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Desplat tried to capture the sound of water extensively to have audiences experience a "warm feeling" that is also caused by love. He also opined that "love has no color and no texture" and just "goes everywhere" comparing love to water.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=2017-12-09 |title=Alexandre Desplat on Creating His Golden Globe-Nominated Score for Guillermo Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/alexandre-desplat-shape-of-water-interview-8062806/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> In an interview, he said the melody from the opening scene was "actually made of waves. I did not do that on purpose, but by being completely immersed in this love and these water elements, I wrote a melody that plays [[arpeggio]]s like waves."<ref name="Music">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-shape-of-water-alexandre-desplat-oscars-interview-1202220056/|title='The Shape Of Water' Composer Alexandre Desplat On The Sounds Of Love & Water|date=December 30, 2017|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041733/https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-shape-of-water-alexandre-desplat-oscars-interview-1202220056/|url-status=live}}</ref> The score was not composed chronologically, but "finding the opening was the key to find the entry to the film. What is the soul of the film? It’s all there at the beginning. And actually it’s the same thing we hear at the end. Because we’re underwater, it’s a dream, everything’s floating in the room."<ref name=":0" /> Desplat said that "the music is already giving us audience a touch of what the story is, which is warm, a bit fragile, a bit melancholy but not too much".<ref name=":0" /> He took six weeks to write the film score.<ref name="Music" /> |
Desplat tried to capture the sound of water extensively to have audiences experience a "warm feeling" that is also caused by love. He also opined that "love has no color and no texture" and just "goes everywhere" comparing love to water.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=2017-12-09 |title=Alexandre Desplat on Creating His Golden Globe-Nominated Score for Guillermo Del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/alexandre-desplat-shape-of-water-interview-8062806/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> In an interview, he said the melody from the opening scene was "actually made of waves. I did not do that on purpose, but by being completely immersed in this love and these water elements, I wrote a melody that plays [[arpeggio]]s like waves."<ref name="Music">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-shape-of-water-alexandre-desplat-oscars-interview-1202220056/|title='The Shape Of Water' Composer Alexandre Desplat On The Sounds Of Love & Water|date=December 30, 2017|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041733/https://deadline.com/2017/12/the-shape-of-water-alexandre-desplat-oscars-interview-1202220056/|url-status=live}}</ref> The score was not composed chronologically, but "finding the opening was the key to find the entry to the film. What is the soul of the film? It’s all there at the beginning. And actually it’s the same thing we hear at the end. Because we’re underwater, it’s a dream, everything’s floating in the room."<ref name=":0" /> Desplat said that "the music is already giving us audience a touch of what the story is, which is warm, a bit fragile, a bit melancholy but not too much".<ref name=":0" /> He took six weeks to write the film score.<ref name="Music" /> |
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The score was purposely composed to create the sense of immersion and to give the "sense that you, yourself, are floating". The two melodies, one titled "Elisa's Theme", are heard at the beginning of the film and later merge into a single piece of music by the end of it. To emphasize this effect and its final result, Desplat changed the sounds of the accompanying flutes, accordions, and whistles to "something blurred". For the accordions, he |
The score was purposely composed to create the sense of immersion and to give the "sense that you, yourself, are floating". The two melodies, one titled "Elisa's Theme", are heard at the beginning of the film and later merge into a single piece of music by the end of it. To emphasize this effect and its final result, Desplat changed the sounds of the accompanying flutes, accordions, and whistles to "something blurred". For the accordions, he chose the [[bandoneon]], played most frequently in [[South America]]n music, rather than playing the accordians in a more french manner, as the "amphibian man" (or sea creature), originated from south america and is musically represented with "flourishes and scales like a tango master would do".<ref name="Music" /> Several instruments ranging from [[Fender (company)|Fender]] piano, [[electric piano]], and over 12 flutes, were played for the opening scene to create that "blurred underwater sound".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2017-11-26 |title=Interview: Alexandre Desplat on Creating the Music of Love in The Shape Of Water |url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2017/11/25/interview-alexandre-desplat-creating-music-love-shape-water/ |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=Awardsdaily |language=en-US}}</ref> He did not approach for a big orchestral score for a "tender" film and created the sounds with [[bass flute]]s, [[alto flute]]s, along with [[String (music)|strings]] and accordions.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gormley |first=Aedín |date=2018-02-19 |title=Liner Notes: Scoring The Shape Of Water |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0219/941793-liner-notes-scoring-the-shape-of-water/ |journal=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |language=en |access-date=2022-07-11}}</ref> |
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On composing the score overall, he said that it was "a matter of sculpting the music and making it take the shape of the storyline." As a result, Desplat opted out of giving Shannon's character a melody.<ref name="Music" /> He also avoided giving an underscore for the "amphibian man" as a monster from any horror film, as he felt that "he was not a monster" and have to "keep the organic nature of these characters."<ref name=":0" /> |
On composing the score overall, he said that it was "a matter of sculpting the music and making it take the shape of the storyline." As a result, Desplat opted out of giving Shannon's character a melody.<ref name="Music" /> He also avoided giving an underscore for the "amphibian man" as a monster from any horror film, as he felt that "he was not a monster" and have to "keep the organic nature of these characters."<ref name=":0" /> |
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The Shape of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Alexandre Desplat | ||||
Released | December 1, 2017 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 76:23 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Producer | Dominique Lemonnier | |||
Alexandre Desplat chronology | ||||
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The Shape of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the Academy Award-winning film of the same name. It featured 26 tracks — most of the tracks were from the original score composed by Alexandre Desplat and some tracks are incorporated songs, being originated from the 1940s and 1960s as the film is set during the Cold War period. The film, directed by Guillermo del Toro, who also co-wrote the script with Vanessa Taylor, stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer.
