Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture

Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack of the film Avatar. It was composed and conducted by James Horner, who previously worked with director James Cameron on Aliens and Titanic. The theme song of the movie, named I See You is sung by Leona Lewis. The album was released on December 15, 2009, three days before the movie's worldwide premiere in theatres. A deluxe edition of soundtrack, featuring 6 new tracks, was released on April 19, 2010, to help promote the Blu-ray/DVD release. The deluxe edition is available in digital format onlyhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/album/avatar-music-from-motion-picture/id367204921 Six new tracks.
==Track Listing==
Lyrics for all tracks are written by James Horner, except for the theme song I See You which is performed by Leona Lewis and lyrics are written by James Horner, Simon Franglen, and Thaddis Harrell. The 10th track "The Destruction of Hometree" features Horner's 4-note "danger" motif in the second half. The unreleased track "Into the Na'vi World" was available to be heard on the avatarscore.com website only, but has since been removed.
===Standard Edition===
#"You Don't Dream In Cryo..." - 6:09
#Jake Enters His Avatar World - 5:24
#Pure Spirits Of The Forest - 8:49
#The Bioluminiscence Of The Night - 3:37
#Becoming One Of "The People"/Becoming One With Neytiri -7:49
#Climbing Up "Iknimaya - The Path To Heaven" - 3:18
#Jake's First Flight - 4:49
#Scorched Earth - 3:32
#Quaritch - 5:01
#The Destruction Of "Hometree" - 6:47
#Shutting Down Grace's Lab - 2:47
#Gathering All the Na'vi Clans For Battle - 5:14
#War - 11:21
#I See You (Theme from Avatar) - 4:21
===Deluxe Edition===
#"You Don't Dream In Cryo..." - 6:09
#Jake Enters His Avatar World - 5:24
#Pure Spirits Of The Forest - 8:49
#The Bioluminiscence Of The Night - 3:37
#Becoming One Of "The People" Becoming One With Neytiri - 7:49
#Climbing Up "Iknimaya - The Path To Heaven" - 3:18
#Jake's First Flight - 4:49
#Scorched Earth - 3:32
#Quaritch - 5:01
#The Destruction Of "Hometree" - 6:47
#Shutting Down Grace's Lab - 2:47
#Gathering All The Na'vi Clans For Battle - 5:14
#War - 11:21
#I See You (Theme from Avatar) - 4:21
#Pandora - 3:17 (Bonus)
#Viperwolves Attack - 3:49 (Bonus)
#Great Leonopteryx - 1:33 (Bonus)
#Escape From Hellgate - 3:25 (Bonus)
#Healing Ceremony - 2:21 (Bonus)
#The Death Of Quaritch - 5:20 (Bonus)
===Unreleased Tracks===
*Into the Na'vi World - 1:34
==Credits==
===Album===
Music Composer and Conductor	James Horner
Album Producer 	Simon Rhodes and James Horner
Score Recorded and Mixed by 	Simon Rhodes
Supervising Music Editor 	Jim Henrikson
Music Editor 	Dick Bernstein
Additional Music Editing 	Michael Bauer
Electronic Music Arranger 	Simon Franglen
Synthesizer Programming 	Ian Underwood and Aaron Martin
Score Orchestrator 	James Horner, J.A.C. Redford, Jon Kull, Nicholas Dodd, Gary K. Thomas
Orchestra Contractor 	Peter Rotter and Sandy DeCrescent
Choir Contractor 	Jasper Randall
Violin Soloist 	Clayton Haslop
Ethnic Woodwinds 	Tony Hinnigan
Boy Soprano 	Luca Franglen
Solo Vocalists 	Carmen Twillie, Clydene Jackson, Terry Wood, Karen Hogle Brown, Radka Varimezova, Lisbeth Scott
Music Preparator 	Bob Bornstein, Emmett Estren, David Wells
Music Scoring Coordinator 	Sylvia Wells
Score Recorded at	The Newman Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios
Digital Recordist	Kevin Globerman
Recordist 	Tim Lauber
Stage Managers 	Tom Steel and Dominic Gonzales
Engineer 	Denis St. Amand
Score Mixed at 	Record One Recording Studios & The Newman Stage
Score Mix Assistant	Patrick Spain
Custom Orchestral Samples by	Spitfire Audio
Music Assistant 	Ryan Johnson
Original Film Score Published by 	T C F Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
Executive in Charge of Music For Twentieth Century Fox	Robert Kraft
Music Supervised for Twentieth Century Fox 	Mike Knobloch
Business Affairs for Twentieth Century Fox 	Tom Cavanaugh
Music Production Coordinator 	Rebecca Morellato
Executive Soundtrack Producers for Atlantic Records 	Craig Kallman and Kevin Weaver
