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The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Alexandre Desplat

2014 · Stage & Screen

The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Alexandre Desplat

The Imitation Game (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a Soundtrack & Scores album by Alexandre Desplat, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.

About

The second of two 2015 Oscar-nominated soundtracks by French film composer Alexandre Desplat had an unusual task: “It’s difficult to show on screen what’s happening in the brain,” Desplat says of the film’s subject, WWII code-breaker Alan Turing. “I never thought the orchestra should be big; we should focus on him. The sensation that this brain is different, faster, complex. I felt that using computerized pitches and scales could render that. Then I mixed sometimes three or four tracks of pianos. Some are literal; some are random arpeggios that the computer plays.”

via Apple Music

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Tracklist

  1. 1The Imitation Game2:37
  2. 2Enigma2:50
  3. 3Alan2:57
  4. 4U-Boats2:12
  5. 5Carrots and Peas2:19
  6. 6Mission1:36
  7. 7Crosswords2:52
  8. 8Night Research1:39
  9. 9Joan1:45
  10. 10Alone with Numbers2:58
  11. 11The Machine Christopher1:57
  12. 12Running3:01
  13. 13The Headmaster2:27
  14. 14Decrypting2:01
  15. 15A Different Equation2:54
  16. 16Becoming a Spy4:08
  17. 17The Apple2:20
  18. 18Farewell to Christopher2:41
  19. 19End of War2:07
  20. 20Because of You1:36
  21. 21Alan Turing's Legacy1:56

Sound DNA

  • Soundtrack & Scores
  • Orchestral Score
  • lush
  • melancholic
  • cinematic

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Standard jewel case with clear tray & 12-page liner notes booklet.
The score has been recorded @ Abbey Road Studios
Recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Alexandre DesplatCOMPOSED BY, CONDUCTOR ORCHESTRATED BY
  • Carmine LauriORCHESTRATED BY
  • Dave ArchPIANO, SOLOIST
  • Jean-Pascal BeintusORCHESTRATED BY
  • London Symphony OrchestraORCHESTRA
  • Nicolas CharronORCHESTRATED BY
  • Romain AllenderPROGRAMMED BY
  • Sylvain MorizetORCHESTRATED BY

5 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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