confirms:
The main orchestra used for the score features over 100 musicians, including eight horns, four trumpets and five trombones. The string section is huge, comprising of 70 players. The music also features vocalists singing in the film’s Na’vi language, as well as a few other acoustic and electronic instrumentalists.
Avatar the score will be released by Atlantic Records.
“The release dates for both physical and digital products are still being finalized,” Mike Knobloch confirmed.
You can hear a snippet of the score playing in the background of the official Avatar website.
Source: Movie Score Magazine
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