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Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album composed by Tom Holkenborg for the 2019 film Alita: Battle Angel directed by Robert Rodriguez, based on the Yukito Kishiro's manga series Battle Angel Alita. The soundtrack was released by Milan Records and Fox Music digitally on February 14, 2019, coinciding with the United States theatrical release. A physical soundtrack was also released, the following day. The soundtrack featured 20 tracks of Holkenborg's score. A promotional song titled "Swan Song" co-written by Holkenborg and sung by Dua Lipa was released as a single on January 24, 2019 which was accompanied by the music video directed by Floria Sigismondi.[1]

Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Tom Holkenborg
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2019 (digital)
February 15, 2019 (CD)
Recorded2017–2019
Genre
  • Orchestral
  • electronic
  • soul
Length64:16
Label
  • Milan
  • Fox Music
Producer
Tom Holkenborg chronology
Mortal Engines
(2018)
Alita: Battle Angel
(2019)
Terminator: Dark Fate
(2019)
Singles from Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  1. "Swan Song"
    Released: January 24, 2019

Development


Tom Holkenborg watched the initial cut of the film in August 2017, and had discussed with director Robert Rodriguez and producers James Cameron and Jon Landau, about the film's music. Holkenborg stated that the specific instruction from the director and producers, were is "to feel the heart of the film".[2] He later joined the film as score composer in December 2017 and began working on the score.[3] As science fiction and dystopian films were heavily reliant on electronic music, Holkenborg decided to have a different approach to the film score using orchestral themes. In his career as an instrumentalist, Holkenborg used organic instruments and strings, which felt him great to find "a combination between the vast experience of an orchestra and sound design with synthesizers".[4]

Despite being a multi-genre film, Holkenborg approached it as a "personal story about Alita" and composed it in a way where "the whole score is meant to be [seen] through her eyes". He influenced orchestral sounds from the 1950s, which was reminiscent of Henry Mancini's musical scores for Casablanca (1942) and Touch of Evil (1958), as the film is set in border towns.[5] Calling Alita's main theme as the "important one from the album", Holkenborg opined that "her theme needed to be very organic and acoustic in nature to emphasize her humanity. The audience needs to lean in to her, not lean back, which usually happens when you use purely electronic music". He also planned for using electronic music to the score, but decided against it, as "it might not help on carrying with the emotional backstory for Alita".[4] He also composed themes for other main characters, that appear in the first 14 minutes of the film.[4]

Holkenborg co-wrote the song "Swan Song" with Dua Lipa through Skype.[6][7] On his collaboration with Lipa, Holkenborg said "It’s super easy, most of the collaborations I’ve done in the past didn’t happen in the same room, because of people’s schedules. Everything is done remotely [...] Being in the same room is always great, but when that can’t happen you do the best with what you’ve got."[5]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Tom Holkenborg.

No.TitleLength
1."Discovery"3:13
2."I Don't Even Know My Own Name"5:44
3."What's Your Dream?"3:16
4."Double Identity"1:54
5."The Warrior Within"3:31
6."A Dark Past"1:29
7."In Time You'll Remember"0:58
8."Nova's Orders"2:48
9."Jackers Mission"2:36
10."Unlocking the Past"3:52
11."Whose Body Is This?"2:06
12."Grewishka's Revenge"4:23
13."Broken Doll"2:34
14."With Me"5:41
15."I'd Give You My Heart"3:07
16."You Just Lost a Puppet"2:30
17."What Did You Do?"3:41
18."In the Clouds"3:56
19."Raising the Sword"1:43
20."Motorball"5:14
Total length:64:16

Reception


Holkenborg's musical approach received positive response from critics. Film Music Central wrote "Holkenborg crafts the music in a way that keeps you engaged and grounded in the story".[8] Calling it as "a great piece of work from Holkenborg", Blueprintreview's Scott Gilliland wrote "Alita: Battle Angel isn’t a big stirring action and science fiction soundtrack as many would have expected, but, it is more like another of his recent soundtracks in ‘Tombraider’ in that it is more considered and gives the audience a chance to understand the world we are in and allow the characters to grow around evoke the feeling that although he is world building that our only focus is the main character. In this criterion he very much succeeded as he only begins to venture towards any noise and busyness in the big action set pieces and keeps any form of tech or electronica to a minimum, letting it live somewhere distant in the score."[9]

