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The shape of water : original motion picture soundtrack / music composed and conducted by Alexandre Desplat.

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: B0027674-02 | DeccaSpoken language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish Publisher: [London] : Decca, [2017]Copyright date: ℗2017Description: 1 audio disc (76:30) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Uniform titles:
  • Music for motion picture (work): Shape of water (Motion picture)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The shape of water (3:42) -- You'll never know / Harry Warren, Mack Gordon (Renée Fleming) (4:38) -- The creature (1:46) -- Elisa's theme (2:36) -- Fingers (2:09) -- Spy meeting (1:42) -- Elisa and Zelda (1:10) -- Five stars general (1:31) -- The silence of love (1:35) -- Egg (2:13) -- That isn't good (1:43) -- Underwater kiss (2:12) -- The escape (10:57) -- Watching Ruth (2:18) -- Decency (2:23) -- He's coming for you (1:39) -- Overflow of love (2:56) -- Without you (2:30) -- Rainy day (3:13) -- A princess without a voice (1:50) -- La javanaise / Serge Gainsbourg (Madeleine Peyroux) (4:10) -- I know why (and so do you) / music by Harry Warren ; lyrics by Mack Gordon (Glenn Miller & his orchestra) (2:58) -- Chica chica boom chic / Mack Gordon & Harry Warren (Carmen Miranda) (2:20) -- Babalu / Margarita Lecuona, Theo Hansen (Caterina Valente) (2:52) -- A summer place / Max Steiner & Mack Discant (Andy Williams) (2:34) -- You'll never know (alt. version) (Renée Fleming) (6:50).
The London Symphony Orchestra; with various other performers.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Northport Library CD SOUNDTRACK Shape of Water Available 33111009081726
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Composer Alexandre Desplat's ninth Oscar-nominated film score, The Shape of Water is part suspense, romance, and whimsy befitting a fantasy-romance about a mute cleaning woman (Sally Hawkins) and a misunderstood captive of the secretive government facility where she works. Set during Cold War 1962, the original music has a sentimental mood that coexists seamlessly with licensed tracks by the likes of Glenn Miller ("I Know Why [And So Do You])" and Andy Williams ("A Summer Place"). The soundtrack also features Desplat at the piano with opera star Renée Fleming on the tear-stained ballad "You'll Never Know," the 1943 Academy Award winner for Best Original Song. Instrumentation that includes accordion, harp, and whistling color The Shape of Water's score, which also makes use of an orchestra, if with a restrained approach. With water featuring prominently in the film's plot and design, Desplat's woodwind section, for instance, consisted only of flutes, to better embody his idea of the sound of water. Lead character Elisa's theme is introduced with an accordion over delicate harp, flutes, and celesta that are eventually joined by strings and piano. More suspenseful passages include drums and lower-pitched instruments, with versions of arpeggiation and glissando also evoking water. Other preexisting songs incorporated into the film include Madeleine Peyroux's "La Javanaise," Carmen Miranda's "Chica Chica Boom Chic," and a 1956 version of "Babalu" by Caterina Valente and Silvio Francesco. Whether intentional or by unconscious influence, one may hear references to film composers from the era of the story's setting as well, including Mancini and Herrmann. ~ Marcy Donelson

Title from disc label.

Vocal selections sung in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The London Symphony Orchestra; with various other performers.

Score recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Includes some previously released material (℗1941-℗2006).

Compact disc.

The shape of water (3:42) -- You'll never know / Harry Warren, Mack Gordon (Renée Fleming) (4:38) -- The creature (1:46) -- Elisa's theme (2:36) -- Fingers (2:09) -- Spy meeting (1:42) -- Elisa and Zelda (1:10) -- Five stars general (1:31) -- The silence of love (1:35) -- Egg (2:13) -- That isn't good (1:43) -- Underwater kiss (2:12) -- The escape (10:57) -- Watching Ruth (2:18) -- Decency (2:23) -- He's coming for you (1:39) -- Overflow of love (2:56) -- Without you (2:30) -- Rainy day (3:13) -- A princess without a voice (1:50) -- La javanaise / Serge Gainsbourg (Madeleine Peyroux) (4:10) -- I know why (and so do you) / music by Harry Warren ; lyrics by Mack Gordon (Glenn Miller & his orchestra) (2:58) -- Chica chica boom chic / Mack Gordon & Harry Warren (Carmen Miranda) (2:20) -- Babalu / Margarita Lecuona, Theo Hansen (Caterina Valente) (2:52) -- A summer place / Max Steiner & Mack Discant (Andy Williams) (2:34) -- You'll never know (alt. version) (Renée Fleming) (6:50).

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