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Released | November 1, 2011 | |||
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Length | 40:00 | |||
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Producer | Jake Monaco | |||
Christophe Beck chronology | ||||
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Tower Heist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2011 film Tower Heist directed by Brett Ratner. The film's musical score is composed by Christophe Beck and produced by Jake Monaco. It was distributed by Varèse Sarabande, Back Lot Music and Colosseum Records on November 1, 2011, three days before the film's release.
On June 2011, it was announced that Christophe Beck would score music for Tower Heist. [1] [2] Ratner was in search of a different composer, before executives at Universal Pictures recommended Beck for scoring the film. During his meet with Beck at his studio in Santa Monica, California, Ratner hired him on the basis that he would score a main theme for the film. [3] He wanted the film's music to be urbanized and a "quintessential New York heist movie" referencing The Hot Rock (1972) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), though Ratner felt the score is huge, he also admitted that "it's cool, sophisticated, emotional, it's got so much color". [3] He eventually appreciated Beck for providing a soundscape resembling the 1970s. [3]
Filmtracks.com wrote "You'll have to appreciate the snazzy title theme's five or six major presentations for that album to really mean anything to you, however, because outside of that modernized but somewhat mundane identity of funk, Beck could very well have been on autopilot for the rest." [4] Daniel Schweiger of Assignment X called it as "a deft jam session of symphonic weight and popping excitement, a theme-driven rush that turns the penthouse of all evil into a cool ride on the retro-jazz subway car to rule them all." [5] Peter Debruge of Variety summarized that "Christophe Beck's funky score blares its horns so insistently, one can't help but feel anxious." [6] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "zippy" score reminiscent of the 1970s. [7] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap called it as "jazzy Lalo Schifrin–esque", [8] and Drew Taylor of IndieWire described it as "propulsive". [9] Brad Brevet of Comingsoon.net wrote "Christophe Beck's redundant score tries to convince us things are exciting". [10] The score was shortlisted as one among the 97 contenders for Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 84th Academy Awards. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Theme from Tower Heist" | 3:30 |
2. | "Code Black" | 2:52 |
3. | "Shawnfrontation" | 2:07 |
4. | "The Germ" | 1:55 |
5. | "Lester's Loss" | 0:58 |
6. | "My Little Bitch" | 1:28 |
7. | "Macy's Day" | 2:45 |
8. | "The Marshall Swindle" | 1:09 |
9. | "Right at Rikers" | 0:44 |
10. | "Fifty Dollar Thrift Lift" | 1:55 |
11. | "The Charlie Deception" | 0:55 |
12. | "We Go On Snoopy" | 3:00 |
13. | "Courthouse Con" | 1:50 |
14. | "Grand Theft Auto" | 3:22 |
15. | "Gonna Call Ralph" | 1:06 |
16. | "Strong Box Situation" | 0:58 |
17. | "Shaft Fail" | 0:48 |
18. | "Odessa's Cake" | 1:39 |
19. | "Arrested" | 0:53 |
20. | "Shawstafari" | 2:42 |
21. | "Gold Rush" | 2:09 |
22. | "End Titles" | 1:29 |
Total length: | 40:00 |
Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [12]
Orchestra
Instruments
Rhythm section
Tower Heist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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Film score and soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | November 1, 2011 | |||
Studio |
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Genre | ||||
Length | 40:00 | |||
Label |
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Producer | Jake Monaco | |||
Christophe Beck chronology | ||||
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Tower Heist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2011 film Tower Heist directed by Brett Ratner. The film's musical score is composed by Christophe Beck and produced by Jake Monaco. It was distributed by Varèse Sarabande, Back Lot Music and Colosseum Records on November 1, 2011, three days before the film's release.
On June 2011, it was announced that Christophe Beck would score music for Tower Heist. [1] [2] Ratner was in search of a different composer, before executives at Universal Pictures recommended Beck for scoring the film. During his meet with Beck at his studio in Santa Monica, California, Ratner hired him on the basis that he would score a main theme for the film. [3] He wanted the film's music to be urbanized and a "quintessential New York heist movie" referencing The Hot Rock (1972) and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), though Ratner felt the score is huge, he also admitted that "it's cool, sophisticated, emotional, it's got so much color". [3] He eventually appreciated Beck for providing a soundscape resembling the 1970s. [3]
Filmtracks.com wrote "You'll have to appreciate the snazzy title theme's five or six major presentations for that album to really mean anything to you, however, because outside of that modernized but somewhat mundane identity of funk, Beck could very well have been on autopilot for the rest." [4] Daniel Schweiger of Assignment X called it as "a deft jam session of symphonic weight and popping excitement, a theme-driven rush that turns the penthouse of all evil into a cool ride on the retro-jazz subway car to rule them all." [5] Peter Debruge of Variety summarized that "Christophe Beck's funky score blares its horns so insistently, one can't help but feel anxious." [6] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "zippy" score reminiscent of the 1970s. [7] Alonso Duralde of TheWrap called it as "jazzy Lalo Schifrin–esque", [8] and Drew Taylor of IndieWire described it as "propulsive". [9] Brad Brevet of Comingsoon.net wrote "Christophe Beck's redundant score tries to convince us things are exciting". [10] The score was shortlisted as one among the 97 contenders for Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 84th Academy Awards. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Theme from Tower Heist" | 3:30 |
2. | "Code Black" | 2:52 |
3. | "Shawnfrontation" | 2:07 |
4. | "The Germ" | 1:55 |
5. | "Lester's Loss" | 0:58 |
6. | "My Little Bitch" | 1:28 |
7. | "Macy's Day" | 2:45 |
8. | "The Marshall Swindle" | 1:09 |
9. | "Right at Rikers" | 0:44 |
10. | "Fifty Dollar Thrift Lift" | 1:55 |
11. | "The Charlie Deception" | 0:55 |
12. | "We Go On Snoopy" | 3:00 |
13. | "Courthouse Con" | 1:50 |
14. | "Grand Theft Auto" | 3:22 |
15. | "Gonna Call Ralph" | 1:06 |
16. | "Strong Box Situation" | 0:58 |
17. | "Shaft Fail" | 0:48 |
18. | "Odessa's Cake" | 1:39 |
19. | "Arrested" | 0:53 |
20. | "Shawstafari" | 2:42 |
21. | "Gold Rush" | 2:09 |
22. | "End Titles" | 1:29 |
Total length: | 40:00 |
Credits adapted from CD liner notes. [12]
Orchestra
Instruments
Rhythm section