Desplat initially intended to collaborate with del Toro for the stop-motion animated film Pinocchio, based on The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Carlo Collodi in late-2012, which went on development hell months after. The following year (or by early-2014), del Toro narrated the film's premise to Desplat and was shown a preview of the finished film, which left Desplat impressed and finding similar to a musical, he agreed to score for the film. Desplat took six weeks to write the film's music, which was a "tender, warm and fragile" score like love. Desplat extensively captured the sound of water for the film, and used piano and flutes, to create the "blurred underwater sound". Desplat, who thought the film as a "masterpiece", complimenting del Toro's filmmaking, said that "when the movie's that beautiful, it makes your life much easier. You just have to put your hands on it and it takes you anywhere you want."[1]
The album was released on December 1, 2017 by Decca Records in digital and physical formats, and was released on October 5, 2018 in vinyl.[2] The score received critical acclaim praising Desplat's minimalistic approach and melodious underscore. Desplat won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work in the film;[3] his second win after The Grand Budapest Hotel.[4] He further won the BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Score", in addition to receiving numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for three Grammy Awards and a Satellite Award for Best Original Score.
Development
The Shape of Water marked the first collaboration between Desplat and del Toro. Both the director and composer, initially wanted to collaborate on the "darker adaptation" of the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, being planned as a stop-motion animated film, with American musician Nick Cave confirming Desplat's inclusion in the project.[5] But the film, went into development hell in late-2012.[a] By late-2013 or early-2014, del Toro met Desplat to talk about the film's premise. In January 2017, Desplat was shown a rough cut of the finished film, and finding it similar to a musical, he agreed to compose a score. Desplat felt "shocked by the beauty of the film" and appreciated del Toro's direction, which he felt that "the most difficult thing, interweaving reality and imagination and bringing the audience into that world with no effort. It effortlessly takes you into his world, and that’s very rare."[1]
Desplat tried to capture the sound of water extensively to have audiences experience a "warm feeling" that is also caused by love. He also opined that "love has no color and no texture" and just "goes everywhere" comparing love to water.[7] In an interview, he said the melody from the opening scene was "actually made of waves. I did not do that on purpose, but by being completely immersed in this love and these water elements, I wrote a melody that plays arpeggios like waves."[1] The score was not composed chronologically, but "finding the opening was the key to find the entry to the film. What is the soul of the film? It’s all there at the beginning. And actually it’s the same thing we hear at the end. Because we’re underwater, it’s a dream, everything’s floating in the room."[7] Desplat said that "the music is already giving us audience a touch of what the story is, which is warm, a bit fragile, a bit melancholy but not too much".[7] He took six weeks to write the film score.[1]
The score was purposely composed to create the sense of immersion and to give the "sense that you, yourself, are floating". The two melodies, one titled "Elisa's Theme", are heard at the beginning of the film and later merge into a single piece of music by the end of it. To emphasize this effect and its final result, Desplat changed the sounds of the accompanying flutes, accordions, and whistles to "something blurred". For the accordions, he chose the bandoneon, played most frequently in South American music, rather than playing the accordians in a more french manner, as the "amphibian man" (or sea creature), originated from south america and is musically represented with "flourishes and scales like a tango master would do".[1] Several instruments ranging from Fender piano, electric piano, and over 12 flutes, were played for the opening scene to create that "blurred underwater sound".[8] He did not approach for a big orchestral score for a "tender" film and created the sounds with bass flutes, alto flutes, along with strings and accordions.[8][9]
On composing the score overall, he said that it was "a matter of sculpting the music and making it take the shape of the storyline." As a result, Desplat opted out of giving Shannon's character a melody.[1] He also avoided giving an underscore for the "amphibian man" as a monster from any horror film, as he felt that "he was not a monster" and have to "keep the organic nature of these characters."[7]
Reception
