The Last Airbender (soundtrack)
The Last Airbender | ||||
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Producer | James Newton Howard M. Night Shyamalan | |||
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The Last Airbender is the
Track listing
All music is composed by James Newton Howard
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Airbender Suite" | 11:16 |
2. | "Earthbenders" | 5:53 |
3. | "The Avatar Has Returned" | 4:42 |
4. | "The Four Elements Test" | 5:30 |
5. | "Journey to the Northern Water Tribe" | 4:01 |
6. | "Hall of Avatars" | 3:40 |
7. | "Prologue" | 2:43 |
8. | "The Blue Spirit" | 7:17 |
9. | "The Spirit World" | 5:18 |
10. | "We Could Be Friends" | 4:08 |
11. | "We Are Now the Gods" | 5:46 |
12. | "Flow Like Water" | 6:32 |
Total length: | 66:46 |
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Filmtracks | [3] |
If | (A)[4] |
In contrast to the universally negative reviews of the film, the soundtrack has received critical acclaim. Christian Clemmensen of
Two criticisms have been leveled at the commercial pressing of the album: the fact that the album presentation is lacking "narrative flow", which is "an aspect shattered by a non-chronological presentation of tracks on the commercial album for The Last Airbender",[5] and that of the choir having been reportedly edited out of the release of the album due to re-use fees. Jon Broxton, though, says this: "There has been quite a bit of criticism aimed at Lakeshore Records for apparently not licensing the full choral elements heard in the film for release on CD; having seen the film, I can honestly say that whatever choral elements exist in the film are not especially missed on the CD release, and the final cue – “Flow Like Water” – sounds exactly the same here as it does in the theater."[6]
Accolades
The soundtrack was nominated for two International Film Music Critics Association awards in 2010 for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film and Film Music Composition of the Year for "Flow Like Water".
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1818607
- ^ "The Last Airbender". Allmusic. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ Filmtracks review
- ^ Schweiger, Daniel (July 2, 2010). "CD Review: 'The Last Airbender' - Original Soundtrack". If Magazine. Archived from the original on September 16, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ a b Christian Clemmensen, Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews, 2010, http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/last_airbender.html.
- ^ a b Jonathan Broxton, MovieMusicUK, 2010, http://moviemusicuk.us/2010/10/13/the-last-airbender-james-newton-howard/
- ^ James Southall, Movie-Wave, 2010, http://www.movie-wave.net/?p=563
- ^ Tom Hoover, ScoreNotes, 2010, http://scorenotes.com/soundtracks/airbender.html