''Skyscraper – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' is the

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

to the 2018 film of the same name, written and composed by

Steve Jablonsky Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American composer for film, television, and video games, best known for his musical scores in the ''Transformers'' film series, ''Desperate Housewives'', and '' The Sims 3''. Some of his frequent col ...

. The score was recorded at

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with an orchestra conducted by

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. Additional mixing was done at Arata Music Studios. The soundtrack was digitally released on July 13, 2018 by

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with the physical soundtrack being released later on August 3, 2018.

Background

was hired to score the film, replacing Thurber's frequent composer,

Theodore Shapiro Theodore Michael Shapiro ( ; born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores. He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won the ...

. For the basis of the score, Jablonsky worked with traditional orchestra and blended looped guitar riffs which consisted of both acoustic and electric. He did this to make the film more realistic and gritty, avoiding the notion of a hero-esque theme. As for the character of Botha, Jablonsky discarded the use of an orchestra to represent the villain. So, he came up with a "unique percussion rhythm" by recording "tom-toms through several distortion pedals and a compressor." which Thurber liked a lot. Luke Richards,

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and Bryce Jacobs provided additional music.

Track listing

Track 18
''Walls''
by Jamie N Commons, is played during the end credits of the film. A further track from the end credits, ''Break in the Clouds'' by

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, is not included in the soundtrack album.

Personnel

* Original Score Composed & Produced- Steve Jablonsky * Music Supervisors — Peter Afterman & Magaret Yen * Associate Music Supervisor — Alison Litton * Music Coordinator — Oriana Pedone * Mixing Engineer — Jeff Biggers * Recording Engineer — Andrew Dudman * Orchestra Leader — Everton Nelson * Solo Cello — Tim Gill * Guitars — Tom Strahle, Steve Jablonsky & Bryce Jacobs * Drums — Jon Jablonsky * Technical Score Engineer — Lori Castro * Orchestra Conducted - Alastair King * Orchestrators — Larry Rench & Jeremy Borum * Librarian — Jill Streater * Assistant Engineers — Matt Jones & George Oulton

References

External links

* {{IMDb name, 0413011, Steve Jablonsky
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