Concussion [Original Motion Picture Score]

by Howard,James Newton

Overview

Concussion is a 2015 drama about Dr. Bennet Omalu (played by Will Smith) and his discoveries in the field of brain trauma caused by repeated concussions, specifically in football players. James Newton Howard (The Sixth Sense, The Dark Knight, The Hunger Games franchise) composed the film's score, his second collaboration with director Peter Landesman, having worked on 2013's Parkland. The dramatic score features synth programming by Klayton of Celldweller, along with piano and orchestra. Implied ticking clocks, heartbeats, and electronic noise recur throughout the score, interspersed with warmer passages of harmonious strings and numerous blends of all of the above, as on the arced "Jacked Up." The recording also includes the stark Lisbeth Scott song "In the Darkness," co-written with Harry Gregson-Williams for the 2007 Gone Baby Gone soundtrack; it does not include Concussion's original song "So Long" by retro-soul singer Leon Bridges. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	12/18/2015
Label:	Sony Classical
UPC:	0888751738027
Rank:	236676

Tracks

1. Concussion
2. Dr. Bennet Testifies
3. Strzelczyk Visits Webster
4. Webster's Autopsy
5. Jacked Up
6. The Head as a Weapon
7. Bennet and Prema
8. Strzelczyk Loses It
9. Published: Marry me
10. We Used to Be Warriors
11. Tell the Truth
12. I Am Offended
13. Shakespeare
14. News Conference
15. Hello Little One
16. Prema Followed
17. Be at Peace
18. Bennet's Decision
19. Concussion End Titles
20. In the Darkness

Album Credits

Performance Credits

James Newton Howard   Primary Artist
Lisbeth Scott   Primary Artist