Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2010 animated fantasy adventure film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole directed by Zack Snyder. The original score is composed by David Hirschfelder and released through WaterTower Music on September 21, 2010. The album featured the original song "To the Sky" by Owl City which preceded as the single on August 24, 2010.
Reception James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "Maybe there's a temptation to overrate it just because it's so unusual to hear something like this – but then again, it's so big-hearted, it's orchestrated so well and it's just so enjoyable, it's very hard to think of a reason not to recommend it." Christian Clemmensen of Filmtracks wrote "despite these album issues and the score's familiarity, Hirschfelder has delivered a satisfying success". Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter wrote "The lush musical score by David Hirschfelder enhances the movie's shifting moods of terror and exaltation." Dylan Chester of The Film Stage wrote "David Hirschfelder's score is so strong it's extremely disappointing to see the film give into a pop song." Cinenerd of Blogcritics called it a "bombastic score".
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from WaterTower Music:
Score coordinator: Peter Hoyland Orchestrations: Ricky Edwards, James K. Lee Conductor: Brett Kelly Music editor: Jason Fernandez Orchestral contractor: Alex Henery Score recorded and mixed at: Gerry O'Riordan ADR and score recorded and mixed at: The Simon Leadley Scoring Stage, Trackdown Studios, Sydney Studio manager: Elaine Beckett Floor managers: Ewan Mitchell, Nicholas Rowse Score recordist: Daniel Brown Assistant engineer: James Ezra Music editors: Tim Ryan, Craig Beckett Re-recording studio, digital film recording and laboratory services: Deluxe Australia Re-recording manager: Angus Robertson Re-recording engineers: Glenn Bulter, Sam Hayward Facilities manager: Anthos Simon Film recording manager: Simon Albery Client liaison: Nathan Smith
Accolades Awards Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result AACTA AwardsBest Original Music ScoreDavid Hirschfelder Annie AwardsMusic in a Feature ProductionDavid Hirschfelder APRA Music AwardsFeature Film Score of the YearDavid Hirschfelder Australian Screen Sound GuildFeature Film Soundtrack of the YearLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole International Film Music Critics AssociationBest Original Score for an Animated FilmDavid Hirschfelder Inside Film AwardsBest SoundWayne Pashley, Polly McKinnon, Derryn Pasquill and Fabian Sanjurjo Best MusicDavid Hirschfelder
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