The Creator (soundtrack)

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = The Creator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | type = film | artist = [[Hans Zimmer]] | cover = The Creator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).jpg | released = {{Start date|2023|09|29}} | recorded = 2023 | genre = [[Film score]] | length = {{Duration|m=43|s=48}} | label = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]] | producer = [[Hans Zimmer]] | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Hans Zimmer]] | type = film | prev_title = [[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (film)|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.]] | prev_year = 2023 | title = The Creator | year = 2023 | next_title = [[Dune: Part Two (soundtrack)|Dune: Part Two]] | next_year = 2024 }} }} '''''The Creator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''''' is the [[soundtrack]] to the [[The Creator (2023 film)|2023 film of the same name]] directed by [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]]. Featuring 12 tracks from the film's score composed and arranged by [[Hans Zimmer]], the album was released by [[Hollywood Records]] alongside the film on September 29, 2023.<ref name="Soundtrack">{{Cite web |author= |date=September 27, 2023 |title=''The Creator'' Soundtrack Album Details |url=https://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/09/27/the-creator-soundtrack-album-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927165510/https://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/09/27/the-creator-soundtrack-album-details/ |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=September 27, 2023 |website=Film Music Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McPherson |first=Chris |date=2023-09-28 |title=Prepare for War With Hans Zimmer's Magnificent 'The Creator' Score [Exclusive] |url=https://collider.com/hans-zimmer-the-creator-soundtrack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929070336/https://collider.com/hans-zimmer-the-creator-soundtrack/ |archive-date=2023-09-29 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>

== Development == In July 2023, Edwards confirmed that Hans Zimmer would score music for the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tangonan |first=E. J. |date=2023-07-19 |title=The Creator is set to be scored by Hans Zimmer |url=https://www.joblo.com/the-creator-hans-zimmer/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830160802/https://www.joblo.com/the-creator-hans-zimmer/ |archive-date=2023-08-30 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sci-fi film 'The Creator' enlists Hans Zimmer |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2023/jul/20/sci-fi-film-the-creatorenlists-hans-zimmer-2596483.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721104506/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/english/2023/jul/20/sci-fi-film-the-creatorenlists-hans-zimmer-2596483.html |archive-date=2023-07-21 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The New Indian Express|date=July 20, 2023 }}</ref> In an interview to ''[[Collider (website)|Collider]]'', Edwards assembled a collection of 25 most played tracks from the crew members, and 14 of them belonged to Zimmer, he decided for his inclusion in the film. [[Joe Walker (film editor)|Joe Walker]] who worked on the editing of ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'' managed to contact Zimmer, through which Edwards—who was in Thailand to meet the head of the military to grant permission for filming a sequence in Black Hawks—contacted him through a video chat on [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]]. During their conversation, Zimmer shared his anecdotes about ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' score and his contributions to [[Terrence Malick]]'s films.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} Later, Edwards showed a test sequence which he did for the producers, which led him to be on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radish |first=Christina |date=2023-08-30 |title='The Creator' Dives Into a War Between Humans and AI That Doesn't Seem So Futuristic |url=https://collider.com/the-creator-gareth-edwards-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901082316/https://collider.com/the-creator-gareth-edwards-interview/ |archive-date=2023-09-01 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> Some of the cues he composed were debuted at the featurette that showcased at the Hall H in [[San Diego Comic-Con]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deckelmeier |first=Joe |date=2023-07-26 |title=SDCC 2023: The Creator Filmmaker Gareth Edwards On Eastern Influences & Star Wars Lessons |url=https://screenrant.com/the-creator-movie-gareth-edwards-sdcc-interview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823181017/https://screenrant.com/the-creator-movie-gareth-edwards-sdcc-interview/ |archive-date=2023-08-23 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

In a September 2023 interview with [[MIT Technology Review]], Edwards revealed that he initially planned on having a company specializing in [[AI-generated music]] replicate Zimmer's style of film score. The company provided him with a result that he graded a "7 out of 10", but decided to have Zimmer himself score the film instead, who found the original AI test track "amusing."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-19 |title=A Disney director tried—and failed—to use an AI Hans Zimmer to create a soundtrack |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/19/1079859/a-disney-director-tried-and-failed-to-use-an-ai-hans-zimmer-to-create-a-soundtrack/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921105211/https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/09/19/1079859/a-disney-director-tried-and-failed-to-use-an-ai-hans-zimmer-to-create-a-soundtrack/ |archive-date=2023-09-21 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=MIT Technology Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzT-akWSTw |title=Humanity and AI: A conversation with the director of ''The Creator'' |date=2023-09-19 |type=Motion picture |publisher=MIT Technology Review |place=Cambridge, Massachusetts |access-date=2023-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925214745/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzT-akWSTw |archive-date=2023-09-25}}</ref> Henry Ajder, an expert in generative AI, felt that in the early days of AI-generated music, simpler tones are "pretty convincing", which would be difficult to compare with human compositions. However, he found that a longer piece in Zimmer's style of music is "significantly more complex to generate" than a simpler piano melody as "AI systems are limited by what is in their training data, whereas human Zimmer has his imagination and the whole surrounding world to draw inspiration from."<ref name=":0" />

== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''The Creator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''<ref name="Soundtrack" /> | total_length = 43:48

| title1 = They're Not People | length1 = 2:19

| title2 = A Place in the Sky | length2 = 2:25

| title3 = Where It All Began | length3 = 4:11

| title4 = Surrounded | length4 = 2:34

| title5 = She's Not Real | length5 = 2:13

| title6 = Standby | length6 = 6:12

| title7 = Missile Launch | length7 = 3:01

| title8 = Prayer | length8 = 2:47

| title9 = The Wounded | length9 = 3:08

| title10 = Lab Raid | length10 = 4:31

| title11 = Heaven | length11 = 6:57

| title12 = True Love | length12 = 3:30 }}

== Additional music == Other songs featured in the film include:<ref name=":1">{{Cite press release |date=August 22, 2023 |title=THE CREATOR Final Press Kit 8.28.23 |url=https://assets.gettyimages.com/bf-boulder-whitelabelbucket-getty-prod/x8fc7trmxj6v6vh5rf7grq7/v/1119182253/original/THE%20CREATOR%20Final%20Press%20Kit%208.28.23.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001233940/https://assets.gettyimages.com/bf-boulder-whitelabelbucket-getty-prod/x8fc7trmxj6v6vh5rf7grq7/v/1119182253/original/THE%20CREATOR%20Final%20Press%20Kit%208.28.23.pdf |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |access-date=October 1, 2023 |publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * "[[Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)]]" – written by [[Bart Howard]]; performed by [[Astrud Gilberto]] * "Evergood" – written and performed by Berl Olswanger * "Pan De Azucar" – written by [[Nora Orlandi]]; performed by [[Nora Orlandi]] * "[[Clair de lune (Debussy)|Clair de Lune]]" – written by [[Claude Debussy]]; performed by Eric Hachikian * "Len's Sinker" – written and performed by [[Ray Pizzi|the Rondels]] * "[[Everything in Its Right Place]]" – written and performed by [[Radiohead]] * "Into the Wind" – written and performed by Eric Hachikian * "[[Child in Time]]" – written and performed by [[Deep Purple]] * "Who Shot the Cannon" – written and performed by Sherwin Linton * "[[Flight of the Rat]]" – written and performed by Deep Purple * "Love is Shining" – written and performed by Aeryth * "La-La in the Machine" – written and performed by Stephanie Olmanni * "Counting Song" – written and performed by Stephanie Olmanni * "NAINAINAI" – written by {{proper name|yonkey}}; performed by [[Atarashii Gakko!]] * "[[Hold Your Head Up]]" – written by [[Rod Argent]] and [[Chris White (musician, born 1943)|Chris White]]; performed by [[The Bats (South African band)|the Bats]] * "Kasih Suci" – written by Carel Simon; performed by Golden Wing * "Hanny" – written by Adhi Mantra; performed by Golden Wing * "Love I Need You" – written by [[Dale McBride]] and Fran Powers; performed by Dale McBride * "Hari Yang Mulya" – written by Adhi Mantra; performed by Golden Wing * "Lover's Lane" – written and performed by [[Boris Gardiner]] {{div col end}}

== Reception == ''[[Filmtracks.com]]'' wrote "For a somewhat short, score-only album of 44 minutes in length, the 12 minutes in that trio of highlight cues will easily carry the day for all of humanity in ways that Edwards' ridiculous noodling with artificial intelligence will struggle to accomplish."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Creator (Hans Zimmer/Steve Mazzaro) |url=https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/creator.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002091233/https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/creator.html |archive-date=2023-10-02 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Filmtracks.com}}</ref> James Southall of ''Movie Wave'' commented it as "a straightforward dramatic film score which does what a good dramatic film score should do – adds to the film and when it goes big on emotion it's really earned the right to do so."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Southall |first=James |date=2023-10-01 |title=The Creator |url=http://www.movie-wave.net/the-creator/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001164038/http://www.movie-wave.net/the-creator/ |archive-date=2023-10-01 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Movie Wave |language=en-GB}}</ref> Music critic Jonathan Broxton wrote "''The Creator'' is a really, really good score, which successfully blends some of Zimmer's more modern science fiction sensibilities with the evocative Asian sound of scores like ''[[Beyond Rangoon (soundtrack)|Beyond Rangoon]]'', and builds up to a powerful, emotional finale that really stirs the soul."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-17 |title=THE CREATOR – Hans Zimmer |url=https://moviemusicuk.us/2023/10/17/the-creator-hans-zimmer/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017231359/https://moviemusicuk.us/2023/10/17/the-creator-hans-zimmer/ |archive-date=2023-10-17 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=MOVIE MUSIC UK |language=en}}</ref>

