InNovember 2011, Marvel announced that Alan Silvestri, who scored Captain America: The First Avenger, would write and compose the score for The Avengers (making him the first composer to score more than one movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe). Silvestri stated, "This is actually a very unique experience [for me]. I've worked on films where there have been a number of stars and certainly worked on films where there have been characters of equal weight in terms of their level of importance and profile in the film, but this one is somewhat extreme in that regard because each of these characters has their own world and it's a very different situation. It's very challenging to look for a way to give everyone the weight and consideration they need, but at the same time the film is really about the coming together of these characters, which implies that there is this entity called the Avengers, which really has to be representative of all of them together."[2] Silvestri recorded the score with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, England.[3] Avengers director Joss Whedon described the score as "old school", saying "the score is very old-fashioned, which is why [Silvestri] was letter perfect for this movie because he can give you the heightened emotion, the [Hans Zimmer] school of 'I'm just feeling a lot right now!' but he can also be extraordinarily cue and character specific, which I love."[3] Silvestri reprises his themes from Captain America: The First Avenger, and introduced new ones - including the theme for Black Widow, which is "a lonely, plucked theme with an Eastern European flavor to define this character".[4] The score album was released on May 1, 2012.[5]
Simultaneously with the digital release, the album was physically released by Hollywood Records, Marvel Music, and Intrada Records.[6] Several tracks on this release are longer than on the digital album and there is one additional track, "Interrogation".
In March 2012, American alternative rock band Soundgarden announced through their official Facebook page that they had written a song to be included on the film's soundtrack, entitled "Live to Rise".[7] The song was released on April 17, 2012, as a free digital download during its first week of availability in the iTunes Store.[8] Additionally, Indian rock band Agnee released a music video for their single "Hello Andheron", which served as the theme song for the Indian release of the film.[9] The following day, Marvel released the album's full track listing, which was released by Hollywood Records on May 1, 2012.[5] A cover of AC/DC's song "Shoot to Thrill", performed by Theory of a Deadman, was originally to be included on the album, but was removed for unknown reasons.
With Avengers: Endgame a long arc of many connected Marvel movies comes to an end. Over an eleven-year period we experienced 22 movies, with a wide range of composers writing the music for them. One key composer is Alan Silvestri, who wrote the music for Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War and now concludes this epic journey with Avengers: Endgame.
There is a statement floating around on the Internet suggesting that The Avengers theme is one of the most iconic film music themes from the last ten years. I have been thinking about this for a while, and I cannot come up with an alternative theme that would compete with that statement, so there must be some of truth in it. The powerful brass sounds in that theme gives it a truly heroic sound and makes it worthy of representing all of the Avengers superheroes. Since Endgame is an Avengers movie, the theme from Avengers can be heard throughout the score.
Next to the new and reused themes appearing throughout the two-hour score, the soundtrack contains a lot of filler music. The action sequences are exactly what we expect from Alan Silvestri, with lots of brass, which we recognize from the music of Back to the Future, The Mummy and other action-packed movies. The movie has also a lot of sad and emotional scenes, and during these the emotional side of Silvestri is evident, with a strong focus on strings.
I think this score contains many highlights of beautiful music. Some of the music is the best Silvestri has written. Next to The Avengers theme, the new Endgame theme is a masterpiece. But that said, the score also contains lots of filler, which in my honest opinion could be left out. This was perfect for supporting the visuals, but are not that interesting to listen to on their own. At the time of writing, only the digital version of the score has been released. A physical version has been announced, which will be a bit shorter in length. I think a cut down version of this score would be a magnificent addition to my collection. This soundtrack really helped bring the long saga of Marvel movies to a perfect conclusion.
Shortly after David K. Smith and I decided to create this music section of The Avengers Forever, we discussed the possibility that someday, following in the wake of other ITC soundtrack releases like The Prisoner and Barry Gray's music from the Gerry Anderson series, the original soundtracks from The Avengers may be released. If these other ITC recordings were saved, then surely some Avengers tracks must be in an archive somewhere. We even discussed contacting Laurie Johnson himself to find out if he knew if any original recordings existed. We were pre-empted in this by the announcement a few weeks later that Demon Music would indeed be releasing original soundtrack recordings from The Avengers. I wish we could take the credit; maybe there was some butterfly effect going on or maybe somebody up there just likes us.
