Michael Giacchino - SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (2023)

[Jay 37,369]

First single was released back in September

 

 

 

Now, a 19-track FYC album is available (though only 18 tracks play because track 3, Barren plays track 1 "Leaving Home" again)

 

https://film.netflixawards.com/society-of-the-snow

[enderdrag64 624]

26 minutes ago, Jay said:

First single was released back in September

 

 

 

Now, a 19-track FYC album is available (though only 18 tracks play because track 3, Barren plays track 1 "Leaving Home" again)

 

https://film.netflixawards.com/society-of-the-snow

Idk if you saw @thx99's post in the FYC thread but there's actually 34 tracks available from that site (there should be 35 but one of them wasn't uploaded by accident). It's basically the complete score

[Jay 37,369]

Yup, I figured he could share that info here himself for more likes

[Drawgoon 100]

No puns in the track titles this time.

As one of the very few people who appreciates his crazy titles I must say I am disappointed, but I can fully understand the decision, as the subject of this movie is too "sensitive" for that sort of humor.

[Richard Penna 3,694]

Sounds like a remake of Alive (Gia's cue above even sounds like JNH's score).

[pete 907]

It’s based on the same true story as Alive

[Jay 37,369]

I listened to the FYC album of this.... and I liked it a lot.  I already can't wait to listen to it again, but haven't found the time yet.  What a nice treat at the end of the year to get two new Giacchino scores on the same day!

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

 

This looks incredible. I haven't listened to the FYC, but am very excited to hear Giacchino does with this!

[Jay 37,369]

Coming Friday, December 1st digitally by Netflix Music

 

 

1. Leaving Home (1:23)
2. Crash (1:04)
3. Barren (1:33)
4. Alien World (2:56)
5. Flashback (1:03)
6. First Scout (1:32)
7. Susy Passes (8:18)
8. News Radio (0:58)
9. What Do I Become (1:14)
10. The Second Expedition (4:43)
11. Trapped (0:44)
12. Today Is My Birthday (1:20)
13. What’s the Limit (2:31)
14. I See the Sky (2:01)
15. A Plan to Cross the Mountains (3:10)
16. Arturo’s Death (0:55)
17. Setting Out (1:07)
18. Heading Back (2:03)
19. Take Home the Love (1:13)
20. Nando Returns (5:02)
21. Radio Failure (0:50)
22. Sleeping Bag (0:53)
23. Numa Accepts His Place (5:30)
24. Andes Ascent (4:16)
25. Onward (3:16)
26. Over the River (1:09)
27. Found (6:22)
28. Home (4:06)

 

https://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/11/29/society-of-the-snow-soundtrack-album-details/

 

Second single released:

 

 

 

I love that each single has different art from each other, and from the whole album's cover

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

Well so the missing fyc track ‘barren’ is going to be released 🙂

[Jay 37,369]

Whipped this up

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_I9FTjcyWAyzLKOnYNnHuX8s2RPD24_FAfo9T6kYa9E

[Edmilson 7,466]

A Giacchino score without those insufferable puns on cue titles!

 

What's next? A Hans Zimmer score without synths? A Thomas Newman score without sitars? 

[Faleel 5,354]

1 minute ago, Edmilson said:

A Giacchino score without those insufferable puns on cue titles!

 

What's next? A solo Hans Zimmer score? 

Fixed.

[Edmilson 7,466]

I reckon only this and Rogue One are the only "pun-less" Giacchino scores since the mid 2000s or so. Before that, there were only his very early scores, before Lost, The Incredibles, etc. Anyway, R1 eventually got its own punified titles, which he probably won't do with this one here.

[Jay 37,369]

Rogue One's pun titles weren't an "eventually" thing - they were inside in CD booklet.  So we still only have them for the cues that made the OST album.

[Faleel 5,354]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

Rogue One's pun titles weren't an "eventually" thing - they were inside in CD booklet. 

So eventually, as the tracklist was announced before the album was released.

[Thor 7,508]

As much as I dislike Giacchino, I'm willing to give this one an open chance. I've always been interested in the story, and I love ALIVE, both film and score.

 

[Edit: Sampled it now, and no -- this was no door opener either. Lots of those gnarling LOST elements here, that no doubt works in the film, but that I find hard to listen to alone]

[Ollie 1,059]

Quartet is releasing the CD on Dec 8th. 
 

 

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

I listened to the score during a walk this morning.