James Southall of Movie Wave wrote "a more than decent action/adventure score which does sound like it’s the work not just of a professional film composer but actually a competent one".[10] Spill Magazine's Samantha Stevens gave 8 out of 10 for the score and said "With subtle echo effects and a grandiose string-dominated crescendo after the intro, it is simultaneously futuristic and classical, emotional and enticing."[11] Jonathan Broxton wrote "There are still areas of his work that feel inferior compared to his peers – the prominence of secondary themes being the biggest one – but, with that one caveat in mind, Alita: Battle Angel has turned out to be one of 2019’s most unexpectedly pleasant surprises. The main theme is good, the action music is enjoyably hyperactive, and the instrumental richness is truly impressive."[12] Anton Smit of Soundtrack World wrote "there is no dull moment on the album, where every minute is filled with a melody or a different rhythmic pattern".[13]


Personnel


Credits adapted from CD liner notes[14]

Production
Instrumentation
Vocals
Orchestra
Management

Release history


Region Date Format(s) Catalog Number Ref.
Various February 14, 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
[15]
United States February 15, 2019 CD M2-37043 [16]
[14]
March 8, 2019 Vinyl 398 166-2 [17]
[18]
France February 19, 2019 CD 398 145-2 [16]
Japan March 6, 2019 WPCR 18185
Brazil March 21, 2019 398 145-2

Charts


Chart (2019) Peak
position
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[19] 33
US Billboard 200[20] 125
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21] 50
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[22] 13

Awards


At the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards,[23][24] Tom Holkenborg received a nomination for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film losing to Alan Silvestri for Avengers: Endgame (2019).[24] The original song "Swan Song" received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 24th Satellite Awards.[25]


References


  1. Roth, Madeline. "Dua Lipa Suits Up For Battle In New Alita-Inspired 'Swan Song' Video". MTV News. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. "How Composer Tom Holkenborg Brought ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL to Life". Nerdist. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  3. "Weekend Watch – Behind the Scenes of Alita: Battle Angel". SuperHeroHype. February 17, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  4. "Behind the Music interview: Alita's Tom Holkenborg". Hidden Remote. February 15, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  5. "Elimination Leads to Creation: Junkie XL on His Score for 'Alita: Battle Angel', PopMatters". PopMatters. March 11, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  6. "Dua Lipa to Perform the Official Song of Alita: Battle Angel". ComingSoon.net. December 17, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  7. Variety Staff (December 18, 2018). "'Alita: Battle Angel' to Feature New Song by Dua Lipa". Variety. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  8. Central, Film Music (June 12, 2019). "Soundtrack Review: Alita: Battle Angel (2019)". Film Music Central. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. Gilliland, Scott (February 27, 2019). "Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Blueprint: Review. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  10. "Alita: Battle Angel soundtrack review | Tom Holkenborg | movie-wave.net". March 30, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  11. Stevens, Samantha (February 16, 2019). "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: TOM HOLKENBORG - ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  12. "ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL – Tom Holkenborg". MOVIE MUSIC UK. March 19, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  13. "Alita: Battle Angel – Tom Holkenborg – Soundtrack World". Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  14. "Alita: Battle Angel - Soundtrack". Milan Records. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  15. Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), February 14, 2019, retrieved July 15, 2022
  16. Tom Holkenborg - Alita Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), retrieved July 15, 2022
  17. "Alita: Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Tom Holkenborg (Record, 2019) for sale online". eBay. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  18. "Tom Holkenborg – Alita Battle Angel (Original Motion Picture) - New LP Record 2019 Mian Europe Vinyl - Soundtrack". Shuga Records. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  19. "Official Soundtrack Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  20. Cabison, Rosalie (January 2, 2013). "Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  21. "Tom Holkenborg Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  22. "Tom Holkenborg Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  23. "2019 HMMA Winners". HMMA. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  24. "Alan Silvestri, Cynthia Erivo, Bebe Rexha Among Hollywood Music in Media Award Winners". Variety. November 25, 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  25. "2019 Nominees". International Press Academy. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2021.



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