As I mentioned previously, music from "Pandora" and "The Joker" from The Avengers, and "Cat Amongst the Pigeons," "Obsession" and "Tale of the Big Why" from The New Avengers has been available for many years. These recordings however were re-recordings with Laurie conducting the London Studio Orchestra. The main theme has of course been recorded scores (sorry) of times and has been available on many compilations for the last 40 years, but here, finally, we have the originals!
The 35 tracks on the album feature music from 15 episodes from the Emma Peel era, and one from the Tara King era. The opening and closing credits are also from the Tara King era and even feature Laurie himself announcing the number of the take.
Episodes featured are "Dead Man's Treasure," "Escape in Time," "What the Butler Saw," "Honey for the Prince," "The Joker," "Return of the Cybernauts," "Quick-Quick Slow Death," "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station," "The Superlative Seven," "Murdersville," "Mission... Highly Improbable," "From Venus With Love," "The See-Through Man," "The Hidden Tiger," "The Living Dead" and "Invasion of the Earthmen."
The album is well balanced and representative of the series in terms of tension (many of the tracks feature the individual episode title theme leading up to the dramatic on screen caption), romance ("From Venus With Love" (Section A) which even interpolates a little of Holst'sThe Planets suite), action cues, suspense, whimsy (take "March of the Butlers" from "What the Butler Saw" for instance) and the playful ("Mission... Highly Improbable"), but overridingly it demonstrates Laurie's considerable skill at juxtaposing the eerie or menacing against the urbane or innocent. Consider the Greensleeves-style pastoral that belies the sinister goings on in "Murdersville" and the detached 1930s gramophone record playing in "The Joker."
Much of the music written for these particular episodes was of course tracked into others where required, the racy episode title music from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station" accompanied many of Steeds and Emma's fight scenes as the final minute of "The See-Through Man" would accompany many of their car chases through the sleepy lanes of Buckinghamshire. You will no doubt find more. That is one of the joys of this album, the memories and images that these tracks evoke.
The album, just before the end titles of course, rounds off with the "Tag Scene" which would cover the witty exchanges between Steed and Emma/Tara at the end of each episode. Each track is played in its entirety, ranging from 49 seconds to five minutes 29 seconds, and which would then have been edited and re-cut to suit its particular use. The main and end titles are of course the original, shorter, standard TV recordings. The sleeve notes are written by Laurie Johnson himself.
Simultaneously with the digital release, the album was physically released by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music through Intrada Records. Several tracks on this release are longer than on the digital album and there is one additional track, "Interrogation."
Avengers Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion PictureGeneral informationReleasedMay 1, 2012GenreAlternative rock, alternative metal, hard rock,LabelHollywood / Marvel MusicSourceIn March 2012, American alternative rock band Soundgarden announced through their official Facebook page that they have written a song to be included on the film's soundtrack, entitled "Live to Rise". Additionally, Indian rock band Agnee released a music video for their single "Hello Andhero", which will serve as the theme song for the Indian release of the film. The following day, Marvel released the album's full tracklisting, which was released by Hollywood Records on May 1, 2012. A cover of AC/DC's song "Shoot to Thrill", performed by Theory of a Deadman, was originally to be included on the album, but was removed for unknown reasons.
My arrangement of Porch by Alan Silvestri from the Avengers Infinity War soundtrack. This piece was originally for string quartet, but my instrumentation consists of three tenor trombones and one bass trombone. I heard this piece of music at the very end of the film and found it absolutely beautiful, and thought it would sound nice when arranged for the warm sounds of low brass instruments. Sorry for the poor production quality, this is the first track I recorded using Ableton Live and I'm still getting a feel for it. Enjoy!Note: I did not record the 4th part on a bass trombone, I just used a very deep mouthpiece.
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