2021 film score by Lorne Balfe
Black Widow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) film score for the 2021Marvel Studios filmBlack Widow Lorne Balfe , with the soundtrack album being released byHollywood Records on July 9, 2021.
Alexandre Desplat was revealed to be composing the music forBlack Widow [ 1] Lorne Balfe replaced Desplat as composer, which Desplat confirmed in May 2020.[ 2] [ 3] Marvel Music andHollywood Records on July 9, 2021.[ 4] Black Widow directorCate Shortland believed Balfe had created a "soulful score that is really Russian".[ 5]
Balfe employed London'sMetro Voices for a 118-piece orchestra and a 60-voice choir singing Russian lyrics, with a 40-voice male choir and 20-voice female choir, doing takes with and without lyrics. These lyrics were adapted from Russian poetry byAlexander Pushkin ,Leo Tolstoy andMikhail Lermontov . Balfe said that "the music of theRed Army was also a massive influence", and that he "wanted to giveYelena that Red Army robustness with her theme." Balfe avoided more cliché Russian instruments likebalalaikas as they "didn't fit the film" and could "become a parody".[ 6]
All music composed byLorne Balfe .[ 4]
No. Title Length 1. "Natasha's Lullaby" 3:24 2. "Latrodectus" 2:40 3. "Fireflies" 3:13 4. "The Pursuit" 2:53 5. "The First Bite Is the Deepest" 3:05 6. "Last Glimmer" 4:19 7. "Dreykov" 3:34 8. "You Don't Know Me" 2:01 9. "Yelena Belova" 3:36 10. "From the Shadows" 3:44 11. "Hand in Hand" 2:46 12. "Blood Ties" 2:54 13. "Whirlwind" 3:28 14. "Arise" 2:13 15. "Natasha's Fragments" 1:55 16. "A Sister Says Goodbye" 4:14 17. "I Can't Save Us" 1:51 18. "Red Rising" 3:57 19. "The Betrayed" 5:38 20. "The Descent" 2:05 21. "Faces to the Sun" 1:51 22. "Natasha Soars" 2:19 23. "Last Love" 1:59 24. "Into the Past" 4:55 25. "Broken Free" 3:09 26. "A Calling" 2:10 Total length: 79:53
Weekly chart performance forBlack Widow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Chart (2023) Peakposition
UK Album Downloads (OCC )[ 7] 37 UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC )[ 8] 18
A cover ofNirvana 's "Smells Like Teen Spirit " by Think Up Anger, featuring Malia J is used in the film's opening credits.[ 9] [ 10] American Pie " byDon McLean , Yelena Belova's favorite song as a child, "Cheap Thrills " bySia andSean Paul , "Bond Fights Snake" byJohn Barry , "Atshan Ya Zeina" by Ahmed Mohamed El Gaml, and "Rise Ye Soldiers of Salvation".Alan Silvestri 'sAvengers [ 10] [ 11]
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