Beowulf is the official soundtrack release for the film of the same name. It contains selections of music from the motion picture which was composed and conducted by composer Alan Silvestri. The album was released on November 20, 2007 from Warner Bros. Records.

Beowulf Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedNovember 20, 2007
Recorded2007
GenreScore, vocal
Length46:52
LabelWEA / Warner Bros. Records
ProducerGlen Ballard and Alan Silvestri

Track listing

edit
No.TitlePerformerLength
1."Beowulf Main Title" 0:54
2."First Grendel Attack" 1:50
3."Gently as She Goes"Robin Wright1:36
4."What We Need Is a Hero" 1:40
5."I'm Here to Kill Your Monster" 1:47
6."I Did Not Win the Race" 2:16
7."A Hero Comes Home" (in-film version)Robin Wright1:08
8."Second Grendel Attack" 4:02
9."I Am Beowulf" 4:32
10."The Seduction" 4:03
11."King Beowulf" 1:44
12."He Has a Story to Tell" 2:42
13."Full of Fine Promises" 1:11
14."Beowulf Slays the Beast" 6:01
15."He Was the Best of Us" 5:23
16."The Final Seduction" 2:52
17."A Hero Comes Home" (end credits version)Idina Menzel3:13
Total length:46:52

Score Credits

edit
  • Music Composed and Conducted by: Alan Silvestri
  • Score Produced by: Alan Silvestri and David Bifano
  • Orchestrated by: John Ashton-Thomas and Alan Silvestri
  • Music Performed by: The Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • Score Contracted by: Sandy DeCrescent and Peter Rotter
  • Choir Performed by: Page LA Studio Voices and Hollywood Film Chorale
  • Vocal Contracting: Bobbi Page and Sally Stevens
  • Score Coordination: David Bifano
  • Score Preparation: JoAnn Kane Music Services
  • Recorded and Mixed by: Dennis Sands
  • Digital Recording by: Erik Swanson
  • Recordists: Tom Hardisty and Adam Olmsted
  • Score Recorded at: Todd-AO Scoring Stage
  • Music Editor: Ryan Rubin
  • Assistant Music Editor: Jeannie Marks
  • Supervising Music Editor: Kenneth Karman

Instrumentation

edit
  • Strings: 28 violins, 12 violas, 10 violoncellos, 8 double basses
  • Woodwinds: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons
  • Brass: 8 French horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas
  • Percussion: 7 players
  • 2 harps, 2 pianos
  • Choir: 38 singers

Songs Credits

edit

Tracks 3, 7, 17

edit
  • Written and Produced by: Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
  • Strings Arranged and Conducted by: Alan Silvestri
  • Recorded by: Scott Campbell
  • Additional Engineer: Bill Malina
  • Mixed by: Scott Campbell at Pacifique Studios, Hollywood CA
  • Contractor for Glen Ballard: Jolie Levine
  • Aerowave Coordinators: Stephanie Kubiak and Angela Vicari
  • Recorded at: The High Window, Hollywood CA

"A Hero Comes Home" (End Credits Version)

edit
  • Performed by: Idina Menzel
  • Guitar: Tim Pierce
  • Drums: Blair Sinta
  • Programming, Keys and Guitar: Glen Ballard

Soundtrack Album Credits

edit
  • Album Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering
  • Score Published by Paramount Allegra Music (ASCAP)
edit