Atlantic Records Business Affairs 	Erica Bellarosa
Atlantic Records Marketing 	James Lopez
Packaging Production 	Carolyn Tracey
Art Management and Production 	Rob Gold
Art Direction and Design 	David J. Harrigan III
Thanks 	Steve Barnett, Kim Cooper, Ted Gagliano, Michael Gorfaine, Joe Hartwick, Christopher Hogenson, Jon Landau, Cathy Merenda, Jo Ann Orgel, Kelly & Bob Persson, Nicole Pitesa, Areli Quirarte, Jamie Richardson, Stacey Robinson, Janace Tashijan, Jeffrey Taylor Light
Atlantic Records' Thanks	Julie Greenwald, Livia Tortella, Jack McMorrow, Adam Abramson, Matt Engelman, Rich Wagner, John Crawford, Sean Rutkoswki, Amanda Alfieri, Dan Grossman, Rob Beatty, Eric Snowden, David Saslow, David Miller, Torsten Luth, Leona Lewis, Richard Griffiths, Harry Magee, Nicola Carson, Glenn Fukushima
===I See You (Theme Song)===
Performer 	Leona Lewis
Music by 	James Horner and Simon Franglen
Lyrics by 	Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell and James Horner
Producer 	Simon Franglen and James Horner
Arranger 	Simon Franglen
Mixed by 	Simon Rhodes
Publisher 	Franglen Lupino Music, Horner Music In Motion, Suga Wuga Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Harmony and T C F Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
Leona Lewis performs courtesy of	Syco Music
===Orchestra===
Choir 	Karen Hogle Brown, Terry Wood, Clydene Jackson, Elin Carlson, Claire Fedoruk, Lisbeth Scott, Elissa Johnston, Lika Miyake, Jennifer Graham, Joan Beal, Ayana Haviv, Amy Fogerson, Sharmila Guha, Drea Pressley, Nike St. Clair, Leanna Brand, Kimberly Switzer, Michele Hemmings, Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Donna Medine, Chris Gambol, Shawn Kirchner, Michael Lichtenauer, Jonathan Mack, Chris Mann, Gerald White, Daniel Chaney, Sean Mcdermott, Tonoccus Mcclain, Reid Bruton, Randy Crenshaw, Michael Geiger, Scott Graff, Jules Green, Gregg Geiger, Ed Levy, Marc Pritchett, Stephen Grimm, Mark Edward Smith, Mark Beasom
Violins 	Clayton Haslop - CM, Julie Ann Gigante– P2, Jacqueline Brand, Rebecca Bunnell, Roberto Cani, Ron Clark, Kevin Connolly, David Ewart, Galina Golovin, Endre Granat, Henry Gronnier, Alan Grunfeld, Tamara Hatwan, Tiffany Hu, Miran Kojian, Aimee Kreston, Ana Landauer, Sungil Lee, Natalie Leggett, Phillip Levy, Alyssa Park, Sara Parkins, Radu Pieptea, Vladimir Polimatidi, Katia Popov, Rafael Rishik, Anatoly Rosinsky, Haim Shtrum, Tereza Stanislav, Shalini Vijayan, Roger Wilkie, Kenneth Yerke
Violas 	Pamela Goldsmith – 1st, Robert Brophy, Gina Coletti, Brian Dembow, Thomas Diener, Andrew Duckles, Alma Fernandez, Marlow Fisher, Samuel Formicola, Matthew Funes, Steven Gordon, Keith Greene, Jennie Hansen, Peter Jandula-Hudson, Roland Kato, Shawn Mann, Darrin Mc. Cann, Victoria Miskolczy, Maria Newman, Michael Nowak, Cassandra Richburg, David Walther
Celli 	Timothy Landauer – 1st, Antony Cooke, Erika Duke-kirkpatrick, Steve Erdody, Christine Ermacoff, Paula Hochhalter, Dennis Karmazyn, Dane Little, George Kim Scholes, Andrew Shulman
Bass 	Michael Valerio – 1st, Nico Carmine Abondolo, Drew D. Dembowski, Oscar Hidalgo, Christian Kollgaard, David Parmeter, Susan Ranney, Frances Wu
Flutes 	David Shostac – 1st, Geraldine Rotella
Clarinets 	Gary Bovyer – 1st, Joshua Ranz, Ralph Williams
Oboes 	Barbara Northcutt – 1st, Lara Wickes
Bassoons 	Michael O'Donovan - 1st, Rose Corrigan, Kenneth Munday
Horns 	James Thatcher – 1st, Mark Adams, Steven Becknell, David Duke, David Everson, Daniel Kelley, Jenny Kim, Paul Klintworth, Brian O'Connor, Richard Todd
Trumpets 	David Washburn – 1st, Jon Lewis, Timothy Morrison, Barry Perkins
Trombones 	William Booth – 1st, Alexander Iles, Andrew Malloy, Robert Sanders, George Thatcher
Tubas 	James Self
Percussion 	Robert Zimmitti – 1st, Alan Estes, Michael Fisher, Peter Limonick, Donald Williams (Timpani)
Piano/Synth	Simon Franglen, Aaron Martin, Ian Underwood
Harps 	Jo Ann Turovsky – 1st, Marcia Dickstein
==Reviews==
The soundtrack was received with mostly positive reviews, but sometimes called as a "recycled" soundtrack since James Horner used a few themes and cues from his previous work.