The score for The Shape of Water was met with critical acclaim, with Rogerebert.com's calling it as "wistful and bittersweet".[10] Ben Sachs of Chicago Reader called Desplat's score as "fanciful" and "maintains an ambience of wonderment".[11] Calling it as a "sumptous" and "creative fantasy of music", James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "The Shape of Water is so impressive but actually not even the most impressive score the composer wrote during 2017 is further testament to his quality."[12] Filmtracks.com wrote "Desplat's music will delight his ardent enthusiasts with its intelligence, but others will remain unconvinced by his questionable choices when confronted by what they may perceive as oddly disconnected precision. The score will either melt your heart or make you scratch your head."[13] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic praised the instrumentation and his efforts in creating the "sound of water", while also adding that "Whether intentional or by unconscious influence, one may hear references to film composers from the era of the story's setting as well, including [Henry] Mancini and [Bernard] Herrmann."[14]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Desplat, except where noted
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Shape of Water" | 3:42 | |
2. | "You'll Never Know" | Renée Fleming | 4:38 |
3. | "The Creature" | 1:47 | |
4. | "Elisa's Theme" | 2:36 | |
5. | "Fingers" | 2:09 | |
6. | "Spy Meeting" | 1:42 | |
7. | "Elisa and Zelda" | 1:10 | |
8. | "Five Stars General" | 1:31 | |
9. | "The Silence of Love" | 1:35 | |
10. | "Egg" | 2:13 | |
11. | "That Isn't Good" | 1:43 | |
12. | "Underwater Kiss" | 2:12 | |
13. | "The Escape" | 10:57 | |
14. | "Watching Ruth" | 2:18 | |
15. | "Decency" | 2:23 | |
16. | "He's Coming for You" | 1:39 | |
17. | "Overflow of Love" | 2:56 | |
18. | "Without You" | 2:30 | |
19. | "Rainy Day" | 3:12 | |
20. | "A Princess Without a Voice" | 1:50 | |
21. | "La Javanaise" | Madeleine Peyroux | 4:10 |
22. | "I Know Why (And So Do You)" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | 2:58 |
23. | "Chica Chica Boom Chic" | Carmen Miranda | 2:19 |
24. | "Babalú" | Caterina Valente, Silvio Francesco | 2:51 |
25. | "A Summer Place" | Andy Williams | 2:34 |
26. | "You'll Never Know (Alternative Version)" | Renée Fleming | 6:49 |
Total length: | 76:23 |
For Your Consideration track list
As with all award seasons, a For Your Consideration album was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in late-2017. This album consists of 33 tracks which are varied from the general release album, including the exclusion of songs, alternate cues of the original underscores and cues that are not featured in the original album.[15]
- The Shape Of Water
- Elisa's Bath
- Going To Work
- Clock & Cleaning Pt. 1
- The Creature
- Blood Stains
- Fingers
- Corridor
- Egg
- Going Home
- Spy Meeting
- Clock & Cleaning Pt. 2
- Torture
- Bob Spots Elisa
- Count These Stars
- Now It's A He
- The Escape
- General Calls
- Going To Strickland's Office
- What Is She Saying?
- Watching Ruth
- A Lead
- Cake Knife
- No Bonanza For You
- Overflow Of Love
- The Rainy Day
- Decency
- Thet Isn't Good
- They Clean
- He's Coming For You
- Without You
- You're A God
- Underwater Kiss
Accolades
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Catalog Number | Notes | Ref. |
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United States | December 1, 2017 | CD | B0027674-02 | — | [46] |
United Kingdom | December 8, 2017 | 6712461 | — | [47] | |
00602567124610 | Digipak | [48] | |||
October 5, 2018 | LP | 0602567399476 | — | [47] | |
Unofficial Release | |||||
6739947 | Test Pressing | [49] | |||
Poland | February 25, 2018 | CD | 6743548 | — | [47] |
Japan | March 7, 2018 | UCCL-1201 | — | [50] |
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic[51]
- Production
- Alexandre Desplat – composer, arranger
- Holly Adams – producer
- Dominique Lemonnier – producer
- Xavier Forcioli – executive producer, coordinator
- Rebecca Morellato – music production supervisor
- Joann Orgel – music coordinator
- Management
- Gavin Bayliss – marketing
- Christine Bergren – music clearance
- Ellen Ginsburg – music clearance
- Tom Cavanaugh – music business affairs
- Danielle Diego – executive in charge of music
- David Hage – music preparation
- John Houlihan – music consultant
- Karyn Hughes – A&R
- Fiona Pope – A&R
- Trent Van Der Werf – design
- Lana Hunter – product manager
- Instrumentation
- Frederic Gaillardet – piano
- Dave Arch – piano
- Jeff Boudreaux – drums
- Alexandre Desplat – flute, bass flute
- Paul Clarvis – percussion
- Riccardo del Fra – double bass
- Myriam Lafargue – accordion
- Orchestration
- London Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
- Glenn Miller & His Orchestra – orchestra
- Alexandre Desplat – orchestrator, conductor, liner notes
- Dominique Lemonnier – conductor
- Glenn Miller – conductor
- Jean-Pascal Beintus – orchestrator
- Nicolas Charron – orchestrator
- Sylvain Morizet – orchestrator
- Carmine Lauri – orchestra leader
- Jake Parker – music preparation
- Areli Quirarte – music preparation
- Claude Romano – music preparation
- Norbert Vergonjanne – music preparation
- Technical
- Romain Allender – music programming
- Jonathan Allen – sound engineer, mixing
- Peter Cobbin – sound engineer, mixing
- Ludovick Tartavel – technical assistance
- Kirsty Whalley – mixing
Notes
- ^ The project was revived in 2022, with Desplat still being the composer of the film.[6]
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