Artist: Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfish Tracklist:
LP 1
1
2049
2
Sapper's Tree
3
Flight To Lapd
4
Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
5
Rain
6
Wallace
7
Memory
8
Mesa
9
Orphanage
10
Furnace
11
Someone Lived To This
12
Joi
LP 2
1
Pilot
2
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
3
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love
4
Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (and One More For the Road)
5
Hijack
6
That's Why We Believe
7
Here Eyes Were Green
8
Sea Wall
9
All the Best Memories Are Hers
10
Tears In the Rain
11
Blade Runner
12
Lauren Daigle - Almost Human
"Blade Runner 2049 - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (24 tracks; 94 min.) opens with the abstract, almost tentative "2049". "Sapper's Tree" and "Flight To LAPD" are short pieces, almost interludes really. Then comes Frank Sinatra's "Summer Wind" (which the Ryan Gosling character plays on his hologram jukebox). Much later in the movie (and on this soundtrack), we get another Frank Sinatra tune, as well as 2 Elvis tunes, all featured in a memorable scene between the Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford characters. "Rain" is a beautiful and restrained piece. "Wallace", on the other hand, reflects the darker side that is the Wallace character. "Someone Lived This" and "Joi" sound like they were taken straight from Vangelis' brain. In fact, that can be said of a lot of the music on here: "let's imagine how Vangelis would've done this", seems to be the motto or process by which Zimmer and Wallfisch composed this score. In that sense, the music is quite derivative but no less exquisite. In fact the best is yet to come on this score: check out "Her Eyes Were Green", a romantic, almost wistful tune. "Sea Wall", on the other hand, is a full-throttle and epic 10 min. composition that is out of this world. "Tears In the Rain" is credited to Zimmer & Wallfisch, but is clearly taken from/inspired by the song of same name from the 1982 soundtrack. Then comes "Blade Runner", a 10 min. mini-suite that in essence captures the many themes heard earlier in the movie. it runs over the movie's end titles. This collection ends with a song called "Almost Human", sung by Lauren Daigle. Please note: this song is NOT featured in the movie. Frankly, it is nowhere as good as the score, and it's easy to see why this was not included in the movie.