Allmusic (unfavorable) by James Christopher Mongerhttp://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfqxzwald6e
BBC (positive) by Mike Diverhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vxm5
Den of Geek (5/5) by Charlie Brigdenhttp://www.denofgeek.com/Reviews/382931/avatar_music_from_the_motion_picture_review.html
Empire (4/5) by Ian Freerhttp://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?SID=10234
FilmScoreClickTrack (2.5/5) by Jim Lochnerhttp://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/
Filmtracks (5/5)http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/avatar.html
Filmtracks praised all the tracks, but I See You had some slippy moments.
IGN (8.9/10) by Brian Linderhttp://uk.music.ign.com/articles/105/1055467p1.html
Brian Linder praised Climbing Up Iknimaya, considering it as if it gave a sense of majesty that would leave the listener breathless. As the other critics, I See You was criticized, stating: "We're not sure if "I See You" will become as annoyingly ubiquitous as the aforementioned Celine Dion weeper, but it's definitely a solid pop ballad."
Kurticus Music (5.5/10)http://kurticus.com/avatar-soundtrack-review
Soundtrack Geek (9.5/10) by Jorn Tillneshttp://soundtrackgeek.com/2009/12/14/soundtrack-review-avatar-by-james-horner-2009/
Suite101 (highly recommended) by David Abraham Dueckhttp://classicalmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/avatar_soundtrack_review
Tracksounds (7/10) by Christopher Colemanhttp://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/avatar_james_horner.htm
==Charts==
Chart 	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Charthttp://ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm 	89
Austrian Albums Charthttp://www.lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack+/+James+Horner&titel=Avatar&cat=a 	11
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) 	26
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) 	55
Czech IFPI Album Charthttp://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=147671&sec=071a88c11ece91abc290993f033e01b1	26
Dutch Albums Chart 	74
French Albums Chart 	19
French Digital Albums Charthttp://www.lescharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=ai&year=2010&date=20100102 	1
German Albums Charthttp://www.mtv.de/charts/album50 	10
Greek Albums Charthttp://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm 	55
Mexican Albums Chart 	69
Spanish Albums Chart 	71
Swiss Albums Chart 	9
U.S. Billboard 200 Chart<refhttp://www.billboard.com/#/album/soundtrack/avatar/1299350 	31
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums 	4
U.S. Billboard Soundtrack Albums 	5
==Booklet==
The physical CD contains a printed booklet insert which includes the following:
*Cover artwork
*A Note About the Avatar Score from the Director
*A Note About the Avatar Score from the Composer
*Credits for the production of the album including composition, recording, mixing, mastering, etc.
*Thank-yous and credits for the members of the orchestra, choir and others
*Back cover with track listing and movie credit template
The digital MP3 album which can be purchased from Atlantic Records contains a PDF version of the booklet.
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Avatar-music-ost-back.jpg|Back
avatar-music-ost-front-old.jpg|Alternative Standard Edition Front Cover
avatar-music-ost-front-kor.jpg|Korean Edition Front Cover
avatar-music-ost-back-kor.jpg|Korean Edition Back Cover
===Director's Note===
===Composer's Note===
==Notes==
* Several cues from a number of other films that James Horner worked on are presented in very limited form for this soundtrack. These films include Braveheart, Apollo 13, Enemy at the Gates, and Apocalypto to name a few.
==References==
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