 

Maybe it had to do with the headspace I was in, but this really hit me. It actually made me really emotional. I think it's an incredible score.

 

I'm a big fan of Giacchino. For me it doesn't matter if he does big blockbusters or smaller films, I like almost anything he does. I really waited to hear anything of the score until the album was released and I'm glad I did.

 

I feel this is a score which is very good in it's restraint. There are some grander moments earlier in the score, but what I appreciate is that it paints the picture of being stranded in the middle of nowhere. There are some beautiful passages for piano, strings and percussion. The theme that runs through the score is beautiful and in the last six tracks cements itself as one of Giacchino's most beautiful.

 

It's on those final six cues that Giacchino's music explodes. You have the sadness in "Numa Accepts His Place" than the anticipation and power of "Andes Ascent" & "Onward" with the choir and percussion.

Then "Found" and "Home" are just so beautiful. I eslecially love the guitar in "Found".

 

I love this score! Can't wait to hear it in context.

[Jay 37,369]

Here's the text of that post and the album cover instead of a phone capture

 

 

In collaboration with Netflix Music, we are pleased to present the physical CD edition of Michael Giacchino's beautiful score for J.A. Bayona's SOCIETY OF THE SNOW.

The CD release will be available on December 8, along with our last five releases of the year! It's been a bumpy road for some of them, but they're all finally at the plant and will be ready for immediate order and shipping within a week! Stay tuned!

 

https://www.facebook.com/QuartetRecords/posts/pfbid02FiQrairWaKUGzs8nqh5KiqfYbTWzMcasj1F2nh9NHDkVYUad2y5gzwqRL6kMBdAZl?__cft__[0]=AZXL89xSZuPjytG2FG19GTfa352cuwip8odvfoCd6TKOyKNJfILDx4TRd6uNqnfRxGLrrqlwD5oxlNWCHTjEW0ZiRotph2o6Xqt64s3Ss-H-T5hvG8KMyvVMNHTOslXz5bdg8XDO8gH-YB33gyDw9dVDKWdnFaD3b7BN51mhTHoiEkCO5lctK5yHQiFadgCjong&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

 

 

[Jay 37,369]

That's a nice thing for a director to say about a collaborator!

 

I listened to the OST album yesterday and I loved it. So happy it's getting a physical release.

[thestat 348]

Love some Gia but not sure about this one. Loads of dissonance as fits the subject, but it is just so close to JNH's Alive score for the same topic as to be....redundant? The guitar plucking theme, the uplifting chorales, the dissonance etc. At least, JNH had some balls to the wall early 1990s action scoring for the climbing sequences

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

 

[Jay 37,369]

Huh, I didn't realize this was recorded in London at Abbey Road!

 

Society of the Snow
Michael Giacchino

16,95€
Ref: QR544

 

Quartet Recods and Netflix Music are proud to present Michael Giacchino’s (LOST, THE INCREDIBLES, SUPER 8, JO JO RABBIT, Academy-Award winner for UP!) emotionally and sensitive score for J.A. Bayona’s new film, SOCIETY OF THE SNOW.

 

The film tells the true story of what happened in 1972 when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had been chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, crashed in the heart of the Andes. Only 29 of its 45 passengers survived the accident. Trapped in one of the most hostile and inaccessible environments on the planet, they must resort to extreme measures to stay alive.

 

This is the second time that Michael Giacchino has worked with J.A. Bayona since collaborating on JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM. For SOCIETY OF THE SNOW, the composer took the story and constructed it narratively from the first scene to the last, creating a kind of progression that parallels the progression of the group, creating a highly dramatic and by turns deeply emotional, tragically haunting, and beautifully innocent arc.

 

Composed for orchestra, percussion and choir, and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, this CD edition comes in a deluxe digipack designed by Mo Shafeek, with a separate booklet featuring liner notes by Bayona.

 

https://quartetrecords.com/product/society-of-the-snow/

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

Interview with Giacchino

 

https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/michael-giacchino-society-of-the-snow-interview

 

[TheUlyssesian 2,478]

This could be Gia's ticket to the Oscars for the first time in 14 years. Kinda stunning to me he hasn't even been nominated since he won for Up.

[Jay 37,369]

My physical copy arrived today from Quartet!

