Music · score

Arrival — score

Among the most-influential scores of the decade. Notably DID NOT use the licensed Max Richter cue that opens and closes the film.

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Composers

37
Cues documented

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Runtime

2016
Release year

Themes

Voice-led — Theatre of Voices choir performs deconstructed, breath-emphasizing vocal textures meant to evoke the aliens' nonlinear language. Max Richter's 'On the Nature of Daylight' bookends the film (licensed, not composed).

Composer · Jóhann Jóhannsson

37 cues documented

Recorded by Theatre of Voices choir + chamber orchestra

#1ArrivalUnderscore2:51
#1Shells LandingUnderscore1:30
#2Around The Clock NewsUnderscore1:44
#2Heptapod BUnderscore3:42
#3Sapir‐WhorfUnderscore1:17
#3The ShellUnderscore3:12
#4Approaching The ShellUnderscore9:43
#4Hydraulic LiftUnderscore3:32
#5Fear Of The ShellsUnderscore2:22
#5First EncounterUnderscore4:50
#6Logogram BreakthroughUnderscore1:12
#6Transmutation at a DistanceUnderscore1:35
#7Fear of The Shells v2Underscore0:42
#8Hazmat OffUnderscore5:24
#8XenolinguisticsUnderscore3:29
#9Teaching MontageUnderscore3:39
#10Fear of the Shells v3Underscore1:13
#10Principle of Least TimeUnderscore1:20
#11HazmatUnderscore4:49
#11The Big QuestionUnderscore0:51
#12Hammers and NailsUnderscore2:32
#12Planting The BombUnderscore2:21
#13ExplosionUnderscore4:10
#13XenoanthropologyUnderscore3:08
#14UltimatumUnderscore1:31
#15One Of TwelveUnderscore1:16
#15Properties of Explosive MaterialsUnderscore3:31
#16EscalationUnderscore2:02
#16Non Zero Sum GameUnderscore4:22
#17No Linear TimeUnderscore1:04
#18Military BuildupUnderscore1:23
#19DecypheringUnderscore1:59
#19RiseUnderscore1:47
#20KangaruUnderscore2:56
#20Louise Calls ChangUnderscore3:12
#21Shells RiseUnderscore1:48
#22End CreditsUnderscore5:35

Released on Deutsche Grammophon