Fionnuala Halligan of ''[[Screen International]]'' said that Zimmer "delivers an appropriate score".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halligan |first=Fionnuala |date=2023-09-26 |title='The Creator': Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-creator-review/5186274.article |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927013628/https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-creator-review/5186274.article |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Screen |language=en}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote that the "soaring choral passages" of Zimmer's score enhances Edwards' "sophisticated world-building skills" and "philosophical platitudes".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2023-09-26 |title='The Creator' Review: John David Washington Gets Caught Up in AI War in Gareth Edwards' Baggy, Sentimental Sci-Fi Epic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-creator-review-john-david-washington-gareth-edwards-1235596649/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927032051/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-creator-review-john-david-washington-gareth-edwards-1235596649/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Clint Worthington of ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' wrote "Hans Zimmer's score is appropriately booming and Zimmeresque, though it doesn't quite escape the wall-of-sound feel of many of his previous blockbuster works."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Worthington |first=Clint |date=2023-09-26 |title=The Creator Review: Dazzling Sci-Fi That Offers Nothing New |url=https://consequence.net/2023/09/the-creator-review-john-david-washington/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927015824/https://consequence.net/2023/09/the-creator-review-john-david-washington/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref> Pete Hammond of ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' wrote "Hans Zimmer did the music score and it not only matches the ever-changing action perfectly, but ranks with the very best of this veteran composer."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=2023-09-26 |title='The Creator' Review: John David Washington Bonds With All-Powerful AI Child In Gareth Edward's Remarkable Sci Fi Action Adventure That Paints A Future All Too Possible |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-creator-review-john-david-washington-bonds-with-ai-child-gareth-edwards-sci-fi-movie-1235555845/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927032027/https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-creator-review-john-david-washington-bonds-with-ai-child-gareth-edwards-sci-fi-movie-1235555845/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Mireia Mullor of ''[[Digital Spy]]'' said that Zimmer's "commanding score is incredibly moving, enough to make audiences leave the cinema stunned".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-26 |title=The Creator is the most stunning sci-fi epic in years, despite its flaws |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a45299902/the-creator-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927143908/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a45299902/the-creator-review/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

However, David Ehrlich of ''[[IndieWire]]'' criticised Zimmer's score as he felt that the [[Radiohead]] album ''[[Kid A]]'' (2000) "can do more for a story about the next iteration of 'human' life than any of the tracks".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=2023-09-26 |title='The Creator' Review: 'A.I.' Meets 'Children of Men' in a Sci-Fi Epic That Should Change Hollywood Forever |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-creator-movie-review-1234908583/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927124622/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-creator-movie-review-1234908583/ |archive-date=2023-09-27 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> Chris Bumbray of ''[[JoBlo.com]]'' wrote "the Hans Zimmer score isn't given enough of a focus in the movie's first half, with Edwards using a few too many needle drops."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bumbray |first=Chris |date=2023-09-26 |title=The Creator Review |url=https://www.joblo.com/the-creator-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926180839/https://www.joblo.com/the-creator-review/ |archive-date=2023-09-26 |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personnel == Credits adapted from production notes:<ref name=":1" /> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * All music composed, arranged and programmed by – [[Hans Zimmer]] * Featured vocalist – Stephanie Olmanni * Pitched percussion – Aleksandra Suklar * Woodwinds – [[Pedro Eustache]] * Cello – [[Tina Guo]] * Synths – Matt Bowdler, Kevin Schroeder * Music clearance and legal services – Christine Bergren, Julie Butchko * Music production services – Steven Kofsky * Score recorded at [[AIR Studios]], [[London]] * Score recordist – [[Geoff Foster (audio engineer)|Geoff Foster]] * Score engineer – Chuck Choi * Music editors – Ryan Rubin, Graeme Stewart, Nevin Seus * Temp music editor – Georgie Ramsland * Score editor – Chris Barrett * Score mixed at [[Remote Control Productions (American company)|Remote Control Productions]], [[Santa Monica, California]] * Score mixer – [[Alan Meyerson]] * Score mixing assistant – Jacob Johnston * Additional music and score production – Steve Mazzaro * Orchestration and music preparation – Oscar Senén * Orchestra contractor – Isobel Griffiths * Orchestra conductor – [[Gavin Greenaway]] * Choir conductor – Ben Parry * Librarian – Jill Streater Synth * Score technical assistant – Alejandro Moros * Digital instrument design – Mark Wherry * Studio manager – Jessica Gibson * Assistant to Hans Zimmer – Cynthia Park {{div col end}}

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