 

I was surprised to see its a digipak, not in a jewel case

[Jay 37,369]

Anyone else received a physical copy and opened it up yet? I haven't had time

[Kasey Kockroach 2,344]

On 11/12/2023 at 10:54 PM, TheUlyssesian said:

This could be Gia's ticket to the Oscars for the first time in 14 years. Kinda stunning to me he hasn't even been nominated since he won for Up.

Probably because he hasn’t done a great score since then.

[Jay 37,369]

I opened my physical copy.  The art design is nice - simple but very effective in its simplicity.

 

The credits have one very strange part in it:

 

 

Is that just a placeholder that nobody went back and changed to the real location!?  Or are they trying to make some kind of joke?

 

And the note from Bayona has one instead of "I" at like double the font size of everything else, pretty weird thing to slip through.  Makes me wonder if a not-final version of the booklet is what got printed?

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

"Album produCD by"

 

that could be a pun title

 

If it was a vinyl would it say Album produLP by?

 

Well the mask of zorro as one big missing "W"...the jurassic teeth fiasco... even the masters at craft do mistakes.

 

You even wrote 'Not' instead of 'note'

 

But yeah, sometimes it seems people dont double-check things. If i was in charge, i would print the final files once and give it to proof readers, and then after is has been proofed, go to the printing plant.

[Jay 37,369]

I didn't even notice they spelled "produced" wrong.  This must have been the wrong file sent to the printing place

[Edmilson 7,466]

For me the weirdest thing here is not even the "Score Producd by" but rather the "Score Mixed at ???". No, I'm not kidding, someone did put three question marks there.

 

How come the responsible for writing the characters didn't even know where it was mixed? And even if that information was somehow impossible to get, why not ommit it entirely from the liner notes? It would've been less embarrassing than these question marks.

 

On 19/12/2023 at 6:23 PM, Kasey Kockroach said:

Probably because he hasn’t done a great score since then.

Didn't you use to love his Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom score?

[Jay 37,369]

2 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

For me the weirdest thing here is not even the "Score Producd by" but rather the "Score Mixed at ???". No, I'm not kidding, someone did put three question marks there.

 

That's why I posted the picture.

 

And that's why I think the wrong file was sent to the printing press.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,344]

18 hours ago, Edmilson said:

 

 

Didn't you use to love his Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom score?

Oh I still do, but then one listens to 1:17 of “This Title Makes Me Jurassic” and wonders where we took the wrong turn in life. 

[Jay 37,369]

Finally listening to my physical copy today.  I still love it, but really only once you get to the end; The final few tracks make the whole album.  This is the kind of score you could make a really killer 15-20 minute suite version of and be pretty satisfied

[filmmusic 1,832]

Sorry, I haven't followed this score and film.

I read the imdb synopsis. Is this a remake of Alive?

 

edit: Ah, never mind. It is..

[Jay 37,369]

It's NOT a remake of Alive!

 

It's a fresh adaptation of the same true story!

[filmmusic 1,832]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

It's a fresh adaptation of the same true story!

I don't understand how this doesn't qualify it as a remake...

[Jay 37,369]

What do you mean?

A remake is when you have rights to an existing film, and remake it.

 

Two completely different filmmakers making a movie about an actual thing that really happened is just.... two movies.  The one that happened to come out later isn't considered to be a remake of one that came out first.  Why would it be?

[filmmusic 1,832]

Ah, Ok. I "think" I get it now.

[Jay 37,369]

Anyways this score cut is really good

 

 

[filmmusic 1,832]

Yeah, I've listened to this, I think it reminds something from LOST? Or not? or Super 8?

I'm not so sure...

 

[Jay 37,369]

It reminds me of LOST for sure

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

5 Star review from James Southall

 

http://www.movie-wave.net/society-of-the-snow/.

[Bespin 8,483]

I watched the movie yesterday and really enjoyed the music. The movie itself is very good as well. It seems to me that finding this ideal combination of a great movie with an exceptional score is becoming increasingly rare, but it feels like a miracle when it happens.

[Jay 37,369]

28 hours from now, Schweiger will interview Giacchino about this score

 

 

[Toillion 215]

There is a new record label called Made by Mutant and this score is going to be their first vinyl release. There is a Spanish and an English edition being released both coming with a 12-page booklet. 

 

This new record label is created by the same people who started Mondo. 

 

https://www.madebymutant.com/format/1466218-society-of-the-snow-soundtrack-from-the-netflix-film

[Jay 37,369]

Neat!